D. Ray Heisey
Born1932
Gladwin, Michigan, U.S.
DiedMay 20, 2011(2011-05-20) (aged 78–79)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationProfessor Emeritus
SpouseSusanne VanValin
Children3
Academic background
Alma materGreenville College,
Messiah College,
Ohio State University,
Northwestern University
Academic work
InstitutionsMessiah College,
Damavand College (1975–1978),
Kent State University (c.1966–1975, 1978–1996),
Peking University (1996–2000)
, Hiram College

D. Ray Heisey (1932–2011) was emeritus professor of intercultural communication at Kent State University.

Early life and education

Heisey was born in Gladwin, Michigan, and grew up in Louisville, Ohio.[1] After attending Greenville College, Messiah College, Ohio State University, he started studying in a PhD program at Northwestern University.[2]

Career

D. Ray Heisey, at the unfinished building for Damavand College (1975).

He taught for 8 years at Messiah College.[1] As a professor at Kent State University, from 1966 until 1996, Heisey researched, taught and wrote about methods of communication and the differences between these in various cultures.[3] Much of his research involved the role of rhetoric in cultural context.[4][5] He also wrote and edited several books on this subject.[6][7]

From Fall 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.[1] He was named visiting distinguished professor of rhetoric at Hiram College for 2008.[9]

Heisey was presented with an outstanding paper award at the 1996 RIT Multiculturism, Cultural Diversity and Understanding Conference.[10]

Heisey died May 20, 2011, of thyroid cancer in Cleveland, Ohio.[1]

Family

Heisey married Susanne (née VanValin) in 1959.[1] He had three sons.[1] He was a member of the Kent Presbyterian Church in Kent, Ohio starting in 1968.[1]

Books

Articles

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "D. Heisey Obituary (2011)". Legacy.com. Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  2. ^ Gordon, William A (1995). Four dead in Ohio : was there a conspiracy at Kent State?. Laguna Hills, CA: North Ridge Books.
  3. ^ Preaching as "testimony, Publication, Prophesying": A Study of Horace Bushnell's Preaching and Homiletics in Light of His Religious Experience, 1833--1876. 2008. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-0-549-68989-8.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Jeffrey Kinkley, "Book Review:Chinese Perspectives in Rhetoric and Communication". Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. Multilingual Matters. 2002. p. 184.
  7. ^ "Book Review " Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Dharma Journals.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Hiram names D. Ray Heisey as visiting distinguished professor" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Hiram College News. September 3, 2008
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Spectra: A Bi-monthly Publication of the Speech Association of America. Speech Association of America. 2000. p. 32.

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