"I was fortunate to attend an undergraduate college that expected
faculty to devote equal measures of time to teaching and research. Having benefited from that experience, I have always
pushed myself to make as much time available to students as I can. I'm not interested in preparing dazzling lectures
with over-produced slides, but want to make sure that I put the time in to give students extensive critical feedback on
their written and oral work, helping them organize their thoughts and refine their presentation. Good teaching at the
graduate level requires nothing less than that kind of commitment."
William DeJong’s research focuses on online health education. He serves as the Director of Research and Program
Development at Outside the Classroom, Inc., in Needham, MA. From 1995-2004, Bill served as Director of the U.S.
Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention (HEC), which is based at
Education Development Center, Inc., in Newton, MA, now serves as a senior advisor. He is Principal Investigator for the
Social Norms Marketing Research Project, a five-year randomized trial to investigate the effectiveness of social norms
campaigns in reducing college student drinking and the author of over 350 publications in the diverse fields of social
psychology, criminal justice, public health communications, and alcohol and other drug prevention.
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