1.7 Acknowledgments

Our deep appreciation and heartfelt thanks go out to Margaret Ray, University of Mary Washington, and David Anderson, Centre College, for their hard work on the previous edition of this text. Their efforts and innovations, inspired by many years of working with students in the classroom, provided us with a foundation for the modular approach that we have extended and built upon in this third edition. Thank you, Margaret and Dave, for doing such an exceptional job.

We must also thank Nora Underwood, University of Central Florida, for her extensive contributions during every stage of this revision. Nora was involved with planning this edition, helping us make important decisions about sequencing and adding new content. This was a major revision, with numerous additions and updates. Nora’s contributions were invaluable, as was her role in putting the final touches on the book in the page-proof stage. Her efforts helped us craft a third edition that is current and has even broader appeal.

We would also like to thank the following instructors who helped us with the revision of the third edition. Your enthusiasm for this project has been infectious.

Giuliana Campanelli Andreopoulos, William Paterson University

Becca Arnold, San Diego Mesa College

Margaret apRoberts-Warren, University of California–Santa Cruz

Robert Baden, University of California–Santa Cruz

Bryce Casavant, University of Connecticut

Dixie Dalton, College of the Low Country

Julie Gonzalez, University of California–Santa Cruz

Janet Koscianski, Shippensburg University

Sang Lee, Southeastern Louisiana University

Bill McLean, Oklahoma State University

Christopher McMahan, University of Colorado–Boulder

Joan Nix, Queens College

Dimitrios Pachis, Eastern Connecticut State University

Matthew S. Rutledge, Boston College

Robert Schlack, Carthage College

Fahlino Sjuib, Framingham State University

Bryan Snyder, Bentley University

Cheryl Wachenheim, North Dakota State University

We are indebted to the following reviewers, focus group participants, and other consultants for their suggestions and advice on earlier editions of this book.

Miki Brunyer Anderson, Pikes Peak Community College

Myra L. Moore, University of Georgia

Elizabeth Sawyer-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Carlos Aguilar, El Paso Community College

Terence Alexander, Iowa State University

Morris Altman, University of Saskatchewan

Farhad Ameen, State University of New York, Westchester Community College

Christopher P. Ball, Quinnipiac University

Sue Bartlett, University of South Florida

Scott Beaulier, Mercer University

David Bernotas, University of Georgia

Marc Bilodeau, Indiana University and Purdue University, Indianapolis

Kelly Blanchard, Purdue University

Emily Blank, Howard University

Anne Bresnock, California State Polytechnic University

Douglas M. Brown, Georgetown University

Joseph Calhoun, Florida State University

Douglas Campbell, University of Memphis

Kevin Carlson, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Andrew J. Cassey, Washington State University

Shirley Cassing, University of Pittsburgh

Sewin Chan, New York University

Mitchell M. Charkiewicz, Central Connecticut State University

Joni S. Charles, Texas State University, San Marcos

Adhip Chaudhuri, Georgetown University

Eric P. Chiang, Florida Atlantic University

Hayley H. Chouinard, Washington State University

Kenny Christianson, Binghamton University

Lisa Citron, Cascadia Community College

Steven L. Cobb, University of North Texas

Barbara Z. Connolly, Westchester Community College

Stephen Conroy, University of San Diego

Thomas E. Cooper, Georgetown University

Cesar Corredor, Texas A&M University and University of Texas, Tyler

Jim F. Couch, University of Northern Alabama

Daniel Daly, Regis University

H. Evren Damar, Pacific Lutheran University

Satarupa Das, Montgomery College, Takoma Park

Antony Davies, Duquesne University

Greg Delemeester, Marietta College

Patrick Dolenc, Keene State College

Christine Doyle-Burke, Framingham State College

Ding Du, South Dakota State University

Jerry Dunn, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Robert R. Dunn, Washington and Jefferson College

