Dr. Carol L. Dolan, Ed.D. is an adjunct professor for Liberty University. She has served as an educator for more than 20 years, teaching every grade from pre-kindergarten through college in public, private, and homeschool settings. She served in the military for more than 20 years and has worked as an editor, curriculum developer, dissertation committee member, and doctoral student capstone project mentor. She has edited books, dissertations, theses, capstone projects, curricular materials, course content, and more. Dr.

Paul Zisserson has taught at Salve Regina University, Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island. He has studied at the University of Rhode Island and the University of Connecticut.

Dr. Sharmain van Blommestein is an Associate Professor of Medieval & Early Modern Studies,
Women’s and Gender Studies, Race Relations, Literary Theory and Criticism, and Composition
and Writing. She is actively involved in Collaborative Online International Learning projects
(COIL). Besides teaching courses in Medieval Literature, she also teaches general courses in
British and American Literature and English Composition and Writing. She has also taught
and tutored English Composition and developmental/remedial writing and reading for about

Robert Sherfield has been teaching student success, public speaking, and theater, as well as working with first-year success programs, for 35 years. Currently, he is a professor at the College of Southern Nevada.

An award-winning educator, Robb was named Educator of the Year at the College of Southern Nevada. He twice received the Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award from the University of South Carolina at Union, and has received numerous other awards and nominations for out-standing classroom instruction and advisement.

Michael P. Garoutte received his B.S. in Chemistry from Missouri Southern State College in 1989, and his Ph. D. from the University of Kansas in 1995. His doctoral work was done under the supervision of Richard Schowen, and involved mechanistic studies of proton transfer in serine proteases. After a year teaching at Mercer University and a year at the University of Central Oklahoma, Garoutte took a position at his alma mater (now known as MSSU) in 1997.

Michael P. Garoutte received his B.S. in Chemistry from Missouri Southern State College in 1989, and his Ph. D. from the University of Kansas in 1995. His doctoral work was done under the supervision of Richard Schowen, and involved mechanistic studies of proton transfer in serine proteases. After a year teaching at Mercer University and a year at the University of Central Oklahoma, Garoutte took a position at his alma mater (now known as MSSU) in 1997.