Richard A. Schmuck is professor emeritus at the University of Oregon, where he chaired thedissertations of 132 doctoral students who are from all parts of the world. He taught thousands of other educators worldwide about action research, group dynamics, and organization development. He has served on the faculties of the University of Michigan, Temple University, and Leuven University (Belgium), was the first president of the International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education.Schmuck is a visiting Professor at Arizona State University-West.