The following Clusters currently accept new students:
- History of argumentation theory
Hansen, Pender (Chair), Tindale - Argument & critical thinking education
Boulos (Chair), Kustra, Schuelke-Leech - Science and argument
Boulos, Buchanan, Crawford, Pender, Schuelke-Leech (Chair) - Words, language & cognition in argument
Buchanan, Guarini (Chair), Hansen, Tindale - Visual & multi-modal argument
Buchanan, Cappucci, Engle, Kotowich, Papador, Rodney, Rossini (Chair), Tindale - Feminism, social justice & argument
Bahdi, Cappucci, Crawford, Feldman, Jacobs, McMurphy - Rhetoric & argument
Cappucci, Pender, Rodney, Rossini, Tindale (Chair) - Political argument
Feldman, Hansen, Maltseva, Miljan (Chair), Richez, Schuelke-Leech, Tindale, Wittebols - Legal reasoning
Bahdi, Guarini (co-Chair), Jacobs, McMurphy, Sheldon, Venkatesh, Xavier (co-Chair)
Research Clusters give incoming students faculty contacts relevant to their research interests until they establish their dissertation committees. Research Clusters also set the Area Qualifying Exam in which students build their background in a specific area of argumentation studies to prepare for the dissertation.
Clusters may change from year to year.