The Rowman & Littlefield Guide to Learning Center Administration

Daniel R. Sanford, PhD, is the director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Boise State University. Previous to this, he was the director of Writing and the Academic Resource Commons at Bates College, and director of the Center for Academic Program Support at the University of New Mexico. He is an experienced higher education administrator and a recognized scholar and professional in the field of peer-led learning. He is also a cognitive scientist, the author of numerous articles in the field of cognitive linguistics, and an educator with a wealth of experience making the mechanisms of the brain accessible and intuitive to college-age students.

Michelle Steiner, PhD, is Assistant Vice President for Student Success at Marymount University. An experienced professional in the fields of academic advising and learning center administration, she has previously directed undergraduate academic advising in the Columbian College of Arts & Sciences at George Washington University, and peer tutoring at the Center for Academic Program Support (CAPS) at the University of New Mexico. Under her directorship, the National College Learning Center Association awarded CAPS the annual Frank L. Christ Outstanding Learning Center Award in 2012 for the best undergraduate learning center at a four-year college. Dr. Steiner is a psy- chologist and an active scholar in the field of learning center administration.