Faculty Profiles

Fox, R. L., & Burnette, A. E. (2025). Wrangling the ructions:  An examination of Major Ian Fishback’s whistleblowing campaign. In From a whisper to a movement: Investigating the shared rhetorical spaces of whistleblowing and social protest. State University of New York Press.

Burnette, A. E., & Kraemer, W. L. (2024). The genius of America and the model immigrant: Barack Obama’s rhetorical characterization of DACA recipients. In Evaluating the Obama presidency: From transformational goals to governing realities (pp. 227–241). Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter. Retrieved from https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111384108/html?lang=en

Burnette, A. E., & Kraemer, W. L. (2024). The 2022 US National Security Strategy: Responding to new threats in an evolving world (pp. 178–186). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: SicSat.

Burnette, A. E., & LaStrape, A. V. (2023). Advantage authenticity: Naomi Osaka’s activism for social justice and mental health. In Social justice and the modern athlete: Exploring the role of athlete activism in social change (pp. 73–86). New York, NY: Lexington Books.

Burnette, A. E. (2023). Challenges for the second-in-command: Kamala Harris as a presidential candidate. Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric, 13(1), 39–46.

LaStrape, A. V., & Burnette, A. E. (2022). Retire like a man: Peyton Manning, Andrew Luck, and competing masculinities. In Rhetoric of masculinity: Male body image, media, and gender role stress/conflict (pp. 247–268). Lexington Books.

Burnette, A. E., & Fox, R. L. (2022). If it was never about the cake, what was it about? How members of the public frame the Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission Supreme Court ruling. In Equal protection vs. religious freedom: Clashing American rights (pp. 329–356). New York, USA: Peter Lang Publishing.

Medeiros, B., Burnette, A. E., Fox, R. L., & Dewberry, D. R. (2022). The politicization of protests and protection: The major First Amendment issues during COVID-19 pandemic. In Public communication in the time of COVID-19 (pp. 55–80). Lanham, MD, USA: Lexington Books.

Burnette, A. E., & Kraemer, W. L. (2021). Representing or Hispandering? Beto O’Rourke, political identity, and identification. In Local Theories of Argument. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Fox, R. L., & Burnette, A. E. (2021). Feel Free to Agree: Promoting American Exceptionalism as Educational Ideology in the Texas Education Knowledge Standards. Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric, 11(1/2), 16–35. Retrieved from http://contemporaryrhetoric.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Fox_Burnette_11_1_2_2.pdf

Burnette, A. E., & Kraemer, W. L. (2020). Hispanic politicians on the rise: Argumentation strategies of Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. In Networking argument. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Burnette, A. E. (2020, September 25). Review of Argumentation in actual practice: Topical studies about argumentative discourse in context. Argumentation. The Netherlands: Springer. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10503-020-0953907

Dewberry, D. R., Burnette, A. E., Fox, R. L., & Arneson, P. (2018). Teaching free speech across the communication studies curriculum. First Amendment Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/21689725.2018.1500930

Burnette, A. E., & Fox, R. L. (2018). War stories: Trump’s narratives and freedom of the press. Communication Law Review, 18(1).

Burnette, A. E., & Kraemer, W. L. (2016). Communicating a rationale for war: George W. Bush and the rhetoric of imperial righteousness. In M. Bose & P. B. Fritz (Eds.), The George W. Bush Presidency. Volume III: Foreign Policy. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Burnette, A. E., & Kraemer, W. L. (2015). [Review of Meeting the demands of a changing electorate: The political rhetoric of Julian Castro and Marco Rubio, by B. J. Garssen, D. Godden, G. Mitchell, & A. F. Snoeck Henkemans]. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation.

Fox, R. L., & Burnette, A. E. (2013). Reframing corporations as individuals: The “persuasive marvels” unleashed by the Citizens United ruling. First Amendment Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/21689725.2013.852796

Burnette, A. E. (2012). Who’s framing whom?: Michele Bachmann and the (primary) politics of motherhood. In A. A. Ruggerio (Ed.), Media depictions of brides, wives, and mothers. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Burnette, A. E., & Fox, R. L. (2012). My three dads: The rhetorical construction of fatherhood in the 2012 Republican presidential primary. Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric, 2((3/4)), 88–91.

Burnette, A. E., & Kraemer, W. L. (2012). The rhetoric of imperial righteousness in a post-9/11 world. Journal of Argumentation in Context, 1(2), 143–167.

Burnette, A. E., & Kraemer, W. L. (2011). [Review of Nobel diplomacy: The rhetoric of the Obama administration, by F. H. Van Eemeren, J. A. Blair, G. Mitchell, & B. Garssen]. Proceedings of the Seventh Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation.

Burnette, A. E., & Kraemer, W. L. (2007). [Review of The argumentative framework for imperial righteousness: The war discourse of George W. Bush, by F. H. Van Eemeren, J. A. Blair, C. A. Willard, & B. Garssen]. Proceedings of the Sixth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation.

Burnette, A. E. (2005). Courting women voters: Candidate message strategies and the gender gap. In M. McKinney, L. L. Kaid, D. G. Bystrom, & D. G. Carlin (Eds.), Communicating politics: Engaging the public in democratic life. New York: Peter Lang.

Burnette, A. E. (2004). The rhetoric of Virginia’s massive resistance movement. In C. Rountree (Ed.), Brown v. Board of Education at fifty: A rhetorical perspective. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Burnette, A. E. (2004). Florence Kling Harding: Bridging traditional and modern rhetorical roles. In M. Wertheimer (Ed.), Inventing a voice: The rhetoric of American first ladies of the twentieth century. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing.

Burnette, A. E. (2004). Rhetoric & Public Affairs.

Burnette, A. E., & Kraemer, W. L. (2003). [Review of Making the case for war: Bush’s validation of America’s action, by F. H. Van Eemeren, J. A. Blair, C. A. Willard, & A. F. Snoeck Henkemans]. Proceedings of the Fifth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation.

Burnette, A. E. (2002). Rhetoric & Public Affairs.

Burnette, A. E. (1998). Compiled and distributed data regarding student feedback on the Department of Communication Studies Communication Lab.

Burnette, A. E. (1998). The evolution of a communication lab: Lessons learned, new visions.

Rosado, T., & Burnette, A. E. (1998). Court Call.

Burnette, A. E. (1997). Provided and distributed materials on Texas State University’s Communication Lab during a panel on communication labs.

Zarefsky, D., & Burnette, A. E. (1994). Lincoln and Douglas respond to the anti-slavery movement. In D. Zarefsky (Ed.), Rhetorical movement: Essays in honor of Leland Griffin. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University press.

Burnette, A. E. (1992). [Review of Research assistant, by D. Zarefsky & J. Andrews]. In Contemporary American voices: Significant speeches in American history, 1945-present. New York: Longman Press.

Burnette, A. E. (1989). [Review of Research assistant, by D. Zarefsky & J. Andrews]. In American voices: Significant speeches in American history, 1640-1945. New York: Longman Press.