Dale M. Jackson is a retired Professor of Communication and Chairman of the Department of Communication Arts at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. His PhD. is from Indiana University, Bloomington; M.A. from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; and B.A. from Asbury University, Wilmore, Kentucky. He and his wife Margaret have two sons, nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. They live in Long Beach, Mississippi.