Patricia G. Moody is Dean Emerita of the College of Hospitality, Retail, and Sport Management at the University of South Carolina, where she has served on the faculty and in administration for over 30 years. An award-winning educator, Pat was honored as Distinguished Educator of the Year at her college and as Collegiate Teacher of the Year by the National Business Education Association. She was also a top-five finalist for the Amoco Teaching Award at the University of South Carolina. She received the prestigious John Robert Gregg Award, the highest honor in her field of over 100,000 educators. Pat has coauthored many texts and simulations, including Cornerstones for Professionalism (Pearson, 2013), Cornerstones for Community College Success (Pearson, 2012), Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well; 365 Things I Learned in College; Capstone: Succeeding Beyond College; and Case Studies for the First Year: An Odyssey into Critical Thinking and Problem Solving. Prior to writing in the Student Success field, Pat published several business books and simulations.  

Robyn Brinks Lockwood is currently a Lecturer with the EFS (English for Foreign Students) graduate program at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. She is also the coordinator of the American Language and Culture undergraduate summer program. She teaches courses and develops materials to prepare second-language learners for academic programs and college success in English-speaking universities. She has been selected as a Favorite Professor by the students in the John S. Knight Fellowship Program every year since 2007. She has co-authored and edited numerous textbooks, online courses, and test preparation items for students and ancillary materials for educators. She is an active member of both the national and several regional TESOL organizations and has presented at a variety of conferences on topics including academic speaking, flipped classrooms, reading critically for academic success, teaching EAP students, and surviving and succeeding at the university level.

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