Steven R. Wilson (Ph.D., Purdue University) is Professor in the Department of Communication at Purdue University. He also has been a faculty member at Michigan State, Northern Illinois, and Northwestern Universities. His research and teaching focus on interpersonal communication, social influence, and aggression/conflict. He is the author of "Seeking and Resisting Compliance: Why Individuals Say What They Do When Trying to Influence Others" (Sage, 2002), for which he received the Gerald R. Miller book award from the National Communication Association s interpersonal communication division in 2...