He has appeared on local and national media as an analyst, including CBS national radio, CNN (including "Crossfire"), "The Phil Donahue Show," "Larry King Live" and William Buckley's "Firing Line."
SYKESVILLE, MD, June 06, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Richard E. Vatz, PhD, has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Leveraging more than four decades of excellence in political persuasion, Dr. Vatz has earned distinction as a professor emeritus with Towson University. From 1974 until his retirement in 2023, he focused his efforts on engaging in a great deal of writing as well as working with students, giving numerous presentations on the field of rhetoric.
Prior to his most recent role, Dr. Vatz began his career as an instructor with Penn State at McKeesport in 1969 and with North Carolina State University in 1973. He continued his career as an assistant professor for Towson State University in 1974 and was promoted to an associate professor in 1982 and to full professor in 1989. Over the course of his career, he contributed a wealth of writings to his field, including co-authoring "Thomas Szasz: Primary Values and Major Contentions" in 1983 with Prometheus Press and "Thomas Szasz: The Man and His Ideas" with Transaction Publishers in 2017. He himself authored "The Only Authentic Book of Persuasion: the Agenda-Spin Method " in 2011 through the seventh edition with Authors Press in 2022. From 1985-2022 Dr. Vatz was an editor of USA Today Magazine.
Among his professional accomplishments, Dr. Vatz has sponsored two awards, one nationally and one at Towson, the Richard E. Vatz Agenda-Spin Persuasion Award and The Richard E. Vatz Best Debater Award Endowment. He has also received a Teacher of the Year award in 2002 and four Outstanding Teaching Grants from the student government association, making him the most awarded for this honor, and won the Teaching Fellow Award from the Eastern Communication Association in 2003. In recognition of his services to Towson University, he was honored with Governor's Citations for Achievements in Higher Education and Service in 2004 and 2022 as well as a Towson President's Award for Distinguished Service in 2004, the University's highest honor. Added to these, he gave the keynote university lecture on "Psychiatric Rhetoric and the Myths Involving the Insanity Plea" for Hillsdale College in 2013. He was also the first winner of the "Towson's Elite" Night, adding to his many honors from the university.
Dr. Vatz has published articles and/or reviews in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, Philosophy And Rhetoric, The New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of The American Medical Association, Law And Society Review, Psychotherapy and other journals as well.
Dr. Vatz has appeared on local and national media as an analyst, including CBS national radio, CNN (including "Crossfire"), "The Phil Donahue Show," "Larry King Live" and William Buckley's "Firing Line." He has provided political commentary for local, regional and national television and radio, including Fox television nationally and locally, CBS Radio, ABC Radio and Maryland Public Television, for over 30 years. He was the longest-serving member of Towson University's University Senate, having served 41 years. He served five terms on the NCA's Legislative Assembly.
Prior to embarking on his professional journey, Dr. Vatz earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology in 1969 and a Master of Arts in rhetoric and communication in 1970, both from the University of Pittsburgh. Following these achievements, he attained a Doctor of Philosophy in rhetoric and communication from the same institution in 1976.
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