The following Clusters currently accept new students:
- History of argumentation theory
Blair, Hansen, Pender (Chair), Tindale - Argument & critical thinking education
Blair, Boulos (Chair), Hundleby, Kustra, Schuelke-Leech - Science and argument
Albanese, Boulos, Buchanan, Crawford, Hundleby, Pender, Schuelke-Leech (Chair) - Words, language & cognition in argument
Buchanan, Guarini, Hansen, Hundleby (acting Chair), Tindale - Visual & multi-modal argument
Blair, Buchanan, Cappucci (acting Chair), Engle, Kotowich, Papador, Rodney, Rossini (Chair - on leave), Tindale - Feminism, social justice & argument
Albanese, Bahdi, Cappucci, Crawford, Feldman, Hundleby, Jacobs, Major (Chair), McMurphy - Rhetoric & argument
Cappucci, Pender, Rodney, Rossini, Tindale (Chair) - Political argument
Feldman, Hansen, Major, 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.