Tatenda Mashanda
Communication & Media
Assistant Professor
Biography
Tatenda Mashanda is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Utah State University. A critical rhetorical scholar, he specializes in rhetoric, politics, and culture, as well as global communication. His work spans rhetorical history, theory, and criticism. His research examines how leaders, movements, and citizens use rhetoric to claim authority, build solidarity, and contest power in Africa and around the world. He studies discourses of internationalism, foreign policy rhetoric, and civic engagement. He draws on archives, public memory, and national symbols to understand politics past and present.
Research Interests
Rhetoric and Political Culture. Argumentation, Civic Engagement, Public Memory, Archives, Political Communication, African Rhetoric, Public Address, Diplomatic History, Internationalism, Foreign Policy Rhetorics.
Awards
Benson-Campbell Dissertation Proposal Research Award , 2025
National Communication Association (Public Address Division)
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Mashanda, T., (2026). Medaling with History: Rhetorical Counterpoints of Power in Zimbabwe’s Presidential Regalia and National Symbols. Journal for the History of Rhetoric , 29:2, 85–118..
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.