Peter M. Smudde is Professor and Associate Director of the School of Communication at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. He has worked for 34 years in industry and in academia (basically half the time in one and half in the other) as a professional communicator. He has been a full-time professor in higher education since 2002 and has had numerous publications, including six other books. He has a doctorate in communication and rhetoric theory from Wayne State University in Detroit, is a member of the Knights of Columbus (fourth-degree), is a member of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, is a sacristan for his parish, is an Oblate in the Order of St. Benedict (Obl.OSB), and has been a leader for several years in his parish's program for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).

Dr. Smudde is available to lead workshops or speak to groups about integrating the Catholic faith with their work. He can be reached at faithful.careers@gmail.com.