JUDITH E. HENDRY

05 Camino Cañon

Placitas, NM 87043

(505) 867-3995 (home)

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Education

Ph.D., Human Communication Studies: University of Denver, 1994

Dissertation Title: “Language and Prejudice”, Dr. F.E.X. Dance, Advisor

M.A., Communication Studies: California State University, Los Angeles, 1991

Thesis Title: “Communication Apprehension in the Ethnically Diverse Classroom”

B.A., Speech: South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, 1975

Research and Teaching Emphasis: Rhetorical Theory and Criticism; Research

Methods (both quantitative and qualitative); Communication Theory; Environmental

Communication

Teaching Experience

Lecturer III and Director of Core Course in Public Speaking: University of New

Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Fall 2001-present

Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of Forensics: University of New Mexico,

Albuquerque, NM, Fall, 1998 to Spring, 2001

Instructor: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1996-1998

Instructor: DePaul University, Chicago, IL, Winter Quarter, 1995

Instructor: University College, Environmental Policy and Management Program,

University of Denver, Denver, CO, 1993-1995

Graduate Teaching Assistant: University of Denver, Denver, CO, 1991-1994

Instructor: Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA, 1991

Instructor: Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA, 1990-1991

Graduate Teaching Assistant/Assistant Forensics Coach: California State University,

Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 1988-1990

Courses Taught:

Currently Teaching:

Research Methods (quantitative & qualitative)

Senior Seminar (capstone course and outcome assessment tool)

Environmental Communication (undergraduate & graduate levels)

Public Speaking

Rhetoric of Dissent

Persuasion

Courses Previously Taught:

Communication Theory

Rhetorical Criticism (undergraduate & graduate levels)

Public Debate

Organizational Communication (undergraduate & graduate levels)

Introduction to Communication

Interviewing

Interpersonal Communication

Oral Interpretation of Literature

Communication and Research Skills for Environmental Managers

Publications

Journals & Professional Publications

“Public Discourse and the Rhetorical Construction of the Technospecter.” (2007 in press). In S. P. Depoe (Ed.), Environmental Communication Yearbook, IV, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

“The Logic of Colonization in the ‘What Would Jesus Drive?’ Anti-SUV Campaign. (2005). In S. L. Senecah (Ed.) Environmental Communication Yearbook, II (pp. 115-131). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (Janet Cramer, second author).

“Decide, Announce, Defend: Turning the NEPA Process into an Advocacy Tool rather than a Decision-making Tool.” (2004). In J. W. Delicath, S. P. Depoe, & M. F. Aepli (Eds. ), Communication and Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making: Advances in Theory and Practice. SUNY Press.

“The Prophets and the Pundits: The Role of the Environmental Communication Scholar in a Sustainable Southwest.” Transcript of Keynote Speech for 2003 Arizona Communication Association Conference. Journal of the Arizona Communication Association. (2004).

“Mining the Sacred Mountain: The Clash between Western Rationalization and

Native American Religions.” Multicultural Perspectives, 5(1), 3-10 (2003).

“If a Tree Falls in the Forest and Nobody is There to Hear It, Does It Fall Under the Purview of Environmental Communication?: Toward Establishing Definitional Anchors.” Ecologue, 2000 (Fall).

“Water Information Campaign: Moving a Community to Act.” Signpost, 1996 (October).

"Managing Public Values in Environmental Risk Communication: The Rhetoric of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal.” Speaker and Gavel, 31, 96-109. 1994.

Juried Conference Proceedings

“Myth as Political Rhetoric: A Look at the Discourse of Stewardship in the Healthy Forest Initiative.” Proceedings from the Conference on Environment and Communication, 2005.

“Using NEPA to Validate an A Priori Decision.” Proceedings from the Conference on Environment and Communication, 2001.

“The Mystification of Radiation: The Rhetorical Construction of Radioactive Waste by Anti-WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant) Activists.” Proceedings from the Conference on Environment and Communication, 1999.

Publications Currently Under Review

Communication and the Environment: An Introduction to the Study of Environmental Communication. (textbook near completion and under review with Strata Publishing Co.).

