Laura Blasi, is an evaluation specialist in the Office of Assessment and Institutional Research at Saint Leo University.
Monique Bourgeois is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her research interests include learning, higher education, and craftwork. She works as a research assistant in the Faculty of Education's Killick Centre for E-Learning Research.
Carole Goodson is a professor of technology and the chair of the Department of Human Development and Consumer Sciences in the College of Technology, University of Houston. She earned an EdD from the University of Houston.
Melanie Greene is a PhD student in the Faculty of Education at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her research interests include the sociology of education, postsecondary student success, and the role of student support services in program retention and completion. She works as a research assistant in the Faculty of Medicine, where she conducts needs assessments and prepares program evaluation reports for continuing medical education courses and health education research.
Dale Kirby is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at Memorial University of Newfoundland where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in postsecondary education studies. His research interests include the transition to postsecondary education and the labor market, with a focus on factors influencing student persistence and success. Kirby is the author of one of Canada's most widely read blogs about trends, issues, research, practices, and problems in postsecondary education (http://post-secondary.blogspot.com).
Barbara B. Lockee is a faculty member in the College of Education at Virginia Tech. Her work has focused on effective instructional design strategies for distance learning environments.
Susan Miertschin is an associate professor of technology at the University of Houston with teaching and research responsibilities in the Department of Information and Logistics Technology. She earned a BS in mathematics and a MEd in curriculum and instruction from the University of Houston.
Dennis Sharpe is a professor in the Faculty of Education at Memorial University of Newfoundland where he chairs the postsecondary education studies programs and works with adult learners from a wide variety of occupational backgrounds. His recent research projects have included an investigation of the characteristics and needs of university distance learners, an assessment of the impact of e-learning in the provincial schools, the development of effective distance (Internet-based) delivery approaches, the development and delivery of interprofessional health education, and youth transitions into postsecondary education and the workforce. He has published and presented extensively in these areas.
Barbara L. Stewart is a professor of human development and consumer sciences at the University of Houston. She earned a BA from Brigham Young University, a MS from Utah State University, and an EdD in curriculum and instruction from Brigham Young University.
Feihong Wang earned a PhD in instructional design and technology at Virginia Tech. Her work has focused on distance learning, collaborative learning, and game-based learning.
Rui Zeng is distance education manager of the School of Health Information Sciences at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
