Pat Arneson examines issues of human communication from various philosophical perspectives. Current research interests include philosophy of communication, free and responsible speech, political rhetoric, listening, and interpersonal communication ethics. Pat is author of Communicative Engagement and Social Liberation: Justice Will Be Made (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 2014) and co-author (with Ronald C. Arnett) of Dialogic Civility in a Cynical Age: Community, Hope, and Interpersonal Relationships (SUNY Press 1999). She is editor of Perspectives on Philosophy of Communication (Purdue University Press 2007) and Exploring Communication Ethics: Interviews with Influential Scholars in the Field (Peter Lang 2007) and co-editor (with Ronald C. Arnett) of Philosophy of Communication Ethics: Alterity and the Other (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 2014). She has published over 50 book chapters, journal articles, encyclopedia entries, or research reports in journals including Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, Integrative Explorations: Journal of Culture and Consciousness, International Journal of Listening, Women's Studies in Communication, Free Speech Yearbook, Communication Studies, The Review of Communication, The Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de Communication, and Journal of the Association for Communication Administration.