D. Ray Heisey
D. Ray Heisey (1932–2011) was emeritus professor of intercultural communication at Kent State University.
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Early life and education
Heisey was born in Gladwin, Michigan, and grew up in Louisville, Ohio. After attending Greenville College, Messiah College, Ohio State University, he started studying in a PhD program at Northwestern University.[1]
Career
As a professor at Kent State University from 1966 until 1996, Heisey researched, taught and wrote about methods of communication[2] and the differences between these in various cultures. Much of his research involved the role of rhetoric in cultural context.[3][4] He also wrote and edited several books on this subject.[5][6]
Heisey was presented with an outstanding paper award at the 1996 RIT Multiculturism, Cultural Diversity and Understanding Conference.[7]
From 1975 until 1978, Heisey served as the second president of Damavand College in Tehran, Iran.[8]
Heisey taught at Peking University in Beijing, China in 1996 and 2000, and was named visiting distinguished professor of rhetoric at Hiram College for 2008.[9]
Heisey died May 20, 2011 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Family
Heisey married Susanne (VanValin) in 1959 and he is survived by three sons and his wife.
Books
- Heisey, D. Ray (2004). Healing Body and Soul, The Life and Times of Dr. W. O. Baker, (1827-1916). The Brethren in Christ Historical. LCCN 2004109936.
- D. Ray Heisey, ed. (2000). Chinese Perspectives in Rhetoric and Communication. Advances in Communication and Culture Series. 1. Stamford, CT: Ablex Publishing Corporation. ISBN 978-1-56750-495-8.
- Wenshan Jia, D. Ray Heisey and Randy Kluver, editors. Chinese Communication Research in the 20th and 21st Centuries: Advances, Challenges and Prospects. JAI Press, 2000.[10]
Articles
- "International Perspectives on Cultural Identity", Review of Communication, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2011
- Heisey, D. R. (2011). Reflections on A Persian Jewel: Damavand College, Tehran (PDF)
- The Visual and Artistic Rhetoric of Americans and Iranians of Each Other Impacted by Media, D. Ray Heisey and Mansoureh Sharifzadeh]. in Proceedings of the Phi Beta Cappa, Volume 2 Number 1. (PDF)
- "The Cross-Cultural Schemata of Iranian-American People Toward Each Other: A Qualitative Approach", Ehsan Shahghasemi and D. Ray Heisey. Intercultural Communications Studies, 2009, Volume XVIII Number 1
References
- Gordon, William A (1995). Four dead in Ohio : was there a conspiracy at Kent State?. Laguna Hills, CA: North Ridge Books.
- Preaching as "testimony, Publication, Prophesying": A Study of Horace Bushnell's Preaching and Homiletics in Light of His Religious Experience, 1833--1876. ProQuest. 2008. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-0-549-68989-8.
- Halford Ross Ryan (1 January 1988). Oratorical Encounters: Selected Studies and Sources of Twentieth-century Political Accusations and Apologies. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 22–. ISBN 978-0-313-25568-7.
- Mohammed ʻAbd al-Mohsen Al-Osaimi (2000). The Politics of Persuasion: The Islamic Oratory of King Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz. King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. pp. (unpaged). ISBN 978-9960-726-35-9.
- Jeffrey Kinkley, "Book Review:Chinese Perspectives in Rhetoric and Communication". Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. Multilingual Matters. 2002. p. 184.
- "Book Review ". Dharma Journals.
- K. S. Sitaram; Michael H. Prosser (1998). Civic Discourse: Multiculturalism, Cultural Diversity, and Global Communication. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-1-56750-409-5.
- ʻAlī Pāshā Ṣāliḥ (1976). Ċultu̇ral Ties Between Iran and the United States. Her Imperial Majesty's National Committee for the American Revolution Bicentennial. p. 378.
- "Hiram names D. Ray Heisey as visiting distinguished professor" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Hiram College News. September 3, 2008
- Spectra: A Bi-monthly Publication of the Speech Association of America. Speech Association of America. 2000. p. 32.