Howard Giles

Howard Giles is Founding Editor of both the Journal of Language & Social Psychology (1980-2024) and the Journal of Asian Pacific Communication (1990-2024). Past President of the International Communication Association (ICA: 2000-01), he is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Honorary Professor in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland, Australia, as well as in the Department of English & Communication at the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong.  He was, also and simultaneously, former Reserve Detective Lieutenant (1996-2011) at the Santa Barbara Police Department for 15 years (and recipient of 13 Outstanding Services [including one at the California State level as well as a member of the Crisis Negotiation Response Team and Police Chaplain) and was its Founding Director of Volunteers in Policing (2017-2023). His passion for law enforcement is reflected in his, to date, in of the UCSB-PD oral boards for sworn and non-sworn officers. He is an elected Fellow of 8 learned societies (including, the Royal Society of Medicine) and recipient of numerous academic awards, including the inaugural Career Productivity award from ICA in 2000 and the Constantine Panunzio Award for "extraordinary scholarship" from the cross-campus (crosss-disciplinary) Award from the University of California (2024-25). Giles has researched language and intergroup communication across a range of intergroup settings, including police-community and intergenerational ones, and published 30+ books, 30 journal special issues, Handbooks, and a 2-volume Encyclopedia as well as besides that many hundreds of academic articles and chapters. Finally, he has been a member of 70+ journal editorial boards across the disciplines and Founding Editor of 7 book series, including one with Dave Markowitz and Peter Lang Publishers of the well-established (1999-) "Language as Social Action" Series. As indicated by the Panunzio Award, he continues to be highly active in writing and publishing as well as with graduate students.