Catherine Marienau, PhD, has worked with adult learners in individualized, competency-based (i.e., experience-based) programs at undergraduate and graduate levels for many decades. Currently, she is a full-time faculty member with the School for New Learning at DePaul University where she mentors and teaches graduate students and coordinates the Master of Arts in Educating Adults program. Catherine has written, taught, conducted research, and consulted on various aspects of adult learning and development, including adult development, assessing learning, self-assessment, women's development, reflective inquiry, competency-based learning, and program innovation. She is co-author with Kathleen Taylor of Facilitating Learning with the Adult Brain in Mind: A Conceptual and Practical Guide (Jossey-Bass, 2016.)