Robert C. Rowland is an American

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and rhetorical scholar. He is a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas. He has published in ''Communication Monographs'', ''Journal of the American Forensic Association'', Q''uarterly Journal of Speech'', and ''Argumentation.'' Rowland was named the winner of the 2011 Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award by the National Communication Association. As a student at the University of Kansas Rowland, along with his partner Frank Cross, won the 1976

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, defeating Georgetown University. Rowland was named the eighth outstanding speaker for the tournament.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rowland, Robert C. University of Kansas faculty Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of Kansas alumni