Dr. William Hoffman earned his Ph.D. in communication studies in 2021 from the University of Kansas. The focus of his dissertation was on health communication, specifically investigating the communication between patients and healthcare providers regarding preventive health advice. He has been a university educator for just over a decade, where he taught courses during graduate school. Since completing his doctorate, Dr. Hoffman has worked as an educator and professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV) and New Mexico State University (NMSU). His recent publications focused on mental health narratives on television as well as mental health perceptions within families. He has recently authored book chapters on persuasion and listening and published on the advancement of communication theory in intercultural contexts. He moved to Florida from New Mexico to begin at Florida State University in Panama City in the fall 2024 semester.