Janie Fritz is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies at Duquesne University (Pittsburgh). Dr. Fritz is also Undergraduate Director for the Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies and advisor to several student organizations. She specializes in organizational, interpersonal, and intercultural communication. Her research interests include professional civility and interpersonal relationships in organizational settings, institutional integrity of faith-based organizations, and the role of faith-informed discourse in the public square. She has published in a variety of journals, including Management Communication Quarterly, Journal of Business Communication, and Journal of the Association for Communication Administration.

Steve Classen is an assistant professor of Communication Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. He earned his Ph.D. in Media and Cultural Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his M.A. from the University of Oregon in Telecommunications and Film. Steve's research interests include the history of U.S. broadcasting and broadcast regulation as well as the representations of religion in popular television and print media. Currently, he is completing a book project titled Watching Jim Crow: The Struggles Surrounding Mississippi Television, 1955-1969, which examines local and federal efforts to change segregationist television practices during the Civil Rights Movement. He has worked professionally in radio and has been an active member of InterVarsity chapters in both Eugene and Madison. (More info at his university website.)