Vincent R. Waldron (PhD, Ohio State University) is Professor of Communication and Lincoln Professor of Relational Ethics at Arizona State University. Dr. Waldron is author or editor of eight scholarly books and a previous chair of the Interpersonal Communication Division of the National Communication Association.

Thomas J. Socha (PhD, University of Iowa) is Professor of Communication and University Professor at Old Dominion University. He is author or editor of nine books (two more forthcoming), past president of the Southern States Communication Association, and founding editor of Journal of Family Communication.