1. Journal Articles
Koerber, A., Arduser, L., Bennett, J., Kolodziejski, L., Sastry, S., & Strait, L. P. (2015). Risk and vulnerable, medicalized bodies. POROI, 11(1), 1-10.
Strait, L. P. & Wallace, B. (2008). Academic debate as a decision-making game: Inculcating the virtue of practical wisdom. Contemporary Argumentation & Debate, 29, 1-36.
2. Refereed Proceedings & Chapters
Strait, L. P., Lemuel, J., Alberti, L., & Venette, S. J. (2024). The function of stasis in risk and safety controversies. In T. Sellnow & D. Sellnow (Eds.), Handbook of Communicating Risk and Safety. Mouton de Gruyter.
Anthony, K. E., Strait, L. P., Petrun Sayers, E. L., Alberti, L., Beckham, J. R., Cameron, C. G., & Cox, E. G. (2024). The ethic of first and second things in communicating risk and safety. In T. Sellnow & D. Sellnow (Eds.), Handbook of Communicating Risk and Safety. Mouton de Gruyter.
Alberti, L., Strait, L. P., & Goodnight, G. T. (2023). The rule of law, stases, and the polarizing style: Public argument and paradiastole. In B. Garssen, D. Godden, G. R. Mitchell, & J. H. M. Wagemans (Eds.), Proceedings of the Tenth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (pp. 1-10). Sic Sat.
Alberti, L., Beckham, J., Reif-Stice, C. E., Strait, L. P., & Anthony, K. E. (2022). The impacts of COVID-19 on graduate teaching assistants: Insights for supervisors and administrators. In M. G. Strawser (Ed.), COVID and higher education: Teaching and learning (pp. 51-64). Lexington Books.
Strait, L. P. (2021). General and local theories of argument in late modernity. In D. Hample (Ed.), Local theories of argument (pp. 504-509). Taylor and Francis.
Alberti, L., & Strait, L. P. (2021). Temporally local theory of polarizing argumentative style. In D. Hample (Ed.), Local theories of argument (pp. 517-523). Taylor and Francis.
Alberti, L., & Strait, L. P. (2020). Inventing suburbia: Spatialized constitutive rhetoric in Richard Nixon’s suburban strategy. In W. Atkins-Sayre & A. Q. Stokes (Eds.), City places, country spaces: Rhetorical explorations of the urban/rural divide (pp. 71–98). Peter Lang.
Strait, L. P. (2020). Scientific argument networks and the polytechtonic art of rhetoric, in C. Winkler (ed.), Networking argument (pp. 287-292). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.
Young, S. M., & Strait, L. P. (2019). Counter-Strike or counterpublic? Audience creation, transnational discourses, and the rhetorical legitimation of Esports in TBS’s ELEAGUE. In R. Rogers (Ed.), Understanding Esports: An introduction to the global phenomenon (pp. 167–182). Lexington Books.
Strait, L. P., & Alberti, L. (2019). The role of decision-making agency in distinguishing legitimate and fallacious slippery slope arguments. In B. Garssen, D. Godden, G. R. Mitchell, & J. H. M. Wagemans (Eds.), Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (pp. 1083–1091). Sic Sat.
Strait, L. P. (2018). Recovering from pathological argumentation: A theory of argument systems and intersubjective psychosis, in R. Lake (ed.), Recovering argument (pp. 163-168). Taylor & Francis.
Strait, L. P., & Goodnight, G. T. (2015). Antidepressants and iatrogenic suicidality: Disturbing arguments in the politics of the supplement, in C. Palczewski (ed.), Disturbing argument, pp. 395-400. Taylor & Francis.
Strait, L. P. (2011). Rational argumentation and social change in the Frankfurt School tradition, in R. C. Rowland (ed.), Reasoned argument and social change: Selected works from the 17th NCA/AFA Alta conference on argumentation, pp. 190-197. National Communication Association.
