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Dr. Jeffrey Jarman is a Professor and Kansas Health Foundation Distinguished Director of the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University, housed within the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. His academic roles include teaching strategic communication courses such as Argumentation & Advocacy, Political Communication, and Empirical Research Methodology in Communication. He also serves as a litigation consultant, aiding attorneys in case strategy and mock trial research.
Dr. Jarman holds a Ph.D. in Communication Studies from the University of Kansas (1998), an M.A. in Communication Studies (1995), and a B.S. in Political Science from Missouri State University (1993). His research focuses on political information's role in shaping the public sphere, emphasizing fact-checking efficacy, political debates, and argumentation theory. He formerly led Wichita State's debate team (1996–2018) and authored national high school debate topics from 1999 to 2022.
His research trends reveal a sustained focus on fact-checking limitations, motivated reasoning in political discourse, and the erosion of evidence-based argumentation. Key contributions include analyzing viewers' reactions to presidential debates and evaluating video presentation effects on witness credibility.
- Awards: Kansas Health Foundation Distinguished Director
- Advising/Grants: Directed debate team for over two decades; no formal grant details provided
- Labs/Teams: Former leadership of Wichita State debate program; no current lab affiliations specified
