Karen Kangas Dwyer, Ph.D. (University of Nebraska) is the Basic Speech Course Director and Coordinator of the Speech Communication Program at the University of Nebraska, Omaha (UNO). She has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate communication courses as well as communication workshops for professionals and community organizations on how to successfully overcome speech anxiety. Dwyer received the UNO Excellence in Teaching Award in 1998 and the University of Nebraska system-wide Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award in 2006. She developed the UNO Speech Center to provide public speaking consulting and coaching to all university students, faculty, staff and alumni. Dwyer served as 2010 Chair of the National Communication Association Division of Communication Apprehension and Competence and has served on four editorial boards for communication journals. The UNO Public Speaking Fundamentals Program that she has directed for over 16 years received the National Communication Association Basic Course Division's Program of Excellence Award for the top program for 2010. She has written several published articles and papers on the topics of speech anxiety, instructional communication, public speaking education, and classroom climate. In addition to the e-book iConquer Speech Anxiety and the iConquer Speech Anxiety Workbook, Dwyer is the author of the Public Speaking Student Workbook and the student handbook Conquer Your Speechfright. As part of a hobby, she has written three cookbooks.