Dr. John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He has taught at the University of Charleston, the University of Texas at Dallas, and the University of Georgia. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches educational psychology at the undergraduate level. In 2006, John Santrock received the University of Texas at Dallas Excellence in Teaching Award. His research has included publications in the Journal of Educational Psychology on the contextual aspects of affectively toned cognition and children’s self-regulatory behavior as well as teachers’ perceptions of children from divorced families. John has been on the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development.