3. Non-refereed Book Chapters
Strait, L. P. (in press). Persuasion. In P. G. Richey (Ed.), International Public Debate Association textbook. Kendall Hunt.
Strait, L. P. (2020). Persuasion science for IPDA debaters. In P. G. Richey (Ed.), International Public Debate Association textbook (pp. 67-80). Kendall Hunt.
Strait, L. P. & Wallace, B. (2007). The scope of negative fiat and the logic of decision-making, in R. K. Smith, S. Bauschard, & J. P. Lacy (eds.), Policy cures? Health assistance to Africa, pp. 1-7. DRG.
Strait, L. P. (2002). Thomas Aquinas, in S. Babb (ed.), Philosopher’s guide, pp. 4-8. Victory Briefs.
Strait, L. P. (2002). Plato & Aristotle, in S. Babb (ed.), Philosopher’s guide, pp. 39-43. Victory Briefs.
4. Conference Papers
Strait, L. P. (2023). The use of large language models in academic debate. Paper presented (November 16-19) to the 109th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, National Harbor, Maryland.
Alberti, L., Strait, L. P., & Goodnight, G.T. (2023). The Polarizing Style: Reification and Reality of Stases. Paper presented to the 10th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Strait, L. P., Goodnight, G. T., & Alberti, L. (2021). Stasis. Paper presented (September 29-30) at the Political Lexicon conference, “Political Imagination: Rethinking Our Vocabulary,” hosted by the Minerva Humanities Center at the University of Tel Aviv, Israel. Presentation recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT30_sQhGtQ&list=PLKd426r4wbDwOXczpr32zpKnTx4wc4OhA&index=13
Beckham, J., & Strait, L. P. (2020). Cancer at the Crossroads: Representations of Risk and Illness in Popular BRCA Discourse. Paper presented (November 19-22) to the 106th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Alberti, L., & Strait, L. P. (2020). City Places and Country Spaces: A Rhetorical Exploration of the Urban/Rural Divide. Scheduled for the 90th Annual Southern States Communication Association Convention – Canceled due to COVID-19.
Strait, L. P. (2019). General and local theories of argument in late modernity. Paper presented to the 21st Biennial NCA/AFA Summer Conference on Argumentation, Alta, Utah. [Spotlight Panel]
Strait, L. P. (2019). Bayesian and frequentist interpretations of probability in the psychosis risk syndrome controversy. Paper presented to the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Strait, L. P. (2018). Evidence about evidence: The challenge of Bayesianism and the rhetorics of statistical inference. Paper presented to the Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, & Medicine preconference at the 104th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Strait, L. P., & Alberti, L. (2018). The role of decision-making agency in distinguishing legitimate and fallacious slippery slope arguments. Paper presented to the 9th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Strait, L. P., & Lionberger, A. R. (2017). Overactive bladder disorder and the rhetoric of medicalization. Paper presented to the 103rd Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Dallas, Texas. [Top paper, Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine division]
Strait, L. P. (2017). Trust, affect, and the rhetorical authority of science. Paper presented to the Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, & Medicine preconference at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Dallas, Texas.
Strait, L. P. (2017). Scientific argument networks and the polytechtonic art of rhetoric. Paper presented to the 20th Biennial NCA/AFA Summer Conference on Argumentation, Alta, Utah.
Strait, L. P. (2016). Hysteria, vapors, conversion disorder, or functional neurological symptom disorder? Evolving terministic screens and the rhetorical rise of modern medicine. Paper presented to the 102nd Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Top paper, Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine division]
Strait, L. P. (2016). Theorizing pathological communication. Paper presented to the 86th Annual Southern States Communication Association Convention, Austin, Texas. [Top paper, Southern Argumentation & Forensics division]
Strait, L. P. (2016). Donald Trump and the perversion of parrhesia. Paper presented to the 86th Annual Southern States Communication Association Convention, Austin, Texas.
