 The Media and Disability Interest Group gives out an award in his honor to the Top Student Paper at each year's annual convention.He was assistant professor of journalism at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb at the time of his death, where he taught courses in news reporting, broadcast news, and electronic news gathering and editing.Clogston received a Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 1991, a master's degree from The Ohio State University, and a bachelor's degree from St. Lawrence University.