| Birth Name: | Alfred Charles Snider III |
| Birth Date: | 28 October 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Burlington, Vermont, U.S. |
| Education: | Brown University (Bachelor's) Emerson College (Master's) University of Kansas (Ph.D.) |
Dr. Alfred Charles "Tuna" Snider III (October 28, 1950 – December 11, 2015) was the Edwin W. Lawrence Professor of Forensics[1] at the University of Vermont from 1982 until his death in late 2015.[2]
A native of the greater Los Angeles area in southern California, he graduated from West Covina High School and moved to New England after his graduation from high school to obtain a bachelor's degree from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he majored in Asian civilizations with a minor in speech communication. He later received a master's degree from Emerson College and a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas, specializing in rhetoric and speech communication.
While a professor at the University of Vermont (UVM), he coached the Lawrence Debate Union and taught rhetoric, argument, and persuasion.[3]