Andrew McMurry

Andrew McMurry is a Professor at the University of Waterloo, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and the Department of English. His work bridges environmental literature, rhetoric, critical discourse analysis, and semiotics. He is known for his interdisciplinary approach, challenging overspecialization in the humanities.

• Education: PhD in English (Indiana University), MA in English (University of Waterloo), BSc in Biology (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Research Interests include environmental philosophy, American literature, climate change narratives, horror fiction, and comics. He critiques societal blind spots through lenses like systems theory and poststructuralism.

Publication Trends show a focus on:

• Climate change and political rhetoric (e.g., analyses of Trump's discourse)
• Ecocritical reevaluations of 19th-century American texts
• Intersections between digital media and environmentalism
• Theoretical explorations of transcendentalist ideas in modern contexts

Scientific Awards:

• Faculty of Arts Outstanding Performance Award
• UWaterloo Learning Initiatives Fund Grant
• SSHRC Grant
• Canada Foundation for Innovations Co-recipient
• Brittain Postdoctoral Fellowship

Advising & Grants highlight supervision in environmental philosophy, American literature, and semiotics. His grants support interdisciplinary research on climate and discourse.