D. Ray Heisey Explained

D. Ray Heisey
Birth Date:	1932
Birth Place:	Gladwin, Michigan, U.S.
Death Place:	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation:	Professor Emeritus
Workplaces:	Messiah College, Damavand College (1975–1978), Kent State University (c.1966–1975, 1978–1996), Peking University (1996–2000) , Hiram College
Spouse:	Susanne VanValin
Children:	3
Alma Mater:	Greenville College, Messiah College, Ohio State University, Northwestern University

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

He taught for 8 years at Messiah College. 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. 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.

Family

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

Books

• Book: Heisey , D. Ray . D. Ray Heisey

. Healing Body and Soul, The Life and Times of Dr. W. O. Baker, (1827-1916). D. Ray Heisey. The Brethren in Christ Historical. 2004. 2004109936.

• Book: Chinese Perspectives in Rhetoric and Communication. D. Ray Heisey. 1. Advances in Communication and Culture Series. Ablex Publishing Corporation. Stamford, CT. 2000. 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.^[11]

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

External links

• International Perspectives on Cultural Identity
• D. Ray Heisey, Obituary | Condolences
• Remembering D. Ray Heisey, by Mei Zhong (PDF)
• Professor 'D. Ray Heisey, The Full Moon of life' Written by Mansoureh Sharifzadeh, Tehran, Iran, July 2011, Medallion, page 12. (PDF)

Notes and References

1. Web site: D. Heisey Obituary (2011). 2021-04-08. Legacy.com. Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio. en.
2. Book: Gordon, William A. Four dead in Ohio : was there a conspiracy at Kent State?. 1995. North Ridge Books. Laguna Hills, CA.
3. Book: Preaching as "testimony, Publication, Prophesying": A Study of Horace Bushnell's Preaching and Homiletics in Light of His Religious Experience, 1833--1876. 2008. 978-0-549-68989-8. 6–.
4. Book: Halford Ross Ryan. Oratorical Encounters: Selected Studies and Sources of Twentieth-century Political Accusations and Apologies. 1 January 1988. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-25568-7. 22–.
5. Book: Mohammed ʻAbd al-Mohsen Al-Osaimi. The Politics of Persuasion: The Islamic Oratory of King Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz. 2000. King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. 978-9960-726-35-9. (unpaged).
6. Jeffrey Kinkley, "Book Review:Chinese Perspectives in Rhetoric and Communication". Book: Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. 2002. Multilingual Matters. 184.
7. http://www.dharmaramjournals.in/BookReview.aspx?IID=2&JID=3 "Book Review "
8. Book: ʻAlī Pāshā Ṣāliḥ. Ċultu̇ral Ties Between Iran and the United States. 1976. Her Imperial Majesty's National Committee for the American Revolution Bicentennial. 378.
9. http://thehiramcollege.net/news/?p=493 "Hiram names D. Ray Heisey as visiting distinguished professor"
10. Book: K. S. Sitaram. Civic Discourse: Multiculturalism, Cultural Diversity, and Global Communication. Michael H. Prosser. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1998. 978-1-56750-409-5. 17–.
11. Book: Spectra: A Bi-monthly Publication of the Speech Association of America. 2000. Speech Association of America. 32.