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Dr. Calvin L. Troup, President

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Dr. Calvin L. Troup

Dr. Calvin L. Troup is Geneva College’s twentieth president since its founding in 1848. He took office in 2016.

Before coming to Geneva, Dr. Troup directed a nationally ranked Rhetoric Ph.D. program in Duquesne University’s Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies. He also served as a Geneva College board member during that time. He also has served on the faculties of Indiana University-Bloomington and the Pennsylvania State University-University Park. Dr. Troup graduated from Geneva College in 1983 and earned the M.A. (1991) and Ph.D. (1994) in Speech Communication from Penn State.

Dr. Troup’s scholarly work focuses on the rhetoric and philosophy of St. Augustine and the rhetoric of technology. His books include Temporality, Eternity, and Wisdom: The Rhetoric of Augustine’s Confessions (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1999) and Augustine for the Philosophers: The Rhetor of Hippo, the Confessions (Baylor University Press, 2014) in addition to several book chapters and scholarly articles. He edited the Journal of Communication and Religion and Explorations in Media Ecology and is a past President of the Religious Communication Association. Dr. Troup also serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh.

Prior to his career in higher education, Dr. Troup worked in Washington, DC as a trend analyst and in leadership and board development for a major national non-profit organization. He also served as a press aide in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Dr. Troup and his wife, Amy L. (Spear) Troup ‘83, have four married daughters and several grandchildren.

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