He also teaches a communication ethics course in Augsburg’s Master of Arts in Leadership program. He received a B.A. from Macalester College in St. Paul, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in speech-communication from the University of Minnesota. His textbook, Argumentation: Critical Thinking in Action (iUniverse, 2009) is now in its 2nd edition. His hobbies include distance running (six marathons and 30 half-marathons) and blogging (under the moniker “Contentious Introvert”). He considers the three most important people in his life to be his wife Helen, his son Tony, and his daughter Jamee.