Natasha Haugnes, currently at the Academy of Art University and California College of the Arts, has worked in art and design university settings for twenty-three years, and has authored two ESL textbooks.Hoag Holmgren has worked in the field of faculty and educational development for over twenty years. A former creative writing instructor, he is the author of the poetry collection p a l e o s and No Better Place: A New Zen Primer, both published in 2018.Martin Springborg is a faculty member in the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities, where he teaches photography and art history.

Fills a significant gap in the teaching and learning literature. I am particularly impressed with the ability of the volume to serve simultaneously as text, guide, and reference, and suspect that artist-teachers will find the same utility."" - David Chase, coauthor of Assessment in Creative Disciplines: Quantifying and Qualifying the Aesthetic