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Matthew Parnell serves as a Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow in the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core (BIC) within Baylor University's Honors College, appointed in 2025.
His academic credentials include:
- Ph.D. in Communication Arts and Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University (2025)
- M.A. in Communication Studies, Texas Tech University (2020)
- B.A. in History, Washburn University (2018)
Dr. Parnell specializes in the rhetoric of fascism and demagoguery, analyzing antisemitism, civil religion, and metaphorical frameworks in extremist discourse. His doctoral research dissected the 1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden, revealing how national socialist speakers manipulated race narratives and public memory to falsely align Nazism with American identity. He actively presents findings at regional and national conferences while developing new research on fascist rhetorical mechanisms.
Contact via matthew_parnell@baylor.edu or (254) 710-3380 at Draper Suite 246.02 (Mailing: One Bear Place #97350, Waco, TX 76798).
