Bill Strom, (PhD, University of Iowa), has been telling stories to kids since age 15 with "Archie," his ventriloquist dummy. Along the way he earned three degrees in speech communication and taught university for 44 years. His love for reading stories aloud came as a grandparent to Grayson, Theo, Austin, Declan, and Elliott. You can reach him at billstrom@professorkipperkidd.com.Prior to the Professor Kipper Kidd book series, Dr. Strom served as Professor of Media + Communication at Trinity Western University in the School of Arts, Media and Culture, Langley, British Columbia, Canada where he taught communication theory, relational communication, persuasion, public speaking and organizational communication. He earned a B.A. in speech communication (Wheaton College) and an M.A. in communication theory (Northern Illinois) in addition to the terminal degree. Bill has taught the introductory course for 38 years and published in the field of faith integration. In addition to serving twenty-six years as department chair, he served for eight years as Associate Director of Faculty Development. His research focuses on virtue and covenant in close relationships and is published in regional, national, and international journals. His faith perspective textbook (with Divine Agodzo), More Than Talk: A Covenantal Approach to Everyday Communication (6th ed., 2023), Kendall/Hunt Publishing) and trade book The Relationship Project: Moving from 'You and Me' to 'We' (The Foundry Publishing, 2014) continue these themes. He has taught the introductory course since 1987.