Diana-Lyn Baptiste, DNP, RN is an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She is a registered nurse who has had a 15-year nursing career devoted to caring for adults, specializing in cardiovascular prevention and health care. She currently teaches across all levels of prelicensure nursing programs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. Baptiste has published in areas of heart failure, cultural humility, and nursing education. She has presented nationally and internationally in areas of heart failure and nursing education with a focus on promoting clinician competencies in acute-care settings. Baptiste currently serves as president of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI), Nu Beta Chapter, where she works on fulfilling the STTI mission of promoting scholarship and research for nurses in academic and clinical settings.
Carrie A. Blair (Messal) is an associate professor of management at the College of Charleston, where she regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in leadership, management, and organizational behavior. She designed and directs an undergraduate leader development program, the Schottland Scholars Program, and her expertise in leader development is frequently used in campus programming. Her work has been published in journals including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology,Human Performance, Journal of Leadership and Organizational Development, and Human Resource Development Quarterly. She also works to design and execute leader development training for organizations throughout the region.
Diane Carver is the director of career and college readiness for the Bethel School District in western Washington State. She previously taught business education at the high school and postsecondary levels and served as the state supervisor for business and marketing education in Washington State’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Carver’s research interests include career and technical education and online learning.
Melissa Casses is a doctoral student in the curriculum and instruction program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She is an early childhood service provider. Her research interests include mentoring, emergent literacy, and autism.
Anthony Chow is an associate professor in the Department of Library and Information Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) and director of online learning for UNCG’s School of Education. His research interests include web design and usability, information seeking, organizational management, information systems, and library and instructional technology.
Frank Corbett, Jr. is a faculty member in the Department of Professional Studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He teaches several doctoral courses in curriculum and instruction; online school law; and he mentors teaching associates. His qualitative research interests include on-line instruction; faculty preparatory programs; flipped classrooms, and educational technology.
Rebecca Croxton is an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) Master of Library & Information Studies program and is currently a full-time doctoral student in the UNCG School of Education. In addition, she is an online instructor in the MLIS program and a graduate assistant for the School of Education. Her research interests include online learning, adult education, virtual reference, information seeking behavior, and systemic change in higher education.
David Desplaces is currently an associate professor of entrepreneurial studies at the College of Charleston where he served as director of the International Business program and director for the Center for Entrepreneurship. He has served in various roles including strategic advisor to an oil service business in the Middle East. His research interests include effectiveness of pedagogy, ethics education, experiential learning in service-learning contexts, and economic development. He has published in journals including Journal of Business Ethics, Organizational Management Journal, and The CASE Journal. He teaches entrepreneurship and international management related courses.
Tonia A. Dousay, PhD, is an assistant professor of instructional technology at the University of Wyoming with 15 years of instructional design and project management experience. Her teaching and research focus on designbased learning activities and the knowledge and skills acquired and reinforced through these opportunities, both in face-to-face and online classrooms. Dousay received the 2014 Mary Garland Early Career Fellowship Award from the University of Wyoming, 2013 AECT-MPD Immersive Learning Award, and 2013 AECT-IAP Distance Education Best Practices Award. She is an active member of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
Karen Edwards is the faculty associate director for distributed learning pedagogy at the University’s Center for Teaching Excellence. She is also is a senior instructor in the Department of Retailing, where she teaches retailand law-related courses in both online and face-to-face formats. Through USC’s Center for Teaching Excellence, she develops and facilitates workshops and individualized coaching on effective teaching techniques and other issues affecting higher education. Edwards is certified by Quality Matters to review and assess the quality of online courses offered by higher education institutions. She earned her juris doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law and her bachelor's degree from Coker College in Hartsville, South Carolina.
Lydia Frass is the senior instructional designer in the USC Center for Teaching Excellence. She is currently working with faculty in online course design and development and quality assurance reviews. In addition, she is facilitating an instructional designer’s community of practice. Lydia holds a PhD in adult education and an MPH from The University of Southern Mississippi. Prior to joining CTE, she coordinated the South Carolina Public Health Training Center, which provided professional development opportunities for current and future public health practitioners.
