Scott Howell, Ph.D., is director, Evening Classes, in Brigham Young University’s Division of Continuing Education. He is also an adjunct associate professor in the BYU School of Education’s Department of Instructional Psychology and Technology. He has received numerous awards for his research and publications in distance and continuing education, including the 2007 Elizabeth Powell Award for “best academic article-length publication that made significant contributions to research in the field of distance education,” the University Continuing Education Association’s 2006 prestigious Research and Scholarship Award, and the 2006 Gayle B. Childs Award for outstanding leadership and contributions to the distance education field. He is the co-editor of the three volume book series, Online Assessment and Measurement, the author of 40 academic publications, and serves as a reviewer for the American Journal of Distance Education and as an editorial board member of the Journal of Continuing Higher Education, the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, and other scholarly publications.