James Cherney

Jim Cherney (PhD., Indiana University) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication. He studies rhetorical and critical theory, visual rhetoric, public address, and argumentation. He has a particular interest in rhetoric surrounding disability, ableism, and the Disability Rights Movement. Recently he has examined disability and masculinity in the context of competitive sports, and critiqued ableist images of disability in horror films. His work and reviews have appeared in the Western Journal of Communication, Argumentation and Advocacy, the Quarterly Journal of Speech, and Disability Studies Quarterly, as well as chapters in such books as Examining Identity in Sport Media (Sage, 2009) and Screening Disability (University Press, 2003).