- Martin V. Covington, University of California, Berkeley
Martin V. Covington is Professor of the Graduate School (Psychology Department), University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of eight books, and is the senior author of the Productive Thinking Program, a school-based instructional curriculum designed to teach effective problem-solving techniques to upper-elementary and middle-school grades.Linda M. von Hoene, University of California, Berkeley
Linda M. von Hoene is Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Professional Development and Director of the Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Teaching and Resource Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She co-directs Berkeley’s Summer Institute for Preparing Future Faculty and Berkeley’s Student Mentoring and Research Teams (SMART).Dominic J. Voge, Princeton University
Dominic (Nic) J. Voge is Senior Associate Director of Princeton University’s McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning where he leads the undergraduate/graduate student learning program and conducts faculty development. He was awarded the K. Patricia Cross Leadership award (American Association of Colleges and Universities), created Principedia, and is one of the founding members of The Resilience Consortium. His recent TEDx Princeton talk, Self-Worth Theory: The Hidden Key to Understanding and Overcoming Procrastination” uses the same model of achievement motivation used in Life Beyond Grades to unravel the perplexing motivational dynamics of procrastination. Self-worth theory is applied even more broadly in this podcast on the book and a number of relevant issues.
Life Beyond Grades 