“Nuclear Legacies: The Discourse of Stockpile Stewardship.” In S. P. Depoe, W. J. Kinsella, M. S. Metzer, & B. C. Taylor (Eds.), Nuclear Legacies (under review).

Convention Paper Presentations

Bryan Taylor & Judith Hendry. “Insisting on Persisting: The Rhetoric of ‘Stockpile Stewardship’ in Post-Cold War Nuclear Weapons Development.” Presented at the National Communication Association Convention, San Antonio, November, 2006.

Top Paper: “Mystery, Paradox, and Occupational Psychosis in the Stewardship Discourse of Nuclear Weapons.” Presented at the National Communication Association Convention, Boston, November, 2005.

“Myth as Political Rhetoric: A Look at the Discourse of Stewardship in the Healthy Forest Initiative.” (2005). Presented at the Conference on Communication and Environment, Jekyll Island, GA, June, 2005.

Judith Hendry & Janet Cramer. “Rhetorical Colonization in the ‘What Would Jesus Drive?’ Campaign.” Presented at the Western Social Science Association Convention, Albuquerque, NM, April, 2005.

“The Logic of Colonization in an Anti-SUV Campaign.” Presented at the Conference on Communication and Environment, Silver Falls Conference Center, Oregon, July, 2003.

“Public Discourse and the Rhetorical Construction of the Technospecter.” Presented at the National Communication Association Convention, Atlanta, GA, November, 2001.

“Decide, Announce, Defend: Turning the NEPA Process into an Advocacy Tool rather than a Decision-making Tool.” Presented at the Conference on Communication and Environment, Cincinnati, OH, July, 2001.

“The Atom and the Alchemist: The Rhetorical Construction of the Mystery of Radiation.” Presented at the National Communication Association Convention, Seattle, WA, November, 2000.

“The Mystification of Radiation: The Rhetorical Construction of Radioactive Waste,” Presented at the Conference on Communication and Environment, Flagstaff, AZ, July, 1999.

“Mining the Sacred Mountain: The Clash between Western Rationalization and Native American Religions.” Presented at the National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL, November, 1997.

“The ‘Wise Use’ of Dichotomies in the Creation of Fear Appeals: An Examination of Anti-environmental Rhetoric.” Presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, San Diego, CA, November, 1996.

“Alienation and Contemporary Culture: Beavis and Butthead from the Social Constructionist Perspective.” Presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, San Antonio, TX, November, 1995.

“Environmental Negotiation: New Paths for Overcoming Old Obstacles to Environmental Dispute Resolution.” Presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, San Antonio, TX, November, 1995.

"The Three Voices of the Media: A Case Study of the Television Media's Coverage of the Controversy Surrounding a Toxic Waste Incinerator." Presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, LA, November, 1994.

"Assessing Conceptual Competence: A Look at Essay versus Objective Exams versus..." Presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL, October, 1992.

"Communication Apprehension in the Ethnically Diverse Classroom." Presented at the Western States Communication Association Convention, Spokane, WA, February, 1989.

Professional Service

President, Environmental Communication Commission, National Communication Association, 1999-2000.

Vice President, Environmental Communication Commission, National Communication Association, 1997-1999.

Co-Director, Seminar Series: “Growing the General Environmental Communication Course.” National Communication Association Convention, New York, November, 1998).

Co-Instructor, Short Course: “Teaching Environmental Communication.” National Communication Association Convention, San Antonio, November, 2006).

Convention Panel Respondent

“Communicating Sustainability Through Flames: Rhetorical Studies of the 2002 Arizona Wildfires.” Western States Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT, February, 2003.

“From the Sacrosanct to the Sordid: Environmental Rhetoric in Action.” National Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, LA, November, 2002.

“Environmental Communication in Action: Pedagogy, Praxis, and Possibility, II.”

National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, 2002.

“Constructions of Environmental Place and Identity: Contested Space, Contested Roles, and Contested Doctrines.” National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL, November, 1999.

“From a Woman’s Point of View: Alternative Perspectives in Environmental Communication.” National Communication Association Convention, New York, NY, November, 1998.

Invited Panelist

“Environmental Communication in Action: Pedagogy, Praxis, and Possibility, I.”

National Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, LA, November, 2002.

