Perilou Goddard is a professor of psychology at Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where she teaches introductory and abnormal psychology as well as courses in writing in psychology and drug policy. She was chosen as NKU's outstanding professor in 1999.
Dana S. Dunn is a professor of psychology and former chair of the Department of Psychology at Moravian College, where he has taught since earning his PhD in 1987. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Dana is the author of 2 textbooks and many journal articles, including 9 in Teaching of Psychology. He is currently working on A Short Guide to Writing about Psychology to be published by Longman in 2003.
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