Christine K. Sorensen is the Dean of the College of Education at Northern Illinois University. She holds a bachelor's degree in Speech from the University of Houston and masters and doctoral degrees from Iowa State University in Professional Studies in Education. Prior to coming to Northern Illinois University as a Professor in 1996, Dr. Sorensen was a research and evaluation specialist at the Research Institute for Studies in Education at Iowa State. While in that position, she was involved in conducting research in schools across the state as well as leading and participating in regional and national studies. She was the lead evaluation specialist on projects funded by such agencies as… the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Kellogg Foundation, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE). Dr. Sorensen has an extensive record in grants (more than a dozen funded) and is currently the co-PI on two multimillion dollar federal grants related to teacher education and to technology. Her research areas have focused on technology integration in education. Dr. Sorensen has taught courses in research, evaluation, and higher education, and she has expertise in both quantitative and qualitative methods of research.