Jayi Thompson is a professor and chair of the Communication Department at Merritt College. After earning a Master’s in Media Management from the University of Missouri in 1999, Jayi began a career in consultative selling. He consulted and worked for multiple companies including America Online and Trader Publishing Company. In 2006, the opportunity to teach at Merritt drew him back to the collegiate world, and the development of applied/interactive face to face and hybrid communication courses.