Marcia Baxter Magolda is Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership at the Miami University of Ohio, and a nationally recognized author and speaker on student development and learning. In 2007 she received the Association for the Study of Higher Education's Research Achievement Award for her outstanding contribution to advancing student learning. Her scholarship addresses the evolution of learning and development in college and young adult life, the role of gender in development and pedagogy to promote self-authorship. This is her seventh book.