Derek R. Lane is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and former Associate Dean for Graduate Programs in Communication in the College of Communications and Information Studies at the University of Kentucky. An active researcher, he received his Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Oklahoma. Derek’s research is in the broad area of face-to-face and mediated message reception and processing to affect attitude and behavior change in instructional, organizational, and health contexts. He is especially interested in developing curricula to prevent power-based personal violence.