
Daniel Overton
Biography
After graduating from Freed-Hardeman University, Daniel worked as a full-time congregational minister for a church plant near Memphis, TN for six years, and he earned a Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Historical Theology from the Harding School of Theology during that time. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric at the University of Kansas. Prior to joining the Seaver College faculty at Pepperdine in 2018, he served as assistant professor for his alma mater Freed-Hardeman in his home state of Tennessee. He more recently served as the faculty-in-residence in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the 2023-24 academic year. Currently, he teaches courses focusing on ethics, rhetoric, leadership, and public speaking. Daniel's research interests concern moral reasoning, the history of rhetoric, constitutive and prophetic rhetorics, and religious rhetoric in various contexts. He is married to Elaine, and together they have three mostly delightful daughters.
Education
- PhD, Communication Studies: Rhetoric, University of Kansas
- MA, Historical Theology, Harding School of Theology
- MDiv, Harding School of Theology
- BA, Freed-Hardeman University
Topics
- Moral Reasoning
- Rhetoric
- Hermeneutics
- Religion
- Leadership
- Public Speaking