Mike Allen (PhD, Michigan State University, 1987) has co-authored two books and edited five on quantitative methods and on meta-analysis, including the 2009 SAGE title Quantitative Research in Communication. He has served as editor for the journals Communication Monographs and Communication Studies. He has published more than 250 articles and books over the past three decades and has worked with over 300 co-authors in published works. In 2011, he was awarded the Central States Communication Association Federation Research Prize, and he has been ranked in the top 25 of active research career scholars based on the number of published works and in the top 25 most cited of doctoral faculty in communication.