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Mary Anne Trasciatti, Associate Professor and Chair, Speech Communication, Rhetoric, and Performance Studies (Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park), teaches courses in the history of rhetoric, public address, persuasion, and political communication. Her main research interest is in early twentieth-century radical rhetoric. Her other research interests include the theory and practice of letter-writing and rhetorical pedagogy. She is co-editor (with Jerome Delamater) of Representing Sacco and Vanzetti, an interdisciplinary volume of essays on the cultural and political legacy of the Sacco-Vanzetti case. Currently she is writing a book on the civil liberties work of radical orator and labor organizer Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.
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Elaine Patterson, Senior Executive Secretary, Department of Speech Communication, Rhetoric & Performance Studies, has been with Hofstra for 15 years. She has seen the founding of the School of Communication and has been instrumental in this process. Mrs. Patterson says that she "loves the students; they're great and keep me young. It's exciting to work in the areas of communication." Her interests include watercolor, gardening and cooking. She enjoys spending time with her three grandchildren.
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Elaine Patterson, Senior Executive Secretary, Department of Speech Communication, Rhetoric & Performance Studies, has been with Hofstra for 15 years. She has seen the founding of the School of Communication and has been instrumental in this process. Mrs. Patterson says that she "loves the students; they're great and keep me young. It's exciting to work in the areas of communication." Her interests include watercolor, gardening and cooking. She enjoys spending time with her three grandchildren.