Debra L. Worthington is Professor of Communication at Auburn University. She has published numerous articles on listening, particularly as related to measurement and individual listening style. She is lead author of Listening: Processes, Functions, and Competency and co-editor of The Sourcebook of Listening Research: Methodology and Measures which received the 2018 Distinguished Book Award from the Communication and Social Cognition Division of the National Communication Association. She was inducted into the International Listening Association's Hall of Fame in 2017.
Graham D. Bodie is Professor of Integrated Marketing Communication in the School of Journalism and New Media at The University of Mississippi. He is recognized as an international expert on listening and the social cognitive underpinnings of human communicative behavior and has authored more than 90 published papers in journals including Human Communication Research, Communication Monographs, and the International Journal of Listening. Dr. Bodie has received several awards, including the Research Award bestowed by the International Listening Association.