Graduate Students

Elise Hill

CONTACT INFORMATION

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Office: CIS 3018

BIOGRAPHY

Elise Hill is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida. She earned both her B.A. and M.A. in Communication from Texas A&M University, where she served as President of Lambda Pi Eta and currently serves as the Vice President of the Student Advisory Board for Lambda Pi Eta for the National Communication Association (NCA). Her academic work explores the intersection of rhetoric, organizational communication, and cultural narratives, particularly focusing on how persuasive messaging shapes group decision-making in totalistic organizations.

RESEARCH AREAS

Rhetoric, Organizational Communication, Charismatic Leadership and Power, and Communicative dynamics of totalistic organizations (“cults” and high-demand corporations)

ADVISOR

Sonia Ivancic