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Kathleen Odell Korgen is a Professor of Sociology at William Paterson University. She has co-authored or co-edited numerous books that teach students to use the sociological tools they gain in their classes and to find inspiration from public sociologists and fellow sociology students. These books include Our Social World: Introduction to Sociology, The Engaged Sociologist: Connecting the Classroom to the Community, Sociologists in Action: Sociology, Social Change, and Social Justice and Sociologists in Action on Inequalities: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality. She has also written or edited the following books on race relations and racial identity: Race Policy and Multiracial Americans (forthcoming), Multiracial Americans and Social Class, Crossing the Racial Divide: Close Friendships Between Black and White Americans, and From Black to Biracial: Transforming Racial Identity Among Americans. Kathleen works as a consultant for other sociology departments as a member of the Departmental Resources Group of the American Sociological Association. She has received William Paterson University's Award for Excellence in Scholarship/Creative Expression and the university's Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Maxine Atkinson is a Professor in the Sociology Department at North Carolina State. She is one of the leading figures in the scholarship of teaching and learning movement within the discipline, and the Chair of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Section of the American Sociological Association. She has been recognized for teaching excellence by her own university, and is the recipient of the ASA′s Carla B. Howry Award for developing teacher-scholars, and the ASA′s Distinguished Contributions to Teaching award. Her many publications on classroom pedagogy and instructional strategies, have appeared in Teaching Sociology and elsewhere. At North Carolina State, Maxine coordinates her department′s program to prepare graduate students for classroom teaching.

The contributing chapters authors are all active in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning community within American Sociology. Many of them are public sociologists features in Kathleen Korgen′s Sociologists in Action books.