Divine Narkotey Aboagye

Divine Narkotey Aboagye is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Rhetoric & Political Culture area in the Department of Communication. Divine completed his M.S. in Communication from Illinois State University and his B.A. in Communication (minor in Philosophy) from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Divine’s research in the Ph.D. program lies at the intersections of political communication, presidential rhetoric, U.S. foreign policy, international law, war and chemical weapons, controversy and social movements, race & politics, the rhetoric of science, and the rhetoric of development and underdevelopment. My research is broadly influenced by rhetorical theory, cultural studies, international relations theory, continental philosophy, and postcolonial/decolonial thought. His master’s thesis examined U.S. rhetorical opposition to international treaties and negotiation of its hegemonic authority in the world, with a focus on the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court. Divine also received Top Paper Awards from the Central States Communication Association. 

He recently published a book review in Southern Communication Journal and co-authored another in Argumentation and Advocacy. You can read more about his research on the University of Maryland's College of Arts and Humanities website.