abstract

More than 25 years ago, I was serving as an American Psychological Association visiting scholar to
the psychology departments of small liberal arts colleges. I spent two days at a lovely campus in
southeastern Indiana, Hanover College. I particularly enjoyed the energy and intelligence of an
undergraduate psychology major named Randy Isaacson. A short time later, he was admitted to the
doctoral program in educational psychology at Michigan State University, where I had been teaching
since 1963. When Randy completed his PhD at Michigan State, he returned to Indiana as a member
of the faculty at Indiana University, South Bend.

What a pleasure it has been to reconnect with Randy so many years later around our mutual passion
for the importance of a scholarship of teaching and learning. I deeply appreciate his role in the
creation of this on-line journal. The Indiana University System is demonstrating significant national
leadership in sponsoring this effort, as well as in its pioneering initiatives to recognize and reward
scholarly contributions to teaching and learning among its faculty members.

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