Dale Hample Editor & Author

Dale Hample earned his Ph.D. in communication from the University of Illinois in 1975. He has been conducting research in argumentation and related processes (conflict management, persuasion, and interpersonal communication) since that time. His previous books are Readings in Argumentation (1992; co-edited with William and Pamela Benoit) and Arguing: Exchanging Reasons Face to Face (2005). The latter won the 2007 Gerald R. Miller Book Award from the National Communication Association’s Interpersonal Communication Division. He has also won or shared research awards from the American Forensic Association four times. He has keynoted argumentation conferences in the U.S., Canada, Chile, and the Netherlands. He is on the communication faculty at the University of Maryland.