Faculty

Maxim Fetissenko

Post-Doctoral Teaching Associate

Office Location: 244 Holmes Hall
Office Phone: 617-373-5161
Email: m.fetissenko@neu.edu

Office Hours:
Tuesday: 12:30-1:15
Friday: 12:30-1:15
By appointment

Education:
PhD in Speech Communication, Florida State University
MA in Speech Communication, Florida State University
MA in Philosophy & Political Science, Leningrad (St. Petersburg) State University

Courses Taught:
Introduction to Communications
Public Speaking
Persuasion & Rhetoric
Rhetorical Criticism I and II
Rhetorical Theory

Research Interests:
Dr. Fetissenko was born and grew up in Leningrad, where he attended Nakhimov Naval School and Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) State University. Upon graduation with a degree in philosophy and political science, Maxim attended Florida State University, where he received master’s and doctoral degrees in speech communication. His dissertation, Communication, Coercion, and Prevention of Deadly Conflict, focused on redefining the concept of coercion as a mode of communication and a means of conflict prevention and resolution.

Prior to coming to Northeastern University, Dr. Fetissenko worked as Associate and Acting Executive Director of Rhode Island Service Alliance, a state commission for national and community service. Maxim Fetissenko teaches courses in the Public Advocacy and Rhetoric track (including Persuasion & Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism), as well as Public Speaking and Introduction to Communication Studies. His current research interests include political rhetoric, the rhetoric of animal liberation, communication and conflict resolution theory, and the uses of non-violence as a mode of communication, among other topics.