Sarah F. Lisha received her B.A. in English literature from UCSC and her M.A. in English literature from SFSU, as well as certificates in teaching college composition and post-secondary reading. Her goal in teaching is to help students develop and utilize their reading and writing skills through authentic tasks. Aside from teaching, her main literary interests include American and British poetry and Japanese literature.
Richard Mahon has been teaching multiple humanities classes online at Riverside City College since 1999. He was very involved in the basic skills Initiative and has been looking for ways to improve students' awareness of their own skill levels as well as campus services that can improve student success. He is also past president of the academic senate and currently serves as curriculum committee chair for Riverside City College.
Jim Marteney is a professor of speech communication and the distance education trainer at Los Angeles Valley College. Jim has taught online courses for the last six years, including critical thinking, mass communication and cultural communication. He has also led the college's faculty online instructor training program and online course development, increasing the distance education program by over 400 percent. Jim is also a certified Etudes trainer.
Michael McKeever developed and teaches computer security, networking and forensics courses at SRJC. Using a variety of tools and programs, he is pioneering the use of live online synchronous classes and is quite passionate about increasing both student and teacher success in this venue. He also serves as a regional partner with the NSF Mid-Pacific Information Communication Technology Center (www.mpict.org) and is on the board of directors for the Napa chamber music festival, Music in the Vineyards (www.musicinthevineyards.org).