About the Author

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Ronald C. Arnett, PhD, is professor and chair of the department of communication & rhetorical studies and the Patricia Doherty Yoder and Ronald Wolfe endowed chair in communication ethics at Duquesne University. He is the former Henry Koren, C.S.Sp., endowed chair for scholarly excellence. Ronald is the author/coauthor of eleven books and the recipient of six book awards. His most recent works are Levinas's Rhetorical Demand: The Unending Obligation of Communication Ethics (2017, Southern Illinois University Press) and two award-winning works: Communication Ethics in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt's Rhetoric of Warning and Hope and An Overture to Philosophy of Communication: The Carrier of Meaning (with Annette Holba). The National Communication Association selected him as a 2017 Distinguished Scholar.