Biography

Professor Henry (Ph.D., Indiana University) teaches courses in political communication, rhetorical theory and criticism, persuasion, and argumentation. He is past editor of the Quarterly Journal of Speech (2005-07) and the Western Journal of Communication (2000-02), and he served as executive director of the Rhetoric Society of America (2003-08). His research is in the critical analysis of political speech, with emphasis on presidential rhetoric, social movements, and nuclear culture.