Sharlene Richards, Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma, 2005) has been teaching at James Madison University since 2005. She is a full professor and teaches in the health communication concentration, health communication minor, and research methods courses at the undergraduate level, as well as health communication courses at the graduate level. She is published in Health Communication, and Journal of Communication in Healthcare, as well as other journals and books. Her research interests center around interpersonal health communication and current issues in healthcare and health communication.