Acknowledgments
We want to thank Margaret Lannamann for doing such a great job keeping all the balls in the air, and Jeff Shelstad and Eric Frank for having the vision and persistence to bring Flat World Knowledge into being and for their faith in us as among the first Flat World Knowledge authors. Many thanks, too, to the talented Andrea Meyer, who was an invaluable resource in providing background content for several of our chapters. We also thank Elsa Peterson for her tireless and amazing developmental editing, Brett Guidry for helping to keep everything on track, and Sharon Koch and Evelyn Forte for their expertise and contagiously positive perspectives. We further thank Dean Scott Dawson and Portland State University, and Michele Yoder and the University of Wisconsin–Madison for supporting our work.
We would also like to thank the following colleagues whose comprehensive feedback and suggestions for improving the material helped make this a better text:
Erin Atchley, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Laura Bulas, Central Community College
Val Calvert, San Antonio College
Sylvia Charland, Fitchburg State College
Dexter Davis, Niagara University
Matt DeLuca, Baruch College
Charles Englehardt, St. Leo University
Jeff Fahrenwald, Rockford College
Carolyn Fausnaugh, Florida Institute of Technology
Don Furman, SUNY New Paltz/SUNY OCCC
Shelly Gardner, Augustana College
Hugh Graham, Loras College
Bruce Gillies, California Lutheran University
Susan Greer, Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Dewey Hemphill, Crichton College
Kirk Heriot, Columbus State University
Betty Hoge, Bridgewater College
Gerald Hollier, University of Texas at Brownsville
Kathleen Jones, University of North Dakota
Claire Kent, Mary Baldwin College
Daniel Kent, Northern Kentucky University
Anita Leffel, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Damian Lonsdale, University of South Dakota
Daniel Morrell, University of South Carolina
Francine Newth, Providence College
Roy Pipitone, Erie Community College
Michael Provitera, Barry University
Linda Sargent, University of Texas Pan American
Mukesh Sud, Augustana College
Nicholas Twigg, Coastal Carolina University
Nkuma Uche, Central Community College
Donna Waldron, Manchester Community College
Carolyn Youssef, Bellevue University
The authors also appreciate the efforts of those instructors who have contributed to the project with their work on supplementary materials. Anita Leffel from the University of Texas at San Antonio developed the Student Quizzes and the Test Item File, and Laura Bulas from Central Community College created the PowerPoint slide presentations.
In addition, two instructors assisted the development of this material by using it in their classrooms. Their input, along with their students’ feedback, has provided us with valuable feedback and confirmation that the material is effective in the classroom:
Dexter Davis, Niagara University
P. Gerald Shaw, Dean College
The cadre of copy editors, graphics designers, and technical designers involved in this first-of-its-kind global publishing project also garner our heartfelt thanks. Finally, this book would not have the incredible value and meaning it does without the support and interest of the faculty and students who have commented on early iterations and will serve to make this “their book” in the many years to come.