Summary

James L. Cherney (Ph.D. Indiana University, 2003) is Associate Professor and Interim Chair in the Department of Communication w88 casino at the University of Nevada, Reno. His primary area of research is the resources w88 casino games, particularly as it operates around sport and visibility. He has published articles in such outlets as the Western Journal of w88 casino, Disability w88 casino Quarterly, and Argumentation and Advocacy. He identifies as neurodivergent, and is a former chair and one of the founders of UNR's Neurodiversity Alliance. In the National w88 casino Association he serves as the Chair of the IDEA Council, and he has been highly active in the Disability Issues Caucus since 2001. His book Ableist w88 casino: How We Know, Value, and See Disability, was be published by Penn State w88 casino Press in 2019. He is currently working on a project examining the displays of monstrous and disabled bodies at medical and anatomical museums in North America and Europe.

Research interests

• w88 casino
• Ableism
• Disability w88 casino
• Critical theory
• Visual w88 casino
• Disability sport
• Cyborg theory
• Museum w88 casino

Recent publications

• Dana L. Cloud, James L. Cherney, J. David Cisneros, Constance Gordon, Theon Hill, Kristen E. Hoerl, and Mary E. Triece. A Rhetorical History of Social Movements in the U.S. Cognella, 2024.
• James L. Cherney. “Ableism and Intersectionality: A Rhetorical Perspective.” The Palgrave Handbook of Disability and w88 casino. Ed. Michael Jeffress, Joy Cypher, Julie-Ann Scott-Pollock, and Jim Ferris. Springer, 2023. 99-111.
• James L Cherney. Ableist w88 casino: How We Know, Value, and See Disability. Penn State w88 casino Press, 2019.
• James L. Cherney and Kurt Lindemann. “Ableism and Paralympic Politics: Media Stereotypes and the w88 casino of Disability Sport.” In Sport, w88 casino, and Political Struggle. Ed. Daniel Grano and Michael Butterworth. New York: Peter Lang, 2019. 143-57.

Courses taught

• COM101: Public Speaking
• COM705: Critical w88 casino Pedagogy
• COM741: w88 casino of the Body

Education

• Ph.D., w88 casino and culture, Indiana University, 2003
• M.A., speech w88 casino, Indiana University, 1995
• B.A., speech and political science/history, Butler w88 casino, 1990