James Chesebro
Dr. James W. Chesebro (June 24, 1944 - January 21, 2020) was Distinguished Professor of Telecommunications in the Department of Telecommunications at Ball State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1972. Previous educational institutions. Chesebro taught at several institutions, including: Specialization. In the discipline of communication, Chesebro specialized in the study of media as symbolic and cognitive systems. From 1966, he maintained a sustained focus on dramatistic theory, methods and criticism with specific applications to television and computer-mediated communication. From 1981, this orientation was extended to all media systems, with conceptual attention devoted  to media literacy and media technologies as communication and cognitive systems, a perspective reflected in both his teaching and research. Books. Chesebro published several books, including Articles. Chesebro published over 100 articles in communication journals such as the "Quarterly Journal of Speech", "Critical Studies in Mass Communication", "Communication Monographs", "Communication Education" and "Text and Performance Quarterly" as well as the "Journal of Popular Culture" and the computer science journal "Intel's Innovator". Awards. Other awards. The Eastern Communication Association presented him with its most prestigious awards including its Everett Lee Hunt Scholarship Award in 1989 and again in 1997, identified  him one its Distinguished Research Fellows in 1996 and Distinguished Teaching Fellows in 1998. In 1993, he received the National Kenneth Burke Society's Distinguished Service Award and its National Kenneth Burke Society's Life-Time Achievement Award 1999. At Indiana State University, he was awarded the President's Medal for "exemplary performance as a faculty member" in 1999 and was identified as the 2001 Distinguished Professor of the College of Arts and Sciences.