EMERITI FACULTY
EMERITI FACULTY
*Jerry Feezel
B.S., Southern Illinois University
M.S., & Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison (1971)
Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies
The focus of his research and teaching is language semantics and instructional communication. He also specializes in communication in aging and intercultural communication. In addition to numerous state, regional, and national conference papers, Jerry has authored over 60 articles in Speech Monographs, Communication Education, and a dozen other journals. He authored one book, co-authored another, and has chapters in three other books. As graduate faculty, he has directed 27 graduate theses and dissertations plus non-thesis papers. He has also traveled, taught and studied in England, Europe, and China.
He came to Kent State in 1973 as a division chair in the School of Speech, developed and directed the University-wide Orientation of Graduate TA's (ONTAP), served as Associate Dean in Research and Graduate Studies, was a Faculty Senator and officer, and served three years as Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
A former high school speech/theatre and English teacher in Illinois, Jerry has a B. S. in Education and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Communicative Arts (educational psychology minor). He has held numerous professional offices in 40 years of university teaching including chair of the SCA Instructional Development Division (twice) and President of both the Washington & Ohio Speech Communication Associations. He has been honored with both major awards from the Ohio association: Outstanding College Teacher (1984) and Distinguished Service Award (1988).
Jerry lives in Kent with his wife Jenelle. Their son, daughter and spouses have given them five grandchildren to enjoy.
William I Gorden
B.A., Manchester College
M.A., Purdue University
Ph.D., Purdue University Postdoctoral, Northwestern University and Florida State University
Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies
Research Interests: Organizational Culture and Member Rights, Commitment, Freedom of Speech, Values, Ethics and Relationships, Quality in Organizations.
Current Research Projects: Superior-Subordinate Communication; Employee Rights; Organizational Citizenship; Socialization in Society and at Work; Teamwork.
*D. Ray Heisey
Th.B., Messiah College A.B., Greenville College
M.A., Ohio State University
Ph.D., Northwesterm University Postgraduate Study, University of Edinburgh
Professor Emeritus and Director Emeritus of Communication Studies
Research Interests: Rhetoric of National Leaders; Conflict and Revolutionary Movements; International and Intercultural Communication.
Current Research Projects: Rhetoric of Scandinavia, China and the Middle East; International Crises and the Rhetoric of National Leaders; Apologia.
Dominic A. Infante
B.S., Bowling Green State University
M.S., Westminster College
M.A., Kent State University
Ph.D., Kent State University
Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies
Research Interests: Argumentativeness; Verbal Aggressiveness; Personality and Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Family Violence; Spousal Abuse.
Current Research Projects: Verbal Aggression; Nonverbal Communication and Aggressiveness; Aggressive Communication and Corporal Punishment.
Johnny Miller
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
M.A., University of Southern Mississippi
B.A., Western Kentucky University
Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies
Hugh P. Munro
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1963
M.A., University of Alabama, 1959
B.S., University of Alabama, 1958
Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies
Teaching Interests: Theory and Practice of Oral Discourse, Advanced Address, Theories of Rhetorical Discourse, Greek and Roman Rhetoical Theory, Modern and Contemporary Rhetorical Theory, Conversational Public Speaking
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana‑Champaign
M.A., Queens College of the City University of New York
B.A., Queens College of the City University of New York
Professor Emeritus and Director Emeritus of Communication Studies
Research Interests: Media Uses and Effects; Newer Communication Technologies; Personal and Mediated Communication; Media News and Entertainment; Communication, Aging, and Digital Divides
Current Research Projects: Measurement of Internet Use; Parasocial Interaction and TV Reality Programs; Third-Person Effects and Terrorism; Communication Motivation and Aggression
Teaching Interests: Media Effects; Communication in an Information Society; Political Communication; Intercultural Communication; Research Methods; Measurement and Analysis
*B.A., Pennsylvania State University
M.A., Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies
Research Interests: Interpersonal Communication; Personal and Mediated Communication; Communication Competence; Impression Formation and Relationship Development; Interpersonal Communication Motives; Instructional Communication.
Current Research Projects: Interpersonal Motives, Media Use, and New Technologies; Interpersonal Communication Competence; Communication Measurement; Communication Cognition; Communication Situations and Contexts.
Teaching Interests: Interpersonal Communication; Quantitative Research Methods; Communication Competence; Measurement and Analysis; Theories of Communication; Communication Inquiry