Ann Eike, University of Kentucky

Tisha L. N. Emerson, Baylor University

Hadi Salehi Esfahani, University of Illinois

William Feipel, Illinois Central College

Rudy Fichtenbaum, Wright State University

David W. Findlay, Colby College

Mary Flannery, University of California, Santa Cruz

Robert Francis, Shoreline Community College

Shelby Frost, Georgia State University

Frank Gallant, George Fox University

Robert Gazzale, Williams College

Seth Gitter, Towson University

Robert Godby, University of Wyoming

Michael Goode, Central Piedmont Community College

Douglas E. Goodman, University of Puget Sound

Marvin Gordon, University of Illinois at Chicago

Kathryn Graddy, Brandeis University

Mike Green, College of Southern Maryland

Yoseph Gutema, Howard Community College

Alan Day Haight, State University of New York, Cortland

Mehdi Haririan, Bloomsburg University

Clyde A. Haulman, College of William and Mary

Richard R. Hawkins, University of West Florida

Michael Heslop, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale

Mickey A. Hepner, University of Central Oklahoma

Michael Hilmer, San Diego State University

Tia Hilmer, San Diego State University

Jane Himarios, University of Texas, Arlington

Jim Holcomb, University of Texas, El Paso

Don Holley, Boise State University

Alexander Holmes, University of Oklahoma

Julie Holzner, Los Angeles City College

Robert N. Horn, James Madison University

Steven Husted, University of Pittsburgh

John O. Ifediora, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Hiro Ito, Portland State University

Mike Javanmard, Rio Hondo Community College

Robert T. Jerome, James Madison University

Shirley Johnson-Lans, Vassar College

David Kalist, Shippensburg University

Lillian Kamal, Northwestern University

Roger T. Kaufman, Smith College

Herb Kessel, St. Michael’s College

Rehim Kiliç, Georgia Institute of Technology

Grace Kim, University of Michigan, Dearborn

Michael Kimmitt, University of Hawaii, Manoa

Robert Kling, Colorado State University

Sherrie Kossoudji, University of Michigan

Andrew Kozak, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Charles Kroncke, College of Mount Saint Joseph

Reuben Kyle, Middle Tennessee State University (retired)

Katherine Lande-Schmeiser, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

David Lehr, Longwood College

Mary Jane Lenon, Providence College

Mary H. Lesser, Iona College

Solina Lindahl, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Haiyong Liu, East Carolina University

Jane S. Lopus, California State University, East Bay

María José Luengo–Prado, Northeastern University

Rotua Lumbantobing, North Carolina State University

Ed Lyell, Adams State College

Mireille Makambira, Montgomery College, Rockville

John Marangos, Colorado State University

Ralph D. May, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Wayne McCaffery, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Dennis McCornac, Anne Arundel Community College

Bill McLean, Oklahoma State University

Larry McRae, Appalachian State University

Mary Ruth J. McRae, Appalachian State University

Ellen E. Meade, American University

Meghan Millea, Mississippi State University

Norman C. Miller, Miami University (of Ohio)

Khan A. Mohabbat, Northern Illinois University

Myra L. Moore, University of Georgia

Jay Morris, Champlain College in Burlington

Akira Motomura, Stonehill College

Kevin J. Murphy, Oakland University

Robert Murphy, Boston College

Ranganath Murthy, Bucknell University

Anthony Myatt, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Randy A. Nelson, Colby College

Charles Newton, Houston Community College

Daniel X. Nguyen, Purdue University

Dmitri Nizovtsev, Washburn University

Thomas A. Odegaard, Baylor University

Constantin Oglobin, Georgia Southern University

Charles C. Okeke, College of Southern Nevada

Terry Olson, Truman State University

Una Okonkwo Osili, Indiana University and Purdue University, Indianapolis

Chris Osuanah, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Downtown

Maxwell Oteng, University of California, Davis

P. Marcelo Oviedo, Iowa State University

Jeff Owen, Gustavus Adolphus College

James Palmieri, Simpson College

Walter G. Park, American University

Elliott Parker, University of Nevada, Reno

Michael Perelman, California State University, Chico

Nathan Perry, Utah State University

Dean Peterson, Seattle University

Ken Peterson, Furman University

Paul Pieper, University of Illinois at Chicago

Dennis L. Placone, Clemson University

Michael Polcen, Northern Virginia Community College

Raymond A. Polchow, Zane State College

Linnea Polgreen, University of Iowa

Michael A. Quinn, Bentley University

Eileen Rabach, Santa Monica College

Matthew Rafferty, Quinnipiac University

Jaishankar Raman, Valparaiso University

Margaret Ray, Mary Washington College

Helen Roberts, University of Illinois, Chicago

Jeffrey Rubin, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Rose M. Rubin, University of Memphis

Lynda Rush, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Michael Ryan, Western Michigan University

Sara Saderion, Houston Community College

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Virginia Tech

Elizabeth Sawyer-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Jesse A. Schwartz, Kennesaw State University