“Bridging from Academic Research to Public Activism.” Conference on Communication and Environment, Cincinnati, OH, July, 2001.

“Growing the Field: Teaching and Graduate Student Development in Environmental Communication.” Conference on Communication and Environment, Cincinnati, OH, July, 2001.

“Native Americans and the Environment: Topics, Issues, and Approaches.” National Communication Association Convention, Seattle, WA, November, 2000.

“The Engaged Scholar: Translating Environmental Communication Research into Activism.” National Communication Association Convention, Seattle, WA, November, 2000.

“Communication and Nuclear Weapons: Toward the Development of a National Consortium of Collaborative Research and Support.” Western States Communication Association Convention, Vancouver, BC, February, 1999.

Panel Chair

“Critical Reflections on Environmental Communication: Discourse and Performance Studies in Our Field.” National Communication Association Convention, San Antonio, November, 2006.

“Where Have We Come and Where Do We Go from Here?: Environmental Communication as a Research Focus.” National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL, November, 1997.

Honors and Awards

Editorial Board, Environmental Communication Yearbook, 2002-current.

Top Paper: “Mystery, Paradox, and Occupational Psychosis in the Stewardship Discourse of Nuclear Weapons.” Environmental Communication Division, National Communication Association Convention, November, 2005.

Keynote Speaker, Arizona Communication Association Convention, “The Prophets and the Pundits: The Role of the Environmental Communication Scholar in a Sustainable Southwest.” Flagstaff, AZ, April 20, 2002.

Keynote Speaker, Albuquerque Bar Association, “Beware the Narrative,” January 2001.

Guest Lecture, McNair Scholars Seminar, “Oral Presentation Skills,” 2001.

Outstanding Service Award from Space and Robotics, 2000 for facilitating “The Great Debate: Resolved That the Principal Focus of the Next Manned [sic] Activities in Space Should Be (a) Mars or (b) the Moon,” Sponsored by NASA, Sandia National Laboratories, and the American Society of Civil Engineers, Albuquerque, NM, March, 2000.

Outstanding Service Award from the Environmental Communication Commission of the National Communication Association, 2000.

$4,000 grant award from the Albuquerque Community Foundation for the promotion and public awareness of archeological site preservation, 1999.

President, Graduate Students of the Three Faculties, University of Denver, Denver CO, 1993-1994.

University and Departmental Service (University of New Mexico)

Faculty Senate 2002-2004

Director, Core Course in Public Speaking, 2000-current

Developed and Administered Student Outcome Assessment Plan, 1999-current

Chair, Building Renovation Fundraising Committee, 1999-current

Director of Departmental Internships. 2001-current

Committee Member, Undergraduate Teaching Committee, 1999-current

Director, Internships in Communication Education: High School Forensics Coaching:

A Project in Service Learning, 2000-2001

Chair, Communication and Journalism Building Renovation Grant-Writing

Committee, 1999-2000

Master’s Theses and Dissertation Committees:

Michael R. J. Roth (1999), “That’s Where the Power Is: The Construction of

Identification and Ideology in Contemporary Christian Music.”

Shawn McKee (2000), “Literary Representations of Nature Spanning a

Century.”

Julia Shade (2000), “The Construction of Political Image on Candidate Web

Sites.”

Douglas Dick (2000), “Ethical Concerns about Unobtrusive Control in

Organizations.”

Ryan Alford (2006), “The Normative Application of Four Branches of

Argumentation Theory.”

Community Involvement

Board of Directors, Del Agua Institute, 1997-2004. This nonprofit corporation, consisting of hydrologists and geologists, was organized to promote responsible development based on water availability and to assist County and State Agencies in the development of regional planning.

President, Las Placitas Association, 1997-1998 and 2001-2002. This nonprofit corporation works towards the preservation of open space and the development of a regional open space management plan. This is an elected position. Board of Directors, 1997-current.

President, La Mesa Water Cooperative, 1996-1998. This cooperative is responsible for serving the water needs of 280 homes. This is an elected position.

Consulting

Seminar for the Department of Energy, Northern New Mexico Citizen’s Advisory Board, on Public Involvement in Environmental Decision-Making.