Dr. James Herrick

Retired Faculty
616.395.7593herrick@hope.edu
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Dr. Herrick started teaching at Hope in 1984, and was chair of the communication department between 1993 and 2002. He has held the Guy VanderJagt Chair of Communication since 2001.

AREAS OF INTEREST

Dr. Herrick's areas of expertise include:

  • History and theory of rhetoric
  • Argumentation
  • New spiritual movements
  • Rhetoric of technology

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., communication arts, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1986
  • M.A., rhetoric, University of California, Davis, 1979
  • B.A., speech communication, California State University, Fresno, 1976

HONORS, GRANTS, & AWARDS

  • Favorite Faculty Award, Hope College, student body vote, October 2007
  • John and Ruth Reed Faculty Achievement Award, Hope College, January 2007
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin, 1984
  • Communication Arts Teaching Award for Graduate Students, University of Wisconsin, 1982
  • Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fellow, May 1982

Published Work

  • , 6th edition, Strata Publishers, forthcoming 2018 
  • , 6th edition, Routledge, 2017
  • , Parlor Press, 2017 
  • , co-edited with Michael Hyde, Baylor University Press, 2013
    • National Communication Association Ethics Division, Edited Book of the Year Award winner, 2013 
  • , InterVarsity Press, 2008
    • Discussed in Routledge Companion to Modern Christian Thought
  • , InterVarsity Press, 2003
    • Silver Medallion Award Winner, Evangelical Christian Publishing Association
  • , University of South Carolina Press, 1997
  • Critical Thinking: The Analysis of Arguments, Gorsuch-Scarisbrick Publishers, 1990
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Dr. James Herrick

Phone Number616.395.7593

Retired Faculty