essays and reviews
2021
Caitlin Frances Bruce and Cara A. Finnegan, "Visual Rhetoric in Flux: A Conversation," Rhetoric & Public Affairs, forthcoming.
2020
Cara A. Finnegan, "Read Before Archiving" (Ten Texts for the History of Rhetoric forum), Journal for the History of Rhetoric, 23.1 (2020): 107.
Cara A. Finnegan, review of Tanya Sheehan, Study in Black and White: Photography, Race, Humor (Penn State Press, 2018), forthcoming in American Historical Review.
2018
Cara A. Finnegan, "The Daguerreotype, Republican Style, and Theories of the Public Image." Explorations in Media Ecology, 17.4 (2018): 459-64 .
Cara A. Finnegan, "The Critic as Curator." Rhetoric Society Quarterly 48.4 (Sept. 2018): 405-10.
2017
Cara A. Finnegan, review of Laurie Gries, Still Life With Rhetoric: A New Materialist Approach for Visual Rhetorics (Utah State, 2015). Quarterly Journal of Speech 103.4 (2017): 415-18.
2016
Cara A. Finnegan, review of Sharon Ann Musher, Democratic Art: The New Deal's Influence on American Culture (Chicago, 2015). Journal of American History 103.1: 243.
2015
Cara A. Finnegan, "Slave Photographs in Lincoln." Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 18.1 (2015): 129-34.
2014
Cara A. Finnegan and Marissa Wallace, "Origin Stories and Dreams of Collaboration: Rethinking Histories of the Communication Course and the Relationships Between English and Speech." Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 44.5 (2014): 401-426.
Cara A. Finnegan and Anita J. Mixon, "Art Controversy in the Obama White House: Performing Tensions of Race in the Visual Politics of the Presidency." Presidential Studies Quarterly, 44.2 (June 2014): 244-66.
Cara A. Finnegan, "Picturing Presidents: Visual Politics Inside the Obama White House." In The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations: Establishing the Obama Presidency, eds. Jennifer Mercieca and Justin Vaughn (College Station: Texas A&M Press, 2014), 209-34.
2013
Jiyeon Kang and Cara A. Finnegan, "Gross Iconoclasm." Argumentation and Advocacy (Winter 2013): 228-230.
Cara A. Finnegan, Review of Carol Quirke, Eyes on Labor: News Photography and America's Working Class. American Historical Review, 118.4 (2013): 1202-1203.
2010
Cara A. Finnegan and John M. Murphy, "Introduction: Lincoln's Rhetorical Worlds." Rhetoric & Public Affairs (Fall 2010): 343-47.
Cara A. Finnegan, "Studying Visual Modes of Public Address: Lewis Hine's Progressive Era Child Labor Rhetoric." In The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address, eds. MIchael Hogan and Shawn J. Parry-Giles (London: Blackwell, 2010), 250-70.
Cara A. Finnegan, Review of Amy Louise Wood, Lynching and Spectacle: Witnessing Racial Violence in America, 1890-1940. Southern Communication Journal, 75.5 (2010): 527-30.
Cara A. Finnegan, Review of Kate Sampsell-Willmann, Lewis Hine as Social Critic. Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 13.4 (2010): 741-45.
Cara A. Finnegan, Review of Richard Steven Street, Everyone Had Cameras: Photography and Farmworkers in California, 1850-2000. American Historical Review (Oct. 2010): 1170-71.
Cara A. Finnegan, Review of Robert Hariman and John Louis Lucaites, No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy. Rhetoric Society Quarterly 40 (Winter 2010): 94-97.
(for earlier work, see the full CV)
Caitlin Frances Bruce and Cara A. Finnegan, "Visual Rhetoric in Flux: A Conversation," Rhetoric & Public Affairs, forthcoming.
2020
Cara A. Finnegan, "Read Before Archiving" (Ten Texts for the History of Rhetoric forum), Journal for the History of Rhetoric, 23.1 (2020): 107.
Cara A. Finnegan, review of Tanya Sheehan, Study in Black and White: Photography, Race, Humor (Penn State Press, 2018), forthcoming in American Historical Review.
2018
Cara A. Finnegan, "The Daguerreotype, Republican Style, and Theories of the Public Image." Explorations in Media Ecology, 17.4 (2018): 459-64 .
Cara A. Finnegan, "The Critic as Curator." Rhetoric Society Quarterly 48.4 (Sept. 2018): 405-10.
2017
Cara A. Finnegan, review of Laurie Gries, Still Life With Rhetoric: A New Materialist Approach for Visual Rhetorics (Utah State, 2015). Quarterly Journal of Speech 103.4 (2017): 415-18.
2016
Cara A. Finnegan, review of Sharon Ann Musher, Democratic Art: The New Deal's Influence on American Culture (Chicago, 2015). Journal of American History 103.1: 243.
2015
Cara A. Finnegan, "Slave Photographs in Lincoln." Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 18.1 (2015): 129-34.
2014
Cara A. Finnegan and Marissa Wallace, "Origin Stories and Dreams of Collaboration: Rethinking Histories of the Communication Course and the Relationships Between English and Speech." Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 44.5 (2014): 401-426.
Cara A. Finnegan and Anita J. Mixon, "Art Controversy in the Obama White House: Performing Tensions of Race in the Visual Politics of the Presidency." Presidential Studies Quarterly, 44.2 (June 2014): 244-66.
Cara A. Finnegan, "Picturing Presidents: Visual Politics Inside the Obama White House." In The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations: Establishing the Obama Presidency, eds. Jennifer Mercieca and Justin Vaughn (College Station: Texas A&M Press, 2014), 209-34.
2013
Jiyeon Kang and Cara A. Finnegan, "Gross Iconoclasm." Argumentation and Advocacy (Winter 2013): 228-230.
Cara A. Finnegan, Review of Carol Quirke, Eyes on Labor: News Photography and America's Working Class. American Historical Review, 118.4 (2013): 1202-1203.
2010
Cara A. Finnegan and John M. Murphy, "Introduction: Lincoln's Rhetorical Worlds." Rhetoric & Public Affairs (Fall 2010): 343-47.
Cara A. Finnegan, "Studying Visual Modes of Public Address: Lewis Hine's Progressive Era Child Labor Rhetoric." In The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address, eds. MIchael Hogan and Shawn J. Parry-Giles (London: Blackwell, 2010), 250-70.
Cara A. Finnegan, Review of Amy Louise Wood, Lynching and Spectacle: Witnessing Racial Violence in America, 1890-1940. Southern Communication Journal, 75.5 (2010): 527-30.
Cara A. Finnegan, Review of Kate Sampsell-Willmann, Lewis Hine as Social Critic. Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 13.4 (2010): 741-45.
Cara A. Finnegan, Review of Richard Steven Street, Everyone Had Cameras: Photography and Farmworkers in California, 1850-2000. American Historical Review (Oct. 2010): 1170-71.
Cara A. Finnegan, Review of Robert Hariman and John Louis Lucaites, No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy. Rhetoric Society Quarterly 40 (Winter 2010): 94-97.
(for earlier work, see the full CV)