He teaches students to produce public writing, speaking, argumentation, criticism, and advocacy. Inabinet has taken his research concerning rhetoric, from its ancient roots into contemporary practice, into the public sphere. He has theorized ideas about intergenerational audiences regarding sustainability and worked with the David E. Shi Center for Sustainability; ideas about speech and freedom that have empowered his time as President of the AAUP-SC; and ideas about nineteenth century views of economics, civility, and race that inform his work as the co-chair of the Task Force on Slavery & Justice at Furman. His work has appeared in his field’s journals, law reviews, as well as edited volumes and encyclopedias on communication.