Abbe S. Depretis

Assistant Teaching Professor of Business Communication

Education

• University of Maryland - Ph D - 2017
• Temple University - MBA - 2020
• University of Maryland - MA - 2006
• University of Pittsburgh - BA - 2004

Awards and Honors

• Top Paper Award, Rhetoric and Public Address division of the Eastern Communication Association (for “Containment of the African American Voice: Bobby Seale and the Chicago Eight Trial”) (2007)

Professional Service

• Division Planner, Rhetoric and Public Address Division, ECA 2022 Conference in Buffalo, NY (2022)
• Reviewer, Preconference Division of NCA, 2021 Conference in Seattle, WA (2021)
• Reviewer, Student Section Division of NCA, 2021 Conference in Seattle, WA (2021)
• Reviewer, Rhetoric and Communication Theory Division of NCA, 2021 Conference in Seattle, WA (2021)
• Reviewer, Undergraduate Scholars Division of ECA, 2021 Virtual Conference (2021)
• Reviewer, Rhetoric and Public Division of ECA, 2021 Virtual Conference (2021)
• Reviewer, Undergraduate Scholars Division of ECA, 2020 Conference in Baltimore, MD (Virtual) (2020)
• Reviewer, Rhetoric and Public Division of ECA, 2020 Conference in Baltimore, MD (Virtual) (2020)
• Secretary, Rhetoric and Public Address Division of the Eastern Communication Association (2019-2021)
• Reviewer, Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division of NCA, 2019 Conference in Baltimore, MD (2019)
• Reviewer, Rhetoric and Public Division of ECA, 2019 Conference in Providence, RI (2019)
• Reviewer, Activist and Social Justice Division of NCA, 2018 Conference in Salt Lake City, UT (2018)
• Reviewer, Feminist and Women’s Studies Division of NCA, 2017 Conference in Dallas, TX (2017)
• Reviewer, Rhetoric and Public Address Division of ECA, 2017 Conference in Boston, MA (2017)
• Member, Faculty Advisory Board, National Communication Association Student Clubs (2017-2018)
• Executive Council Representative, Rhetoric and Public Address Division of ECA (2017-2019)
• Reviewer, Rhetoric and Communication Theory Division of NCA, 2016 Conference in Philadelphia, PA (2016)
• Reviewer, Feminist and Women’s Studies Division of NCA, 2016 Conference in Philadelphia, PA (2016)
• Division Planner, NCA Student Clubs Division of NCA, 2016 Conference in Philadelphia, PA (2016)
• Chair, Faculty Advisory Board, National Communication Association Student Clubs (2013-2016)
• Respondent, Rhetoric, Narratives, and Popular Culture, Undergraduate Scholars Conference Division of ECA, 2016 Conference in Baltimore, MD (2016)
• Reviewer, Undergraduate Scholars Conference Division of ECA, 2016 Conference in Baltimore, MD (2016)
• Division Planner, NCA Student Clubs Division of NCA, 2015 Conference in Las Vegas, NV (2015)
• Reviewer, Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division of NCA, 2015 Conference in Las Vegas, NV (2015)
• Reviewer, Feminist and Women’s Studies Division of NCA, 2015 Conference in Las Vegas, NV (2015)
• Division Planner, Student Clubs Division of NCA, 2013 Conference in Washington, DC (2013)
• Reviewer, Undergraduate Scholars Conference Division of ECA, 2013 Conference in Pittsburgh, PA (2013)
• Reviewer, Rhetoric and Public Address Division of ECA, 2013 Conference in Pittsburgh, PA (2013)
• Reviewer, Public Address Division of NCA, 2012 Conference in Orlando, FL (2012)
• Reviewer, Undergraduate Scholars Conference Division of ECA, 2012 Conference in Cambridge, MA (2012)
• Reviewer, Public Address Division of NCA, 2011 Conference in New Orleans, LA (2011)
• Editorial Assistant, Communication Quarterly (2008-2011)
• Editorial Assistant, Special Issue of Rhetoric and Public Affairs 8.4 (2005)