RUTH FEDERMAN STEIN interviewed Sandra Hurd for her dissertation, Conditions that Facilitate the Implementation of Innovative Freshman Experience Courses. At that time Sandy, as part of her course load, taught and advised a recitation section in Syracuse University’s School of Management introductory management course. Later she became the course director and worked with Ruth on the course manual and a handbook of teamwork in college that evolved into this book.
Ruth currently works at the Center for Support of Teaching and Learning at Syracuse University. Some of her activities include organizing Focus on teaching sessions for faculty, helping to coordinate the university’s Vision Fund Project, and working with faculty to improve teaching and learning on the campus.

SANDRA HURD is department chair and professor of law and public policy in the School of management at Syracuse University and serves as faculty coordinator of the university’s learning communities program. She continues to direct the freshman management course and developed a learning community program for firs-year students in management.