Louie Petit
Louie Petit
Lecturer and Assistant Debate Coach
Office Location: GAB 326
Email: Louie.Petit@unt.edu
Faculty profile
Curriculum Vita
Assistant Director of Debate:
Assist students with argument development and research
Create and manage research assignments and schedules
Review student research assignments
Research Interest – United States Politics, US/Iran relations, US/China relations, Nuclear weapons development, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Replacement Reliable Warhead, and many other areas
Research Interests:
United States and Iran Relations
1979 Revolution, National Identity and Culture, Shi’ism and Politics, Iran and the West. Geopolitical Oil Constraints, and Iran, Israel and the West.
Rhetoric and Argumentation
Aristotle, Stephen Toulmin, Toulmin’s Model and Contemporary Argument, Fallacies, Ethical Evaluation of Argument,
Teaching:
Comm 2040 – Public Speaking
Comm 2140 – Rhetoric & Argument
Comm 3840 – Debate & Argument
Education:
Master of Arts
Missouri State University; Springfield, MO
Communication, May 2008
Thesis: "Identity and America"
Emphasis: Rhetoric and Argumentation
Bachelors of Arts
William Jewell College; Liberty, MO
Political Science, December 2006