Corso-Gonzales, Ryan
FACULTY
Biography
Dr. Ryan Corso-Gonzales received his Ph.D. in Communication at Wayne State University in 2025. His research focuses on Post-Dialectics, which isolates how argumentation works in a post-truth and post-presumption society. He focuses on how argumentation works through the force of assemblages to affectually persuade populations to believe and conform to specific understandings of reality. He is committed to advancing argumentation theory through contemporary philosophy and incorporating rhetorical understandings to expand the field.
Dr. Corso-Gonzales is also the Director of Forensics (Speech and Debate).
More about Ryan Corso-Gonzales
Education
Ph.D., Communication, Wayne State University, 2025
M.A., Communication, University of Louisville
B.A. Communication, Concordia University Irvine
M.A. Communication, Moorpark Community College
Research Interests
- Argumentation and Debate
- Rhetoric
- Assemblage Theory
- Neoliberalism & Fascism
Courses Taught
- Public Speaking
- Argumentation and Debate
- Public Relations