Celeste Condit

Celeste Michelle Condit (born October 26, 1956) is an American professor and scholar of rhetorical criticism. Her work focuses on the rhetoric of racism, biology, the human genome, and feminism. In 2018, the Public Address Conference described Condit as "a pioneer in understanding and improving public communication about genetics." (now Communication, Media and Persuasion). Graduating in 1977 with highest honors, Condit then enrolled in the University of Iowa's Speech Communication Department, where she received both her M.A. and Ph.D. (1982) in Rhetorical Studies. Condit has also co-edited three volumes, and she is currently working on her fourth book, 9/11s Angry Public Rhetorics: The Role of Emotion in Global Relations.

As a professor, Condit currently teaches undergraduate courses in Science Communication, Communication in Government, and Rhetoric and Society. She also leads graduate seminars in Burkean Theory, Rhetorical Theory, and the Rhetoric of Economics. Crafting Equality: America's Anglo-African Word (1993, with John Louis Lucaites) The Meanings of the Gene: Public Debates about Heredity (1999) 9/11s Angry Public Rhetorics: The Role of Emotion in Global Relations (TBA)