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Roderick P. Hart (born on February 17th, 1945 in Fall River, Massachusetts) is an American scholar who is known for his work in the specific areas of media, politics, political language, presidential studies, and rhetorical analysis.

Hart received his B.A. from the University of Massachusetts in English, and is M.A. and Ph.D. in speech communication from Pennsylvania State University. He then served as an assistant professor from 1990-74 and an associate professor from 1974-79 in communication at Purdue University. In 1979, Hart was appointed as a full professor at the University of Texas at Austin and from 2004 to 2015 he was the dean of the Moody College of Communication at UT.