Strait, L. P. (2015). Psychiatric social movements and the DSM. Paper presented to the 101st Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Strait, L. P. (2015). Recovering from pathological argumentation: A theory of argument systems and intersubjective psychosis. Paper presented to the 19th Biennial NCA/AFA Summer Conference on Argumentation, Alta, Utah.
Strait, L. P. (2014). DSM-5 and the medicalization of criminalized risks. Paper presented to the 100th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Strait, L. P. (2014). The presence of discarded models of pathology in contemporary psychiatric discourses. Paper presented to the 100th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Strait, L. P. (2014). Psychosis risk society: Articulating the risks of preventive psychiatry. Paper presented to the Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology preconference at the 100th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Strait, L. P. (2014). A pragma-dialectical approach to the decision-making paradigm in academic debate. Paper presented to the 8th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Strait, L. P. (2014). Allen Frances goes rogue: DSM-5 and the rhetorical border of institutional psychiatry. Paper presented to the 16th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference, San Antonio, Texas.
Strait, L. P., & Padrta, G. (2013). Protecting the freedom of systematically distorted speech: The Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Decision. Paper presented to the 99th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington, DC. [Top paper, Communication and Law division]
Strait, L. P. (2013). DSM-5 in distress? Connections between the rhetorical and the scientific in the discourses of psychiatric nosological controversy. Paper presented to the 99th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington, DC.
Strait, L. P. (2013). Psychiatric nosological controversy in the digital public sphere. Paper presented to the Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology preconference at the 99th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington, DC.
Strait, L. P., & Goodnight, G. T. (2013). Antidepressants and iatrogenic suicidality: Disturbing arguments in the politics of the supplement. Paper presented to the 18th Biennial NCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, Alta, Utah.
Alberti, L., & Strait, L. P. (2013). A disturbing injustice or criminally miscommunicated risk argumentation? The L’Aquila earthquake prosecution controversy. Paper presented to the 18th Alta Conference on Argumentation, Alta, Utah.
Strait, L. P., & Goodnight, G. T. (2012). The antidepressant suicide controversy: A study of the scientific rhetoric of risk. Paper presented to the 98th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Orlando, Florida.
Strait, L. P. (2012). Epistemic bubbles: A communication theory of collective valuation errors. Paper presented to the 98th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Orlando, Florida.
Strait, L. P. (2012). Argumentative hoaxing: From incommensurability to mutual understanding. Paper presented to the 4th Toyko Conference on Argumentation, Tokyo, Japan.
Strait, L. P. (2011). Rhetorical time and memory in the aftermath of genocide: A study of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Timor-Leste. Paper presented to the 97th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Strait, L. P. (2011). Rational argumentation and social change in the Frankfurt School tradition. Paper presented to the 17th Biennial NCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, Alta, Utah.
Strait, L. P. (2010). A formal pragmatic theory of human rights. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the 96th National Communication Association, San Francisco, California. [Top paper, Philosophy of Communication Division]
Strait, L. P. (2010). Truth and reconciliation in the late modern global public sphere: A case study of Timor-Leste. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Singapore.
Strait, L. P. (2009). Academic debate as a decision-making game. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the 95th National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Strait, L. P. (2008). The effect of political efficacy on web 2.0 usage: The 2008 primaries. Paper presented to the 94th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, San Diego, California.
Strait, L. P. (2007). Does God ‘exist’ according to Catholicism? An attempt to establish intersubjective understanding between Thomists and postmodernists. Paper presented to the 93rd Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Strait, L. P. (2007). A Habermasian analysis of intercollegiate policy debate. Paper presented to the 93rd Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois. [Top paper, Cross Examination Debate Association Division]
Strait, L. P. (2006). Marcuse’s ‘total administration’ hypothesis: A contemporary investigation. Paper presented to the 92nd Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, Texas.
Strait, L. P. (2006). Evidence use in the 2004 presidential debates. Paper presented to the 92nd Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, Texas.