Alan Schwitzer is a nationally known expert on college counseling and clinical education, bringing a professional writing background of over 40 scholarly journal, magazine, and newspaper articles to the project. He has been Chair of the American Counseling Association's (ACA) Council of Editors, on the Board of ACA Publications, and Editor of the American Counseling Association's (ACA) Journal of College Counseling. Previously, he was Associate Editor of American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Publications. He has received the American Counseling Association's Ralph Berdie Award for Outstanding College Student Development Research and the American College Counseling Association's… Outstanding Contributions to Professional Knowledge Award. He is a Department Editor for the Jossey-Bass magazine, About Campus, and has published with Cenage/Thompson/Brooks-Cole and now with SAGE.