Dr. Swartz has published extensively in the areas of rhetorical theory, democracy, and social justice. With his background in both law and rhetoric, he seeks to engage critically the limitations of constitutional and other normative standards that reify social inequality.听
Education and Degrees
J.D., Duke University,听magna cum laude听(2001)
Ph.D., Purdue University (1995)
M.A. University of California, Davis (1992)
B.A. Humboldt State University (1989)
Selected Publications
Omar Swartz,听Anti-Dobbs, An Interdisciplinary Polemic听(New York: Peter Lang, 2025).
Omar Swartz, 鈥溾�楽traight But Not Narrow鈥�: An Ally Confronts Homophobia Through听Litost.鈥� In听Subhadeep Paul and Goutam Majhi, eds.,听Beyond the Heteronorm: Interrogating Critical Alterities听in Global Art and Literature听(pp. 75-88). Maryland: Lexington Books, 2024.
Omar Swartz, 鈥淏ecoming an Ally in the College Classroom: One Front in the Battle Against Homophobia.鈥� In Amber E. George and Russell W. Waltz, eds.,听Critical Pedagogical Strategies to Transcend Hegemonic Masculinity听(pp. 193-208). New York: Peter Lang, 2021.
Rodrick Schubert and Omar Swartz, 鈥淭radition and Transformation in Jane Addams鈥檚 New Federalism: Creating Community Sphere by Empowering Municipalities.鈥� In JongHwa Lee and 鈥嶴eth Kahn, eds.,听Activism and Rhetoric: Theories and Contexts for Political Engagement听2nd听ed. (pp. 173-189). New York: Routledge, 2020.
Omar Swartz and Candace Nunag Tardio, 鈥�Propter Defectum Sexus听and the Stalled Gender Revolution.鈥� In Brittany C. Slatton, 鈥巃nd Carla D Brailey, eds.,听Women and Inequality in the 21st Century听(pp. 24-39). New York: Routledge, 2019.
Omar Swartz, 鈥淲riting (and Criticism) as an Act of Staying Human: Lessons From Kerouac and the Beat Generation.鈥� In Nate Mickelson, ed.,听Writing as A Way of Staying Human in A Time That Isn鈥檛听(pp. 193-209). Wilmington,听DE: Vernon Press, 2018.听
Omar Swartz, 鈥淕ay Rights/African American Rights: A Common Struggle for Social Justice,鈥澨�Socialism & Democracy, 29.2 (2015): 1-24.
Courses Taught
HUMN 4251听 Introduction to Legal Studies
HUMN 4325听 First Amendment: Theory and Context
PSCI 4487听听听听听 Constitutional Law II
SSCI 5020听听听听听 Foundations and Theories of Interdisciplinary Studies
SSCI 5540听听听听听 Law & Diversity in United States History