Settler Colonialist Rhetoric in Inaugural Addresses

Presenter: Robert Martinez

Presenter Status: Undergraduate student

Academic Year: 20-21

Semester: Spring

Faculty Mentor: Michelle Jolly

Department: History

Funding Source/Sponsor: McNair

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Abstract:
This research will seek to determine if using a settler colonialist lens to conduct a comparative study of inaugural addresses helps give us a framework for analyzing presidential rhetoric. This research project will use a settler colonialist lens to analyzes the rhetoric of the presidential inaugural speeches of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, and James Polk.