Summary

James L. Cherney (Ph.D. Indiana w88 live casino, 2003) is Associate Professor and Interim Chair in the Department of Communication Studies at the w88 live casino 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 live casino, w88 live casino Studies 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 live 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 live casino: How We Know, Value, and See Disability, was be published by Penn State w88 live 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 live casino
• Ableism
• w88 live casino studies
• Critical theory
• Visual w88 live casino
• w88 live casino sport
• Cyborg theory
• Museum w88 live casino

Recent publications

• Dana L. Cloud, James L. w88 live casino, 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. w88 live casino. “Ableism and Intersectionality: A Rhetorical Perspective.” The Palgrave Handbook of Disability and w88 live casino. Ed. Michael Jeffress, Joy Cypher, Julie-Ann Scott-Pollock, and Jim Ferris. Springer, 2023. 99-111.
• James L w88 live casino. Ableist w88 live casino: How We Know, Value, and See Disability. Penn State w88 live casino Press, 2019.
• James L. Cherney and Kurt Lindemann. “Ableism and Paralympic Politics: Media Stereotypes and the w88 live casino of Disability Sport.” In Sport, w88 live 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 live casino Pedagogy
• COM741: w88 live casino of the Body

Education

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