Dr. McCornack is Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Coordinator, and Honors Advisor in the Department of Communication at Michigan State University. His scholarly interests include family communication, sex education, deception, and LGBTQ issues. Dr. McCornack teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on interpersonal communication, relational communication, and language/discourse. Since he began at MSU, he has received several awards for undergraduate teaching excellence, including the Amoco Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award, a Lilly Endowment Teaching Fellowship, the MSU Alumni Association Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, and the MSU Teacher/Scholar Award. Dr. McCornack is a two-time MSU nominee for the Carnegie Foundation U. S. Professor of the Year Award (1999; 2010).