Karen Kangas Dwyer, Ph.D. (University of Nebraska) is the Basic Speech Course Director and Coordinator of the Speech Communication Program at the University of Nebraska, Omaha (UNO). She has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate communication courses as well as communication workshops for professionals and community organizations on how to successfully overcome speech anxiety. Dwyer received the UNO Excellence in Teaching Award in 1998 and the University of Nebraska system-wide Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award in 2006. She developed the UNO Speech Center to provide