Rate My Professor Nicholas Dahl

Dahl earned a Ph.D. in Speech Communication from The Pennsylvania State University, with a dissertation chronicling the denigration of the term "liberal" in American political discourse during the 20th century. He holds an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies and a B.S. in Speech Communication, both from Oregon State University. His research interests center on the intersection of discourse, politics, and hospitality, particularly exploring cultural identities within dispersed communities. Dahl co-authored the chapter "A Cultural Rhetorical Model of Identity for Dispersed Communities: Case of Jam Band Communities" with Natalie J. Dollar and Alexa Tawzer in the edited volume Concepts We'll Ponder: Identity, Improvisation, and Community in the Phish Experience (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026), stemming from the inaugural Phish Studies Conference at Oregon State University. He has chaired sessions at the National Communication Association convention, such as a 2021 panel on rhetorical strategies defining justice. Dahl has also participated in writing-intensive curriculum efforts and served as affiliated faculty for American Studies at OSU-Cascades.