Marie Iding (PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara) is a professor in educational psychology University of Hawai'i at M¿noa, where she has taught since 1991. She has also taught and presented research or workshops in diverse locations around the world, including American Samoa, Chuuk (Federated States of Micronesia), Vietnam, Germany, Switzerland, South Africa, Kenya, Spain, Portugal, Fiji, Australia, Jamaica, Ecuador, Poland and Scotland. R. Murray Thomas (PhD, Stanford University) was professor emeritus of educational psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he also directed the program in International Education and served as Dean of the Gevirtz School of Education. His list of professional publications exceeds 400, including 60 books for which he served as author, coauthor, or editor.