Randall A. Lake

Randall A. Lake is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. He specializes in rhetorical theory, public controversies, and social movements, particularly focusing on gender, race, and ethnicity dynamics. His work emphasizes subaltern communities’ efforts to shape public discourse, including Native American activism and 19th-century suffrage rhetoric. He is a faculty affiliate of the USC Race and Equity Center.

Key research areas include civic engagement, culture-media intersections, and political persuasion. He has authored/edited books like *Recovering Argument* (2018) and maintains a digital archive of Abigail Scott Duniway’s suffrage speeches. He has directed major academic conferences and chaired committees for the National Communication Association and American Forensic Association.

Randall’s awards include the Order of Attainment (2019), Daniel Rohrer Research Award (2016), and multiple honors for groundbreaking scholarship since 1982. He teaches graduate courses in communication theory and thesis supervision.