Sandra L. Faulkner is Professor of Media and Communication at BGSU where she writes, teaches, and researches about close relationships. Faulkner’s interests include qualitative methodology, poetic inquiry, inclusive pedagogy, and critical perspectives on interpersonal and family communication. She engages in community-based research on aging and communication across the life course and uses poetry as a form of social justice and activism. relationships. Faulkner founded the Dialogue and Relationship Research Lab at BGSU and is the current Editor-in-Chief of Communication Studies.