Garret L. Castleberry, Ph.D. (Professor, Mid-America Christian University) serves as Chair of the Adult School of Arts and Sciences and Program Director of Communication, Media, and Ethics at MACU. His scholarly training intersects areas of media studies, genre storytelling, and semiotics. Garret’s teaching and service combine nearly 15 years of experience navigating online, hybrid, and multimodal learning environments. His work has appeared in Cultural Studies/Critical Methodologies, the International Journal of Qualitative Research, Memory Studies, Popular Culture Studies Journal, Journal of American Culture, Clues: A Journal of Detection, Ink & Letters, Flow, Unbound, In Media Res, PopMatters, and numerous book chapters. He co-edited the book Competition, Community, and Educational Growth: Contemporary Perspectives on Competitive Speech and Debate.