Sara Chudnovsky Weintraub, Ph.D. (Boston College) is an Associate Professor in the Communication Department at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts. She has taught the introductory course in communication for many years, the public speaking course, as well as a wide range of communication courses on the undergraduate and graduate levels. She was the president of the Eastern Communication Association in 2009 and served as a member of the National Communication Association’s (NCA) Educational Policies Board from 2010-2013. In addition, Sara serves on the editorial boards for Communication Quarterly and Communication Research Reports. She has published in the Communication Teacher and also served as a guest editor for a special issue on service-learning and communication. She is currently a member of NCA’s Legislative Assembly and one of six team leaders on NCA’s Learning Outcomes in Communication Project. Finally, she is the 2014 recipient of the Eastern Communication Association’s Donald H. Ecroyd and Carolyn Drummond Ecroyd Award for Teaching Excellence.