Richard “Dick” Weaver is a retired professor of speech communication after
having taught more than 80,000 students at the University of Massachusetts
and Bowling Green State University in Ohio where he was nominated for “Best
Teacher of the Year.” He earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees from
the University of Michigan and his doctor’s degree from Indiana University.
Because of sabbaticals, he has taught at the University of Hawaii and at
five universities throughout Australia. He has written more than a
half-dozen textbooks including his best-selling Understanding Interpersonal
Communication, which went through seven editions and Communicating
Effectively (McGraw-Hill, 2007) now in its eighth edition. He has written
close to 100 articles, numerous chapters in books, more than a dozen
published speeches, and as many published essays. He enjoys family
activities and traveling and has been around the world, lived in Bangladesh,
driven or camped in each of our 50 states, and traveled throughout Great
Britain, Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Also, he has taken
numerous cruises throughout the Caribbean and Europe. He is married with
four adult children and nine grandchildren, and has lived in Perrysburg,
Ohio, for over 30 years.
Contact Richard L. Weaver II, PhD
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