Boris H. J. M. Brummans (PhD, Texas A&M University, 2004) is a professor in the Department of Communication at the Université de Montréal in Canada. His research interests include agency, Buddhism, communication theory, conflict management, dialogue, ethnography, mindful organizing, organizational communication, process philosophy, and qualitative inquiry. He has contributed chapters to several edited volumes, and his articles have appeared in peer‑reviewed journals such as Academy of Management Review, Communication Monographs, Communication Theory, Human Relations, Information, Communication & Society, Management Communication Quarterly, Organization Studies, and Qualitative Inquiry. His edited volume The Agency of Organizing (Routledge) received the 2018 Outstanding Edited Book Award from the National Communication Association’s Organizational Communication Division, and he co‑edited the first Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research in Organizational Communication, which received the same award in 2024. From 2015 to 2019, he served as Associate Editor of Management Communication Quarterly, and from 2022 to 2024, he was Chair of the International Communication Association’s Organizational Communication Division.