John T. Cacioppo is Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Psychology, Director of the Social Psychology Program, and Co-Director of the Institute for Mind and Biology at the University of Chicago.
Laura A. Freberg (Ph.D., UCLA) is Professor of Psychology at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where she teaches courses in Introductory Psychology, Biological Psychology, and Sensation and Perception. Laura's teaching career began when she taught her first college course at Pasadena City College at the age of 23. To better understand the needs of the online education community, she also teaches a variety of psychology courses for Argosy University Online. Laura has received Faculty Member of the Year recognition from Cal Poly Disabilities Resource Center three times (1991, 1994, and 2009) for her work with students with disabilities. She enjoys using technology and… social media in the classroom, and is a Google Glass Explorer. Laura serves as the Content Expert Writer for Psychology for Answers.com and as the Bylaws and Archives Committee Chair for the Society for Social Neuroscience. She is a member of the editorial board for Leadership Quarterly. With John Cacioppo of the University of Chicago, she is the co-author of two editions of DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF MIND (Cengage Learning).
Ashley Waggoner Denton is an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto. Ashley teaches over 2,500 Introductory Psychology students each year, as well as teaching courses in Social Psychology and Statistics. She received her PhD in Social Psychology from Indiana University and completed her bachelor's degree at the University of Toronto (Psychology Research Specialist Program). She is the author of numerous instructional resources, including an award-winning resource on teaching critical thinking that is available on the website of the Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology. Ashley conducts research on topics that lie at the… intersection of social psychology and pedagogy, and she has published in outlets including Social Psychology of Education, College Teaching, and Psychology Learning and Teaching. She has received numerous teaching grants and presented her research at regional and national conferences. She is passionate about creating opportunities for her students to learn and grow both inside and out of the classroom, and she has championed numerous initiatives within her department that provide students with opportunities for community-building and professional skill development (such as the creation of a second-year learning community for psychology students). Ashley is an active member of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) and has served on the STP Presidential Task Force on Re-Envisioning Intro Psych. Ashley is the 2019 recipient of the Jane S. Halonen Teaching Excellence Award for early career educators given by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division 2).