John O. Greene (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983) is a Professor in the Brian Lamb School of Communication and a Faculty Associate of the Center for Aging and the Life Course, both at Purdue University. He is a recipient of the National Communication Association's Charles H. Woolbert Research Award, and is a two-time recipient of the Gerald R. Miller Book Award. He is former Editor of Human Communication Research, Book Review Editor of Communication Theory, and Director of the Publications Board of the National Communication Association.