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About the Author\nRobert S. Feldman is Professor of Psychology and Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. A recipient of the College Distinguished Teacher Award, he teaches psychology classes ranging in size from 15 to nearly 500 students. During the course of more than two decades as a college instructor, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, and Virginia Commonwealth University in addition to the University of Massachusetts.
Professor Feldman, who initiated the Minority Mentoring Program at the University of Massachusetts, also has served as a Hewlett Teaching Fellow and Senior Online Teaching Fellow. He initiated distance learning courses in psychology at the University of Massachusetts.
A Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, Professor Feldman received a BA with High Honors from Wesleyan University and an MS and PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a winner of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer Award and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wesleyan. He is on the boards of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) and the FABBS Foundation, which advocate for the field of psychology.
He has written and edited more than 150 books, book chapters, and scientific articles. He has edited Development of Nonverbal Behavior in Children, Applications of Nonverbal Behavioral Theory and Research, Improving the First Year of College: Research and Practice, and co-edited Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior. He is also author of Development Across the Life Span, Child Development, and P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life. His books have been translated into many languages, including Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. His research interests include deception and honesty in everyday life, work that he described in The Liar in Your Life, a trade book published in 2009. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research.
Professor Feldman loves music, is an enthusiastic pianist, and enjoys cooking and travelling. He has three children and a young grandson. He and his wife, a psychologist, live in western Massachusetts in a home overlooking the Holyoke mountain range.\nSheila Chick teaches at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, where she is a professor in the General Studies Division and coordinator of the Organizational Learning and Development Post-Graduate Certificate Program. She has taught communication, student success, popular culture, English as a Second Language, career development, and instructional design courses. A recent semester teaching in WuXi, China was a memorable highlight of her career. Sheila Chick is a graduate of Toronto Teachers’ College, the University of Western Ontario (King’s College) and the University of Calgary, where her focus was on the use of portfolios for career development. Areas of research and interest are in instructional design, workplace learning, and faculty evaluation. An avid gardener, traveler, and swimmer, Sheila Chick lives in London with her husband, Errol Cochrane and daughter, Caitlin\nPrepare. Organize. Work. Evaluate. Rethink. This is the Power Learning advantage.
Written from the perspective that all students have the potential and ability to excel, the authors developed a systematic framework that improves their chances of success in school and life. Woven into the material and pedagogy, the P.O.W.E.R. theme (Prepare Organize Work Evaluate Re-think) provides a simple and unique learning support system that equips students with the skills to accomplish any task, from writing an essay to managing personal finances.