Curtis Scott Jacobs is an American argumentation, communication, and rhetorical scholar. The name "Curtis" is added here to distinguish him from the painter, Scott Jacobs. He is a professor at the University of Arizona, USA. He has published in Communication Monographs, Communication Theory, Journal of the American Forensic Association, Quarterly Journal of Speech, and Argumentation. His seminal contribution ton the field of argumentation theory appears in: Sally Jackson and Scott Jacobs, "Structure of Conversational Argument: Pragmatic Bases for the Enthymeme." The Quarterly Journal of Speech. LXVI, 251-265. Argumentation theory, or argumentation, embraces the arts and sciences of civil debate, dialogue, conversation, and persuasion. ...