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viABOUT THE AUTHORSCharles Blair-Broeker happily taught psychology for more than 40 years, mostly at Cedar Falls (Iowa) High School. He has been involved in several American Psychological Association (APA) initiatives, serving as a member of the task force that authored the first set of national standards for high school psychology, as the first elected chair of Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS), and as coeditor of the fourth volume of the Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology. Charlie served on the steering committee for three APA national conferences, including the 2017 Summit on High School Psychology, where he also delivered a keynote address. He taught Advanced Placement Psychology for more than 20 years, beginning with the first year the exam was offered in 1992, and has been a Test Development Committee Member, Question Leader, Rubric Master, and Table Leader for AP%u00ae Psychology. Charlie has written numerous articles about teaching high school psychology, has spoken at dozens of conferences, and has conducted more than 100 seminars across the nation. Among Charlie%u2019s teaching awards are the Grinnell College Outstanding Teacher Award, the University of Iowa Distinguished Teacher Award, and the APA Division 2 Teaching Excellence Award. In 2014, the APA-TOPSS Award for Excellence in Teaching was renamed the Charles T. Blair-Broeker Excellence in Teaching Award in his honor. Charlie has received an APA Presidential Citation for %u201cexemplary efforts to promote high-quality instruction of and professionalism in teaching high school psychology.%u201dCharlie has been married to Lynn for almost 50 joyous years. They travel extensively and keep up with the adventures of their sons Carl (married to Liz) and Eric (married to Brittany and father of Marin and Louis). Charlie and Lynn do a lot of volunteer work and are mediocre but passionate pickleball players.Randy Ernst has a B.A. in psychology, an M.A. in historical studies, and an Ed.D. in learning and teacher education, and has benefited from the work of those who came before him his entire life. He taught his first high school psychology class in 1986, and has been part of the high school psychology scene ever since. At the first-ever APA Summit for High School Psychology Education (which Randy originally called for and helped lead), he was awarded a Presidential Citation by APA President Antonio Puente for %u201cpioneering leadership of modern-day pedagogy of psychology,%u201d which reflected several %u201cfirsts%u201d that Randy has been a part of. For example, Randy was a member of the committee that founded Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS), and was an elected member of the TOPSS Executive Board for its first five years. Randy was also a member of the first AP%u00ae Psychology Test Development Committee, and was the first high school teacher to be either a Question Leader or an Exam Leader. Randy was the first high school teacher to have an article published in The American Psychologist, and has also had articles published in the Journal of Teaching of Psychology and the Oxford Review of Education. To honor Randy%u2019s efforts to help teachers and improve the teaching of high school psychology, the APA started the Randal M. Ernst Lecture, which is given annually at the APA Convention. A long-time advocate of improving one%u2019s sense of well-being, Randy coined the phrase %u201cpositive education%u201d while preparing a presentation on infusing positive psychology concepts into pre K%u201312 curriculum with Marty Seligman for the Australian Courtesy Charles Blair-Broeker Elliott Hammer%u00a9 Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. For review purposes only. Do not distribute.