Barbara M. Hall, PhD, is an assistant professor and chair of the instructional design program in the College of Education at Ashford University. She serves as a consultant for a private firm specializing in designing courses for online delivery and evaluating online learning programs. Hall earned a PhD in instructional design and has 22 years of experience designing and facilitating training and instruction. She is a member of the Online Learning Consortium, a certified peer reviewer with Quality Matters, and a reviewer for multiple journals and conferences. She frequently presents and publishes her research focused on designing for discussion-based learning, particularly intersubjectivity within peer participation in online discussions. Her passion for online discussions led to her service to the wider university community as cochair of the Discussion Board Task Force. She also serves as a member of the Institutional Review Board and was recognized in 2015 as the Outstanding Faculty Scholar for the College of Education.
Carol Johnson is a PhD candidate in educational technology at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, and was the 2014–2015 Werklund Doctoral Fellow. Her doctoral research is focused on the development of an online music education model for effective teaching and learning. Linked to her dissertation research, Johnson is also researching the development of online faculty professional development to assist the understanding of how to effectively deploy this model when completed. An established curriculum writer, Johnson has published numerous music book series for elementary through professional music students as well as serves as a mentors for higher education administrators and professors in developing online education content.
Michael Kosloski is an assistant professor at Old Dominion University in the Department of STEM Education and Professional Studies. His research interests include career and technical education curriculum and technology, student organizations, and teacher recruitment and retention.
Janine Lim, PhD, currently serves as associate dean for online higher education in the School of Distance Education at Andrews University, in Berrien Springs, MI. She and her team support over 200 online courses, provide training for faculty teaching online, and work with the campus infrastructure support of online learning. Her department also provides educational technology and Moodle support for faculty and students. Janine has taught 15 unique graduate educational technology classes online numerous times over the past 15 years, with some classes attracting participants from all over the world.
Jennifer Lock is the associate dean of teaching and learning and chair for the learning sciences in the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary. Her research interests are: (1) E-learning with a specific focus in online learning communities and building capacity of online educators; (2) Technology integration in education and teacher education that involves designing learning in technologyenhanced learning environments and online collaboration; (3) Change and innovation in education (teaching, learning and leading) with a specific interest in leading innovation involving educational technology; and (4) Educational development and the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education.
Kelli R. Paquette is a professor and chairperson of the Department of Professional Studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She teaches literacy-related classes at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels. Her research interests include content area literacy, preservice teacher training, and mentoring.
Ryan Rucker is an instructor within the Department of Information Systems Technology at Midlands Technical College. He has been teaching face-to-face and online computer networking/programming courses at various public and private universities and colleges since June 2011. In addition, he has worked for over eight years in the information and educational technology fields. Rucker is a certified master reviewer by Quality Matters to review and assess the quality of online courses offered by higher education institutions. Rucker holds an EdD in curriculum/instruction from Valdosta State University, an MEd in educational technology from The University of South Carolina Aiken, and a BS in technology support and training management from The University of South Carolina.
Trent Salvaggio is a business executive, educator, researcher, and consultant. Along with his work with a number of leading multinational corporations, he is also a Six Sigma Black Belt and a certified Project Management Professional. Currently, he serves as an instructor at the College of Charleston School of Business where he teaches courses in the areas of leadership, organizational behavior, and business strategy.
Sarah J. M. Shaefer, PhD, RN, CNE, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, has demonstrated outstanding teaching and received the JHU SON Alumni award for excellence in undergraduate teaching and Office of Teaching Excellence, Teaching Innovation Award. Most recently, Shaefer accepted a position as director of The National Feta and Infant Mortality Review Resource Center (NFIMR) in Washington, DC. Her multiple NFIMR publications include cross-cultural expressions of grief and loss, annotated bibliography on bereavement, and home visiting. She has also written series of promising practices implemented by sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) programs to address cultural and linguistic competence at the National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University website. Shaefer is the past president of the Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs, an international organization of program professionals concerned with services to bereaved families and risk reduction messages.
