George (Guy) F . McHendry, PhD

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

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Contact

GMcHendry@creighton.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Communication Studies
HCCA - Hitchcock Center for Communication Art - 306F

George (Guy) F . McHendry, PhD

Associate Professor

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

Department

Communication Studies

Position

Associate Professor

Books

  • Networking Argument
    (Guy) McHendry George F, Paliewicz Nicholas S, 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, McHendry George F. (Guy), Disgusting Rhetorics [Book Chapter] 2019
  • Tracing Rhetoric and Material Life
    Senda-Cook Samantha, McHendry George F., Embodying Resistance: A Rhetorical Ecology of the Full Cycle Supper [Book Chapter] 2018
  • McGreavy B, Wells Justine, McHendry George (Guy), Senda-Cook Samantha, Tracing Rhetoric and Material Life 2018
  • McHendry George F., A Question of Sex: Feminism, Rhetoric, and Differences that Matter 2017
  • McHendry George, McHendry: Dobson's latest book focuses on leaving a legacy 2014

Publications

  • Argumentation and advocacy
    Paliewicz Nicholas S., McHendry George F. (Guy), Post-dialectics and fascistic argumentation in the global climate change debate
    56:3, p. 137 - 154 2020
  • Rhetoric Society quarterly
    Larson Kyle R., McHendry George F. (Guy), 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
  • Southern Communication Journal
    McHendry George F., Middleton Michael K., Endres Danielle, Senda-Cook Samantha, O'Byrne Megan, Rhetorical Critic(ism)'s Body: Affect and Fieldwork on a Plane of Immanence
    79:4, p. 293 - 310 2014
  • 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
    Paliewicz Nicholas S., McHendry George Franklin, Jr., When Good Arguments do Not Work: Post-Dialectics, Argument Assemblages, and the Networks of Climate Skepticism
    53:4, p. 287 - 309 -0001
  • 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

Grants

  • Google Academic Research Award 2024 Using AI/Sponsor: Google Research

  • Communication Apprehension Reduction: Assessing the Effectiveness of an Online Public Speaking Course/Sponsor: Creighton University Center for Faculty Excellence/CFE

  • Developing a Custom Chatbot for Medical School Personal Statements/Sponsor: Creighton University Center for Faculty Excellence/CFE

Awards

  • 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