American studies professor publishes essay collection | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › American studies professor publishes essay collection American studies professor publishes essay collection Published: September 07, 2006 Author: Erik Runyon In So Many Words: Arguments and Adventuresis the title of a new book by Robert Schmuhl, Walter H. Annenberg-Edmund P. Joyce Professor of American Studies and Journalism at the University of Notre Dame. Published by Notre Dame Press,In So Many Wordsbrings together nearly 40 of Schmuhls previously published essays on politics, journalism and American culture, which have appeared in magazines and newspapers across the country, including the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe and the American Journalism Review. Arranged thematically, the essays are divided into three sections: Matters Political and Journalistic, Matters Literary, and Matters Personal, offering readers a range of issues, from an examination of contemporary political life to the current state of journalism. Schmuhl introduces each section with an explanatory preview and adds postscript reflections at the end of the essays. Bob Schmuhl is the guy I read when I want to understand how things political, cultural and journalistic interactand how the world works as a result,says Pittsburgh Post-Gazette executive editor and Pulitzer-Prize winner David M. Shribman. Hes an analyst who is cool and collected, and so its cool to know that hes collected, between cloth covers. A member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1980, Schmuhl is chair of the Department of American Studies and director of the John W. Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics and Democracy. He is the author or editor of 10 books, includingStatecraft and Stagecraft: American Political Life in the Age of Personality,Wounded Titans: American Presidents and the Perils of PowerandIndecent Liberties.He also serves as a national political analyst for print and broadcast media. TopicID: 19043 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn