Patricia Goodson is Professor of Health Education in the Department of Health & Kinesiology at Texas A&M University (TAMU). She obtained a Bachelor's degree in Linguistics (from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP) and a Master's in Philosophy of Education (from the Pontificia Universidade Cat�lica de Campinas - PUCCAMP) in Brazil; a Master's in General Theological Studies (from Covenant Theological Seminary) and a Ph.D. in Health Education (from The University of Texas at Austin) in the U.S. At TAMU, she has taught mostly graduate-level courses such as Health Behavior Theory, Health Research Methods, Health Program Evaluation, Health Education Ethics, and Advanced Health… Behavior Theory. In 2007, while acting as Associate Dean for Graduate Program Development, she created and implemented a college-wide writing support service for graduate students, based on the P.O.W.E.R. model described in this book. Currently, as Director of the College of Education and Human Development's Writing Initiative (P.O.W.E.R. Services), she routinely offers Basic and Advanced Writing Studios for graduate students in the college, and occasionally teaches writing workshops for faculty at Texas A&M and other universities.