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Mary Anne Trasciatti, Assistant Professor, is Chair of the Speech Communication, Rhetoric & Performance Studies Department (Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park). She teaches courses in rhetorical theory, public address, persuasion, political communication, and popular culture. Her research concerns the rhetoric of early 20th century immigrant and labor activists, especially in the Italian-American community. 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, and is currently completing a manuscript on discourses of citizenship among Americans and Italians in the United States during World War I and the 1920s.
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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.