HCCA - Hitchcock Center for Communication Art - 306F
George (Guy) F . McHendry, PhD
Director, Magis Core Curriculum
Associate Professor
George F. McHendry, Jr., Ph.D. received a B.A. in Communication from Ripon College in 2006, a M.A. in Speech Communication from Colorado State University in 2008, and a Ph.D. from the Department of Communication at the University of Utah in 2013. His research examines the intersections of the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, contemporary rhetorical theory, critical/cultural studies, and performance studies. He studies the complex array of discourses and performances that make up the public controversy over the airport security techniques adopted by the Transportation Security Administration. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Creighton University.
Research Focus
Theoretical/Methodological Areas: Rhetoric, Critical/Cultural Studies, Performance Studies, Argumentation Topical Areas: Surveillance and Security, Political Rhetoric, Social Media, Climate Change
Networking Argument (Guy) McHendry George F, The Micropolitics of Control [Book Chapter] 2020
Through the Black Mirror McHendry George F., “Arkangel”: Postscript on Families of Control [Book Chapter] 2019
Affect, Emotion, and Rhetorical Persuasion in Mass Communication Bodtke Jaimee, Disgusting Rhetorics [Book Chapter] 2019
McGreavy B, Tracing Rhetoric and Material Life 2018
Tracing Rhetoric and Material Life Senda-Cook Samantha, Embodying Resistance: A Rhetorical Ecology of the Full Cycle Supper [Book Chapter] 2018
McHendry George F., A Question of Sex: Feminism, Rhetoric, and Differences that Matter 2017
Publications
Argumentation and advocacy Paliewicz Nicholas S., Post-dialectics and fascistic argumentation in the global climate change debate 56:3, p. 137 - 154 2020
Rhetoric Society quarterly Larson Kyle R., Parasitic Publics 49:5, p. 517 - 541 2019
Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies McHendry George Franklin, Jr., Thank You for Participating in Security: Engaging Airport Security Checkpoints Via Participatory Critical Rhetoric 16:6, p. 548 - 559 2016
Criticism (Detroit) McHendry George F., The Reactive force of the transportation security administration 57:2 2015
Criticism-a Quarterly for Literature and the Arts McHendry George Franklin, Jr., The Re(d)Active Force of the Transportation Security Administration 57:2, p. 211 - 233 2015
Environmental Communication McHendry George F., ;Whale Wars and the Axiomatization of Image Events on the Public Screen. 6:2, p. 139 - 155 2012
Argumentation and Advocacy McHendry George Franklin, Jr., Instagrams that Wound: Punctum , Visual Enthymemes, and the Visual Argumentation of the Transportation Security Administration 53:4, p. 310 - 326 -0001
Argumentation and Advocacy Paliewicz Nicholas S., When Good Arguments do Not Work: Post-Dialectics, Argument Assemblages, and the Networks of Climate Skepticism 53:4, p. 287 - 309 -0001
Presentations
Kirby, Erika, Kuhn, Timothy, McBride, M. Chad, McHendry, Jr., George F., Meisenbach, Rebecca, Remke, Robin, and Wieland, Stacy. "Opting (Back) In to Paid Work: A Capitalist, Gendered, Classed, Careerist Analysis." National Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division. November 2016, Philadelphia, PA. 2016
Paliewicz, Nicholas and McHendry Jr., George F. "Manufacturing Dissent: The Forms and Functions of Corporate Arguments in the Global Climate Change Controversy and the Limits of the Idea of the Public Sphere." National Communication Association, Argumentation and Forensics Division. November 2016, Philadelphia, PA. Top Paper Panel. 2016
McHendry, George F. Jr., "Opting in from a Cultural Studies Lens." Panel Presentation, Multiple Perspectives on "Opting In": Scholars Respond to the Women of the "Opt-Out Revolution" Who (10 Years Later) "Want Back In, National Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, November 2014. 2014
McHendry, George F. Jr., "Embodying Resistance: De Certeau and Bordieu Ground Rhetorics Materiality." Panel Presentation, (Re)Historicizing New Materialist Methodologies \National Communication Association, Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division, November 2014. 2014
McHendry, George F. Jr., "Women and the Web." Lieben Center, Creighton University, February 12, 2014, Panelist, Omaha, NE. 2014
McHendry, George F. Jr., "Deleuze and Rhetoric." Ripon College Department of Communication, Communication 326, Historical Development of Rhetorical and Communication Theory, December 11, 2013, via WebEx. 2013
McHendry, George F. Jr., "Rape Culture, Rape Prevention, and Masculinity." Your Community Center, April 2012, Orem, UT. 2012
McHendry, George F. Jr. "Whale Wars and the Axiomatization of Image Events on the Public Screen." National Communication Association, Environmental Communication Division, November, 2010, San Francisco, CA. 2010
McHendry, George F. Jr. "Liminal Space and Social Movements: Strategies, Tactics, and the Religious Right." Western States Communication Association, Rhetoric and Public Address Interest Group, March, 2010, Anchorage, AK 2010
Top Paper Top Paper, Performance Studies Division, 2015 Western States Communication Association Conference, Spokane, WA, February, 2015. "Problematizing the Reliance on Sex as a Biological Binary: Gender as Communication and Performance in TSA's Advanced Imaging Technology." 2015 Western States Communication Association Conference
Top Paper Top Paper, Performance Studies Division, 2014 Western States Communication Association Conference, Anaheim, CA, February, 2014. "The Airport as Repertoire and my Becoming-Rhetorician." 2014 Western States Communication
Steffensen Cannon Graduate Scholarship 2012/2013 Steffensen Cannon Graduate Scholarship for Graduate Study at the University of Utah Awarded for to facilitate the completion of my Dissertation Research. University of Utah
Campus Commitment Award Recipient, Campus Commitment Award, Colorado State University, Spring 2008. Colorado State University
College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award (Graduate Student Assistant) Recipient, College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award (Graduate Student
Assistant), Colorado State University, Fall 2007. Colorado State University