Randall Iden received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in the Program in Rhetoric and Public Culture. Iden also holds an MSC from Northwestern and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Lecturer in the School of Communication and teaches Foundations of Strategic Communication and the Communication Skills Practicum. In addition, he is the supervisor of capstone projects. Iden previously taught courses in Crisis Communication and Corporate Citizenship in the MSC. His research interests include rhetoric in public deliberation, strategic communication and argumentation.