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Goodnight, G. Thomas
Communication
Contact Information
Email: gtg@usc.edu
Phone: (847) 491-5841
Biography
Professor G. Thomas Goodnight is from Houston, Texas. He hails from a family of German and French academics. He is married to his wife Lynn also from Houston who directed the Summer Programs at USC and Northwestern University for a number of years. The Goodnights have 3 children, James (a polymath), Katherine (a doctor) and Mark (a banker). They are an active part of the wide Trojan Family.
Professor Goodnight was elected as Distinguished Scholar in 2014 by the National Communication Association. Professor at Northwestern University 2015-2002; Professor at the Annenberg School of Communication & Journalism 2002-2023 and on. Goodnight has directed over 50 doctoral dissertations in Communication and Rhetoric, several receiving awards and most leading to successful careers in the field. A Fulbright Senior Scholar, he has traveled, researched, and spoken extensively at Communication Programs across the globe, including Sustainability and Deliberation, Resilience and the City, Social Theories and the Cybersphere and Governance. This fall he is a Fellow at Fudan University, Shanghai and a guest of Tsingua
University, Beijing.
Courses:
- COMM 323: Public Deliberation
- COMM 413: Propaganda, Ideology and Public Controversy
- COMM 561: Leading and Communicating Change in Global Organizations
Expertise:
- Public, technical and person sphere—communication and rhetoric.
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Think tanks and knowledge communities--argumentation. History of Propaganda.
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Energy communications—globalizations and infrastructures.
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Democracies and public address. China: Network Pragmatics and Environmental Culture.
Research and Practice Areas:
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Civic Engagement and Social Justice
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Health
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Science, Technology and Innovation
Center Affiliations:
- USC – China Institute
- Communication Advisory Board: Jiaotong University
- Zhejiang Project
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