Donald Jordan is an Instructional Designer and Coordinator of E-Learning Initiatives at the University of the Pacific in California where his main interest is in both assessment and the pedagogy of technology in education. He has worked in higher education for 16 years as a professor of English, teaching composition and critical thinking as well instructing classes in database design, internet studies, and introduction to computer programming. In addition to teaching, he has managed a learning resource and tutoring center, served as a registrar for a campus of 1600 students, and was a systems analyst for a system of 11 campuses serving over 12,000 students.

Dr. Elizabeth Maloney is the discipline chair for psychology and coordinator of the substance abuse program at San Joaquin Delta College and also teaches in the substance abuse program at the University of the Pacific. She has worked in higher education as a department chair, professor, and learning disabilities specialist. In the K-12, she has worked as a director of special education and as a school physiologist. Prior to her work in education, she served as a vocational rehabilitation and substance abuse counselor.