I&E 111S · also THEATRST 110S
Finding Your Voice: Speech, Rhetoric and Story
Sara Elizabeth Thompson
Description from DukeHub
Finding Your Voice is an exploration of acting techniques and strategies that center vocal expression, articulation, and efficiency. Through the practice of speech, rhetoric, and storytelling, the course seeks to empower students to communicate their ideas more effectively. Students will have the opportunity to develop increasing confidence and skills in performance and public speaking that can be applied to a diversity of texts and in various settings.
Skills
- public speakingdescription: "voice" and 4 more
AI-resilient: 3 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "acting"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- Yes: A craft you practice with your hands or body · "voice"
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 12 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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