About the Authors


Bobby R. Patton, Ph.D.



Rusalyn Andrews, Ph.D.



Jennifer Page Daily, M.D.


Bobby Patton has been a communication scholar, a professor and an administrator at four major public universities, including serving as President at the University of Central Missouri. He has co-authored sixteen highly regarded college textbooks (12) in the area of interpersonal communication and decision making. In 2021 he received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.

Rusalyn Andrews is a professor emeritus of Cottey College, a private women’s liberal arts institution. She has taught courses in communication, theatre, and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. She has rich international educational experiences, including a Fulbright Award to do research in Russia, and specialized training in Deaf Culture.

Jennifer Page Daily is a Board-Certified Family Practice Physician with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Primary Care Sports Medicine. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Louisville in the Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine. In 2018, Dr. Daily was the recipient of the Department’s Excellence in Teaching Award and Outstanding Faculty Award. In 2020 she received the Exemplary Teaching Award from the Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians.