Dr. Tim McKenna-Buchanan (Ph.D., Ohio University, 2014) teaches courses in public relations, organizational communication, and communication theory. He strives to create learning environments that guide, develop and challenge students to recognize the value and importance of communication in (and out of) the workplace. His research interests influence his teaching, which explore the intersection of difference (or diversity) and organizational life, with an emphasis on the ways narratives create, maintain and change individuals’ lived experience. His work has been published in Communication Education, Basic Communication Course Annual, Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, Communication Teacher, and Health Communication. He has a co-authored basic course textbook titled: Communication across Contexts: A Listening-Centered Approach (which is used in COMM110). As well as book chapters in Routledge’s COVID-19 Pandemic Series: Cultural Change and Institutional Adaptations (Vol. III), Contemporary Issues in Sexuality and Communication, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods, and Communicating Hope and Resilience across the Lifespan.