Acknowledgments
We want to thank Margaret Lannamann and Brett Guidry for doing such a great job keeping all the balls in the air, and Jeff Shelstad and Eric Frank for having the vision and persistence to bring Unnamed Publisher into being, and their faith in us as among the first Unnamed Publisher authors. Many thanks to Andrea Meyer, Sharon Koch, Pamela Tierney, Dean Scott Dawson, and Portland State University for supporting our work.
We would also like to thank the following colleagues whose comprehensive feedback and suggestions for improving the material helped make this a better text:
Cheryl Adkins, Longwood University
Sid Barsuk, Governors State University
Carrie Blair, College of Charleston
Pamela Buckle Henning, Adelphi University
Claudia Cogliser, Texas Tech
Leslie Connell, University of Central Florida
Donald Dahlin, The University of South Dakota
Deborah Good, University of Pittsburgh
Gideon Falk, Purdue University, Calumet
David Futrell, Butler University
Bruce Gillies, California Lutheran University
Michael Hadani, Long Island University, CW Post Campus
Jeff Haldeman, Webster University
Kathy Harris, Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Kelly Kilcrease, University of New Hampshire, Manchester
Antoinette S. Knechtges, Eastern Michigan University
Michael Komos, Benedictine University
Damian Lonsdale, University of South Dakota
Don McCormick, California State University, Northridge
Janet Moen, The University of North Dakota
Lorrie Mowry, McCook Community College
Peter Nowak, Boston College, Boston University, Suffolk University
Samuel Rabinowitz, Rutgers University
Gary Renz, Webster University
Brenda Riddick, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Laura Riolli, California State University, Sacramento
Mark Schwiesow, Marquette University
Leslie Shore, Metropolitan State University
Valarie Spiser-Albert, University of Texas at San Antonio
Christy Weer, Salisbury University
Marilyn Wesner, George Washington University
Jim Woodrum, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The authors also appreciate the efforts of those instructors who have contributed to the project with their work on supplementary materials. Deborah Good from the University of Pittsburgh developed the Student Quizzes and the Test Item File, and Frank Markham from Mesa State College, along with his wife Marylin, created the PowerPoint slide presentation.
In addition, two instructors assisted the development of this material by using it in their classrooms. Their input, along with their students’ feedback, has provided us with valuable feedback and confirmation that the material is effective in the classroom:
Pamela Henning, Adelphi University School of Business
Jim Woodrum, University of Wisconsin School of Business
The cadre of copy editors, graphics designers, and technical designers involved in this first-of-its-kind global publishing project also garner our heartfelt thanks. Finally, this book would not have the incredible value and meaning it does without the support and interest of the faculty and students who have commented on early iterations, and will serve to make this ‘their book’ in the many years to come.