David Erland Isaksen

David Erland Isaksen

Associate Professor
USN School of Business
Department of Business and IT
Campus Bø (1-332)
+47 35 57 52 73 / +47 406 72 874
ssociate Professor of Communication at University of South-Eastern Norway. Particular expertise on how ideological preferences are reflected in text, especially highly developed ideological systems such as those found in established religious/political groups and scientific teams. Areas of expertise include rhetoric, discourse analysis, scientific rhetoric, deliberative decision-making, language and leadership, Kenneth Burke, and the new rhetorics. Member of the Organizing Committee of the 2023 regional conference for the Association of Business Communication in Napoli, Italy. PhD examined the motive of completion in the development of the first atomic bombs, titled "Visions of Nuclear Weapons: Kenneth Burke's Consummation Principle and the Manhattan Project." Written and defended at Texas Christian University Translator/interpreter between Norwegian, English, and German.

Responsibilities

Undervisning:

  • Academic Writing and Publishing
  • Cross Cultural Communication
  • Organisation and Leadership: Change Management
  • Speaking Business English
  • Writing Business English

Forskning:

  • Retorikk
  • Sammenhenger mellom språk og vold/fred
  • Vitenskapsretorikk
  • Politisk debatt
  • Språkmønstre i ekstreme miljøer
  • Argumentasjon
  • Manhattan-prosjektet og argumentene for å utvikle atomvåpen

Publications

-      “Internal Logic: Persuasive Form and Hierarchy in Kenneth Burke.” Proceedings of the Eighth Conference for the International Society for the Study of Argumentation. Frans van Eemeren et. al. (Eds.) University of Amsterdam: Sic Sat. 2014.

-      “From Calutrons to Congress: The Democratic Challenge of Specialized Knowledge.” Rhetoric and Public Knowledge. (Eds) Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska and Agnieszka Kampka. Bern: Peter Lang, 2016. Print.

-      “Indexing: Kenneth Burke’s Method of Textual Analysis.” KB Journal. 12.2. Spring 2017

-      “Consummation: Kenneth Burke’s Third Creative Motive.” KB Journal. 12.2. Spring 2017

-      Three Visions of Nuclear Weapons: Consummation and the Manhattan Project. 2020. Doctoral dissertation from Texas Christian University.