Elizabeth S. Parks is a former tenured Associate Professor currently affiliated with the University of Nevada, USA, Colorado State University, USA, and the Colorado School of Public Health, USA. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Listening and author of The Ethics of Listening: Creating Space for Sustainable Dialogue (2018).

Meara H. Faw is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University, USA.

Laura R. Lane is a graduate of the Colorado School of Public Health, USA. She is a massage therapist and owner of Healing Lane Massage, LLC, a registered yoga teacher, and a freelance writer.