Mariale M. Hardiman, EdD; Interim Dean; Chair, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies; Co-Director, Neuro-Education Initiative, Johns Hopkins University School of Education; Former Principal, Baltimore City Public Schools; author of Connecting Brain Research with Effective Teaching (2003); “Connecting Brain Research with Dimensions of Learning” (November 2001, Educational Leadership), and “The Brain-Targeted Teaching Model: A Comprehensive Model for Classroom Instruction and School Reform” (2006, The Praeger Handbook of Learning and the Brain)