Ronald Gordon is Professor of Communication at the University of Hawai'i--Hilo. He is the author of Tuning-In: The Art of Mindful Communicating (2018) and Actualizing: Mindsets and Methods for Becoming and Being (2011). His communication scholarship has appeared in Communication Quarterly, Journal of Multicultural Discourses, China Media Research, Journal of Business Communication, Small Group Behavior, Psychological Reports, and in other academic publications.