DANIEL DeVinney
About
Assistant Professor of Political Rhetoric
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Email:
ddevinney@fau.edu
Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric, Visual Studies, Political Communication, Race and Ethnicity Studies
Biography
Daniel J. DeVinney is a scholar of political rhetoric and visual culture. His research explores how visual culture shapes viewers' racial and political imaginations. His work is animated by questions around how individuals, movements, and institutions use images to manage anxieties and engage in power struggles. He has examined these topics in photography, political posters, political speeches, graphic design, and print media.
His current book project investigates the visual practices of the “post-racial” myth during the Obama and early Trump eras. By examining conceptual images of race that circulated widely in the past decade, this project identifies, interprets, and evaluates specific visual practices that sought to deconstruct racial categories. In short, this project asks: how does post-racialism ask us to look?
At the core of his research is an impulse to reveal how visuals help us imagine new relations, identities, and power dynamics. In investigating political communication his goal is to learn how collectives can see more ethically across differences.
Recent Publications
DeVinney, Daniel J. “Designing ‘The People:’ Constitutive Fractures in Contemporary Collectives,” Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 26:1, 43-71. (2023)
DeVinney, Daniel J. “Legitimizing the First Black Presidency: Cinematic History and Rhetorical Vision in Barack Obama’s 2008 Victory Speech,” Southern Communication Journal, 86:1, 5-16. (2021).
Courses
Rhetoric & Aesthetics
Rhetorical Criticism