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CLEP College Composition and College Composition Modular with Online Practice Exams

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Dr. Rachelle M. Smith has served as Director of Composition at Emporia State University for the last nineteen years. She did her doctoral work at Texas Christian University with a specialization in rhetoric and composition. She enjoys teaching science fiction written by women, as well as classic mysteries by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, and Agatha Christie.

Dominick Marullo, M.A. is currently a high school English teacher with a Bachelors degree in English/Education and a Masters in Writing. He has also taught a creative writing course at a local community college. Over the years, he has written for several educational publishers in the area of test preparation, as well as for high school and college review books. He has written several screenplays, one of which was a semi-finalist in a prestigious, worldwide competition. He also received the Utica Writers Guild award for fiction for a short story. In his spare time, he also performs as a musician, playing bass guitar and drums in various bands.

Dr. Kenneth Springer is a developmental psychologist. After receiving his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1990, he served on the faculty of Southern Methodist Universitys Psychology Department before moving to SMUs Simmons School of Education and Human Development in 2002. Dr. Springer currently teaches undergraduate classes in educational psychology, as well as research methods and statistics for graduate students. Dr. Springer is active as a researcher, with more than 60 scientific publications and presentations, as well as three books, including Educational Research: A Contextual Approach (2010). His current research focuses on academic achievement among students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Dr. Springer also has served as chair of the SMU Institutional Review Board from 2005 to present, chair of the Faculty Ethics & Tenure Committee from 2008 to present, and secretary of the Faculty Senate from 2006 through 2008.

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