Associate Professor, School of Teacher Education, Western Kentucky University; Former Principal and Classroom Teacher; Author, 50 Strategies to Boost Cognitive Engagement: Creating a Thinking Culture in the Classroom (2019), Assessing Critical Thinking in Elementary Schools: Meeting the Common Core (2013), and Assessing Critical Thinking in Middle and High Schools: Meeting the Common Core (2013); Co-Author, Critical Thinking in the Classroom: A Practitioner's Guide (2018)