Chad Settle, University of Tulsa

Steve Shapiro, University of North Florida

Robert L. Shoffner III, Central Piedmont Community College

Joseph Sicilian, University of Kansas

Judy Smrha, Baker University

John Solow, University of Iowa

John Somers, Portland Community College

Stephen Stageberg, University of Mary Washington

Monty Stanford, DeVry University

Rebecca Stein, University of Pennsylvania

William K. Tabb, Queens College, City University of New York (retired)

Sarinda Taengnoi, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh

Henry Terrell, University of Maryland

Rebecca Achée Thornton, University of Houston

Michael Toma, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Brian Trinque, University of Texas, Austin

Boone A. Turchi, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Nora Underwood, University of Central Florida

J. S. Uppal, State University of New York, Albany

John Vahaly, University of Louisville

Jose J. Vazquez-Cognet, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign

Daniel Vazzana, Georgetown College

Roger H. von Haefen, North Carolina State University

Andreas Waldkirch, Colby College

Christopher Waller, University of Notre Dame

Gregory Wassall, Northeastern University

Robert Whaples, Wake Forest University

Thomas White, Assumption College

Jennifer P. Wissink, Cornell University

Mark Witte, Northwestern University

Kristen M. Wolfe, St. Johns River Community College

Larry Wolfenbarger, Macon State College

Louise B. Wolitz, University of Texas, Austin

Gavin Wright, Stanford University

Bill Yang, Georgia Southern University

Jason Zimmerman, South Dakota State University

In the past, we always trusted Andreas Bentz and his indefatigable eye for detail while we focused on big-picture issues in the sections. We count ourselves extremely fortunate that Michael Reksulak, Georgia Southern University, stepped in when Andreas was unavailable to devote as much time to this project as in the past. Andreas was a helpful advisor during early stages of the revision. Michael turned out to be more than capable of providing expert-level guidance in the page-proof stage, when tending to accuracy and details is paramount. Michael’s efforts as accuracy checker and coordinator were supported by the invaluable contributions of accuracy checkers Dixie Dalton, Southside Virginia Community College, Matthew S. Rutledge, Boston College, Sang Lee, Southeastern Louisiana University, Becca Arnold, San Diego Mesa College, Janet Koscianski, Shippensburg University, Stephanie Riche, North Carolina State University, and Cheryl Wachenheim, North Dakota State University. Many thanks to Solina Lindahl, California Polytechnic State University, who provided expert guidance on the media program associated with the textbook, and to Scott Houser, California State University, for his involvement.

We must also thank the many people at Worth Publishers for their contributions. Elizabeth Widdicombe and Catherine Woods for their role in planning this revision. Charles Linsmeier, who ably oversaw the revision and contributed throughout, and now Steve Rigolosi, who will have an important role to play post publication. A special thanks to Craig Bleyer, our original publisher and now national sales manager, who put so much effort into making all of our textbooks a success. And to Scott Guile, associate director of digital marketing, who recognized a need for a more streamlined version of our text and whose enthusiasm for the modular format helped to bring an innovative approach to fruition.

Once again, we have an incredible production and design team. Thank you all: Tracey Kuehn, Lisa Kinne, Barbara Seixas, and Liz Geller for producing this book; Babs Reingold, Lyndall Culbertson, Chuck Yuen, Diana Blume, and Paul Lacy for their beautiful interior design, layout, and cover; Deborah Heimann for her thoughtful copyedit; Cecilia Varas and Elyse Rieder, who work so hard and with lightning speed to get photos permissioned and just right; Stacey Alexander and Edgar Bonilla for coordinating the supplemental materials; Mary Walsh, associate editor, who made invaluable editorial contributions to this revision; and Fay Kelly, editorial assistant, who did a fine job preparing the manuscript for production.

Many thanks to Lukia Kliossis and Marie McHale for devising and coordinating the impressive collection of media and supplements. With each edition you’ve shown how far we’ve come in supporting instructors who choose to adopt our textbook. Thanks to the incredible team of writers and coordinators who worked with Lukia and Marie on the supplements and media package.

Thanks to Tom Digiano, marketing manager, and to Tom Acox for his many contributions. We must also extend our heartfelt thanks to the many members of the sales force, some who have been with us from the beginning, on your tireless efforts in promoting our book.

And most of all, special thanks to Sharon Balbos, executive development editor on each of our editions. Much of the success of this book is owed to Sharon’s dedication and professionalism; in this edition, perhaps more so than most. Sharon, we’re not sure we deserved an editor as good as you, but we’re sure that everyone involved as well as our adopters and their students have been made better off by your presence.