Patricia Linehan has been teaching at the college level either full or part-time since 1984. She received her Masters in English from Colorado State University in 1983 and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Purdue University in 1994. She taught adjunct for several colleges and universities including Indiana University, St. Mary’s (MN), Minnesota State University- Mankato, and William Penn. Dr. Linehan served as the Director of Assessment for William Penn University in Iowa and the Dean of Research, Planning and Development for South Central College in Minnesota. She has given dozens of workshops on assessment techniques and active teaching to faculty and staff, and currently enjoys teaching Psychology and English at South Central College. The wife of a retired military officer and mother to three teenage sons, when not teaching or writing you will find her tending enormous gardens or learning to spin and weave, surrounded by a large assortment of cats and dogs.