Master's Student Contact Info jrm97870@uga.edu Office: Caldwell Hall 501 Jack McKinney received his Bachelor of Arts from the John E. Sallstrom Honors College at Georgia College and State University, majoring in rhetoric. He is interested in transnationalist studies and the utilitarian philosophy of effective altruism, particularly in regard to the impact of globalization on the deferred meaning of 'capital'. He is also interested in the construction and deployment of nationalist ideology in banal, everyday language. Selected Publications Selected Publications: McKinney, J. (2026). The nation wears Prada: A transnational rhetorical and ideological critique of the 2025 Met Gala through a banal nationalistic framework. Proceedings, 93, 19–29. Awarded Top Student Paper for The Nation Wears Prada, by the Georgia Communication Association.
