Contributors

Cynthia Cicalese, D.Sc. is a Lead Software Systems Engineer at The MITRE Corporation in McLean, VA. Prior to taking this position, Dr. Cicalese was an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Marymount, teaching courses across the Computer Science curriculum. Her research interests include computer security, distributed computing, and robotics.

Michael Clump, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Marymount University in Arlington, VA, where he teaches courses in research methods and statistics. In addition, his research focuses on assessment of students, effective learning, and effective teaching.

Janine DeWitt, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Marymount University in Arlington, VA. She teaches introductory courses in sociology as well as upper level courses in Social Justice and Addressing Injustice. Her research focuses on using case studies to teach ethical reasoning.

Michael Johnston, Ph.D., became friends with his co-author (Stavros Karageorgis) while studying sociology at UCLA. He earned an M.A. in 1994 and a Ph.D. in 2000. Michael teaches the Sociology of Health and Introduction to Sociology at Mercyhurst College in PA. His email address is Michael.Johnston.email@gmail.com.

Stavros Karageorgis, C.Phil., was born in Slidell, LA of Greek parents and grew up in Greece. He returned to the U.S.A. for his undergraduate studies at Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT from which he graduated with a B.A. in Economics and Sociology. He pursued his graduate studies at UCLA, receiving a M.A.(1992) and a C.Phil. (ABD) (1995) in Sociology. He has been an Adjunct Lecturer in Sociology at California State University, Northridge since 1999. He has been teaching Sociological Theory, Social Stratification, Culture and Personality, Family, Work, and Gender and Work classes. Email correspondence to him can be directed to stavros.karageorgis@csun.edu.

Karen Linstrum, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor, Counselor Educator, at Texas A&M University-Texarkana. Having taught students in special education and having provided therapy to children, adolescents, and families, Dr. Linstrum is interested in learning more about the relationship between students' reading ability and self-esteem. Dr. Linstrum has always enjoyed poetry. Poetry,especially Koch's, became even more meaningful after the death of Dr.Linstrum's brother, Todd.

Joe Mills, Ph.D., a faculty member at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, has published two collections of poetry: Angels, Thieves and Winemakers and Somewhere During the Spin Cycle. He also has co-written two editions of A Guide to North Carolina’s Wineries with his wife, Danielle Tarmey, and edited a collection of essays A Century of the Marx Brothers. He is currently working on his third volume of poems, "Love and Other Collisions."

Kim Riordan, Ed.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She teaches a variety of courses, including Introduction to Graduate Studies and Professional Development for teacher candidates. She is also the Department’s Accreditation Director and balances those duties with the responsibilities related to attaining tenure. She loves her job, even if there aren’t enough hours in the week to do everything she needs to!

Carol Roderick, Ph.D.rick, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral fellow in university teaching at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her research interests are focused on higher education and include student experiences, educational transitions, teaching and learning, and faculty development. In addition, she teaches online courses for the University of New Brunswick in adult education and in learning portfolio development.