Annette M HolbaAnnette M. Holba (Ph.D., Duquesne University) is a professor of rhetoric at Plymouth State University. Her scholarly interests include studying and teaching rhetoric, philosophy of communication, and communication ethics in applied contexts. She has ublished 10 books, 40 articles, 11 book chapters, and 7 encyclopedic entries and delivered 95 scholarly presentations. Dr. Holba won the Everett Lee Hunt Book Award in 2013 for her coauthored book, An Overture to Philosophy of Communication: The Carrier of Meaning, and an ECA Journal Article of the Year award in 2015 for her essay, In Defense of Leisure, published in Communication Quarterly. She earned the ECA Distinguished Research Fellow honor in 2021. Read More Read Less