Amardo Rodriguez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communications and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University. He was the recipient of the Syracuse University Meredith Teaching Award for Outstanding University Teaching. In addition to this new book, he is the author of Diversity as Liberation; the co-author of Embodying the Life: Writings from Post-Colonialism; and the editor of Essays on Communication and Spirituality: Contributions to a New Discourse about Communication.