Dr. Bonito earned his Ph.D. in 1997 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Department of Speech Communication. His primary area of interest is small groucommunication processes, especially characteristics of participation. He is always interested in small grouresearch methods, including multilevel measurement models, and applying machine learning to the study of small grouinteraction. His articles have appeared in Communication Monographs, Human Communication Research, Communication Yearbook, Communication Research, Journal of Communication, Small GrouResearch, and Health Communication. He is the 2003 and 2013 recipient of the Dennis Gouran Award, given to the author of the outstanding monograph in small groucommunication by the GrouCommunication Division of the National Communication Association. He also received several topaper awards from the NCA GrouCommunication Division. Dr. Bonito was a co-investigator on a large grant from the National Cancer Institutue that evaluated communication and decision-making practices of the North American of Quitline Consortium NAQC) He has also received several smaller grants through the University of Arizona. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in small groucommunication, communication and cognition, and research methods. Dr. Bonito is a Magellan Circle Fellow in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and was the recipient the Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching.