About Author
J. Dan Rothwell is chair of the Communication Studies Department at Cabrillo College. He has a BA in American History from the University of Portland (Oregon) and an MA and PhD from the University of Oregon. He is the author of three other books: IN THE COMPANY OF OTHERS: AN INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION, TELLING IT LIKE IT ISN'T: LANGUAGE MISUSE AND MALPRACTICE, and (with James Costigan) INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION: INFLUENCES AND ALTERNATIVES. Dr. Rothwell is currently coauthoring a general psychology textbook with Terry Fetterman and David Douglass, psychology professors at Cabrillo College