Our editorial team is proud to work with renowned authors dedicated to student
success. More information on our author teams can be found below.
Britt Andreatta
Britt Andreatta, Ph.D. is currently the Director
of First Year Programs & Leadership Education at the University of
California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Andreatta coordinates and teaches UCSB’s
freshmen experience course; coordinates programming and mentoring efforts
for freshmen students; coordinates programming for parents of freshmen
during summer orientation; and teaches “University and Society"
as well as “Introduction to Leadership." She provides training
on the first year experience (for both freshmen and transfer students)
to students, staff, and faculty both at UCSB and at other institutions.
In 2003, Dr. Andreatta won the award for Outstanding Experienced Professional
by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA).
For more information on books written by Britt Andreatta, click on the
links below.
John A. Beck was distinguished as a semifinalist
for the Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate award given by the National
Resource Center for the First-Year Experience in 1999. In 1999 and 2000,
Dr. Beck was nominated for the Professor of the Year award by the Carnegie
Foundation.
For more information on books written by John Beck, click on the links
below.
John N. Gardner is a visionary educator, author, speaker, and
change agent. Founder of the acclaimed National Resource Center for The
First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of
South Carolina (USC), he also served as the faculty director of USC’s
first-year seminar from 1974 to 1999. Gardner conducts First-Year Experience
seminars and teleconferences throughout the world, supporting college
faculty and staff in developing effective first-year seminar courses and
retention programs. In 1999, he established the Policy Center on the First
Year of College, supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies and Lumina Foundation
for Education.
For more information on books written by John Gardner, click on the links
below.
Psychology professor, author, and critical thinking expert Jane
S. Halonen is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University
of West Florida. Renowned throughout academia for her efforts to improve
student learning, she is the recipient of the 2000 American Psychological
Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching.
For more information on books written by Jane Halonen, click on the links
below.
A. Jerome Jewler is a best-selling author, educator, and lecturer.
Currently a distinguished professor emeritus of the College of Journalism
and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina, he has contributed
his expertise and guidance to college success education and training since
1972. In addition, he served as the co-director for the campuswide University
101 program from 1983 to 1989 and was responsible for planning and conducting
faculty development workshops focusing on teaching first-year students.
Jewler received the Mortar Board award for teaching excellence in 1993
and 1997 and, in 1996, was named the University of South Carolina’s
Faculty Advisor of the Year.
For more information on books written by A. Jerome Jewler, click on the
links below.
A leading author of college success and psychology texts, John
W. Santrock is professor of psychology and human development at the
University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), where he helped to establish the
college success program. More than 2 million students have used his top-selling
texts, which include Psychology: Contexts, Science, and Applications.
For more information on books written by
John Santrock, click on the links below.
Dianna L. Van Blerkom is an experienced author and
educator. She is currently Assistant Professor of Education at the University
of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and has served as the director of the Learning
Resource Center there. She has also published numerous articles and three
textbooks with Wadsworth: Orientation to College Learning, now in
its Fourth Edition, and College Reading and Study Strategies, with
co-author Patricia Mulcahy-Ernt and College Study Skills: Becoming a
Strategic Learner, now in its Fifth Edition.
For more information on books written by Diana Van Blerkom, click on
the links below.
