Sarah Partlow Lefevre
Director of Debate
Communication, Media, & Persuasion
Idaho State University
United States of America
Biography
Sarah T. Partlow Lefevre has a PhD in Communication Studies from the University of Kansas. Her areas of study include rhetoric, argumentation and debate, gender, and Kenneth Burke. She has been the Director of the James M. & Sharon E. Rupp Debate Society since 2001. During her tenure, the debate team has won hundreds of awards and Sarah herself has won multiple coaching awards including the Galentine Award, the Ziegelmueller Award, and the Val A. Browning Coach of the Year Award.
Research Interest
Rhetoric & Debate
Publications
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Lefevre ST. Texts of empowerment: A functional rhetorical analysis of “Ms. Magazine†in the first five years (Doctoral dissertation, University of Kansas).
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Partlow-Lefevre ST. Applying Feminist Argument in Context: A Second Wave Argument about Women’s Role in the Perpetuation of Male Violence.
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Partlow-Lefevre ST. Rhetorical Constructions of First Wave Feminism in Ms. Magazine, 1972-1980.
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Partlow-Lefevre ST(2012) Arguing for Debate Debate: Introducing Key Components for Assessment of Intercollegiate Debate Programs. Contemporary Argumentation & Debate, pp: 33.
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Eckstein J, Partlow Lefevre ST (2017) Since Sandy Hook: Strategic Maneuvering in the Gun Control Debate. Western Journal of Communication 81:225-42.
