D. Ray Heisey

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

D. Ray Heisey

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
  1. Gordon, William A (1995). Four dead in Ohio : was there a conspiracy at Kent State?. Laguna Hills, CA: North Ridge Books.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Jeffrey Kinkley, "Book Review:Chinese Perspectives in Rhetoric and Communication". Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. Multilingual Matters. 2002. p. 184.
  6. "Book Review ". Dharma Journals.
  7. 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.
  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. Spectra: A Bi-monthly Publication of the Speech Association of America. Speech Association of America. 2000. p. 32.
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