赫里克博士于1984年开始在霍普大学任教，并于1993年至2002年担任传播系系主任。他自2001年起担任Guy VanderJagt传播主席。

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

• Argumentation: Understanding and Shaping Arguments, 6th edition, Strata Publishers, forthcoming 2018
• The History and Theory of Rhetoric: An Introduction, 6th edition, Routledge, 2017
• Visions of Technological Transcendence: Human Enhancement and the Rhetoric of the Future,Parlor Press, 2017
• After the Genome: A Language for our Biotechnology Future, co-edited with Michael Hyde, Baylor University Press, 2013
  • National Communication Association Ethics Division, Edited Book of the Year Award winner, 2013
• Scientific Mythologies: How Science and Science Fiction Forge New Religious Beliefs, InterVarsity Press, 2008
  • Discussed inRoutledge Companion to Modern Christian Thought
• The Making of the New Spirituality: The Eclipse of the Western Religious Tradition, InterVarsity Press, 2003
  • Silver Medallion Award Winner, Evangelical Christian Publishing Association
• The Radical Rhetoric of the English Deists, University of South Carolina Press, 1997
• Critical Thinking: The Analysis of Arguments, Gorsuch-Scarisbrick Publishers, 1990