Beth M. Schwartz is the Thoresen Professor of Psychology and Assistant Dean of the College at Randolph College. She received a B.A. at Colby College (ME) and a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Her scholarship has focused on two areas of interest; the scholarship of teaching and learning/pedagogical research and children's memory development and how this applies to children's eyewitness reports. In addition to numerous professional presentations at conferences, she has published many book chapters and articles in a variety of scholarly journals including Law and Human Behaviors and Applied Developmental Science. She has also edited and authored… books, including Child abuse: A global view (Schwartz, McCauley, & Epstein, 2001), Optimizing teaching and learning (Gurung & Schwartz, 2009), and The psychology of teaching: An empirically based guide to picking, choosing, & using pedagogy (Schwartz & Gurung, in press). She is a member of American Psychological Association (APA)and Association for Psychological Science (APS), and a Fellow of Division Two of APA (Society for the Teaching of Psychology) where she currently serves as Associate Director for Regional Programming. She is an award-winning teacher at Randolph College where she teaches Introduction to Psychology, Research Methods, and the Capstone Course. She also won the Award for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring from the American Psych-Law Society, and the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Certificate from State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
Dana S. Dunn is currently professor of psychology and director of the Learning in Common Curriculum at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA. He is the author or editor of 12 books and over 100 articles, chapters, and book reviews. Dr. Dunn frequently speaks on assessment matters, issues facing higher education, and psychological topics at professional conferences, and he served as President of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology in 2010. Janie H. Wilson is a professor at Georgia Southern University, where she has been teaching for over 15 years. Dr. Wilson's research on teaching focuses on the importance of building rapport with students. She conducts studies on student evaluations of… rapport as related to students' attitudes, motivation, and grades. Recent and current projects include building rapport through touch such as a handshake, electronic communication such as email, and numerous immediacy behaviors as well as examining the importance of the first day of class. Dr. Wilson currently serves as the Program Director in the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. James E. Freeman has been teaching for over 34 years and is currently a professor of psychology and director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Virginia. Dr. Freeman's specialty area is research methods and statistics. He has also served in various capacities for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and committees for the American Psychological Association. Jeffrey R. Stowell is an associate professor at Eastern Illinois University. His research interests are in test anxiety, and how technology can enhance student learning. Dr. Stowell currently serves as the Internet Editor for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.