About the Contributors

Sally Blomstrom is an associate professor in the Humanities and Communication Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, where she teaches speech and technical report writing. She has been active in STEM service learning outreach projects for 10 years. Her research focuses on STEM literacy, service learning, and assessment. She has published in the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, The International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Best Practices in Experiential and Service Learning in Communication, and Scholarship for Sustaining Service-Learning and Civic Engagement.

Micah N. Bruce-Davis is an assistant professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She received her doctorate in Educational Psychology with a focus on gifted education and talent development from the University of Connecticut in 2013; Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from Louisiana State University in 2007; and her Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2002. She taught K–12 for eight years in southeastern Louisiana. Her research interests include specialized schools, motivation, and the affective needs of gifted students.