TODD ZAKRAJSEK is the inaugural Director of Academic Excellence at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Previously, Dr. Zakrajsek was the Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Southern Oregon University, where he also taught in the psychology department as a tenured associate professor. Dr. Zakrajsek has written two introductory psychology instructor's manuals for McGraw-Hill and a student study guide for Addison-Wesley. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Ohio University and currently teaches Learning and Memory, a First Year University Experience course, and a Graduate Teaching Seminar.  He has published and presented widely on the topic of student learning, including workshops and conference keynote addresses in 25 states, and Canada, Switzerland, and Sweden over the past several years.