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Ph.D. - Texas Christian University
M.A. - Baylor University
B.A. - Baylor University

Roger Thompson received his Ph.D. from Texas Christian University in Rhetoric and American Literature. His major field of study is transcendentalist rhetoric and literature, but his interests range from classical rhetoric and philosophy to 20th-century American literature. His most recent books include The Rhetoric of St. Augustine of Hippo: De Doctrina Christiana and the Search for a Distinctly Christian Rhetoric (Baylor UP, 2008), co-edited with Richard Leo Enos et al., and Beyond Duty: Life on the Frontline of Iraq (Polity, 2009), a memoir of CPT Shannon Meehan's tragic experiences in Iraq. He teaches courses in rhetoric, literature, composition, and creative writing.