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Background
Giles was born in Cardiff, Wales on 12 December 1946. He is the son of Alexander Clifford Giles and Muriel Irene Giles. In 1989 he came to the United States.

Career
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wales in 1968. After three years Giles earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Bristol. He was given a Doctor of Science degree from the aforementioned university in 1996. From Bangor University he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. His career initially started in 1971 when he was a post-doctoral research associate in Social-Psychology at the University of Bristol. After a year he took the role of a lecturer in the same field at the University of Wales. Giles also performed duties as a professor for the duration of four years from 1984 at the University of Bristol. Howard Giles was a distinguished professor at the Department of Communication the University of California Santa Barbara in 1988. He worked there for twenty-nine years. He specialised in Intergenerational Communication, Aging and Communication Cross-Culturally, Successful Aging,Intergroup Communication, Ethnolinguistics,Language Attitudes and many other sectors in linguistics. From 1991 until 1998 he became chairman of that department. He served as an honorary professor of Psychology and Communication at the University of Cardiff from 1991 till 2004.

Work
Giles developed the Communication Accommodation Theory. The foundation of this theory lies in the idea that individuals adapt their speech according to another. Doing this will help the speaker create a positive identity in the social world parallel to improving coherence within communication. Theorists focus on convergence and divergence patterns. They relate to seeking approval and identity. Convergence means when a person accommodates their speech to the receiver in order to reduce differences. Whereas divergence involves an individual emphasising speech and behavioural differences. The aim of this theory was to portray shifts within speech during certain situations and the consequences that may occur. Giles has co authored and edited several books and journals. He has edited works including Communication Accommodation Theory (Negotiating Personal Relationships and Social Identities across Contexts)(2016). This book gives an insight to the Communication Accommodation Theory and has been further developed over the past 40 years. Giles has co edited The Dynamics of Intergroup Communication (Language as Social Action). The focal point of this book is intergroup communication and relations which elaborate on his expertise in sociolinguistics. Howard Giles has also edited a book based on communication within law. Law Enforcement, Communication, and Community examines the way the wider community interacts with the police. He has covered topics such as current technology within police culture and sensitive topics like domestic violence, hate crimes and stalking. He was the co-editor in chief for a peer-reviewed academic journal. The Human Communication Research looks at many areas in human communication and processes. Giles is a member of associations such as the International Association of Language and Social Psychology {http://ialsp.org/}.

Books
Coupland Justine (Editor), Coupland Nikolas (Editor), Giles Howard (2010). Contexts of Accommodation: Developments in Applied Sociolinguistics. Cambridge University Press.

Giles Howard, Reid Scott (2009). The Dynamics of Intergroup Communication. Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers.