Dr. Vivaldi received her PhD in instructional design for online learning from Capella University. She has been involved in designing curriculum for the past thirteen years. She devised the two- and...ver másDr. Vivaldi received her PhD in instructional design for online learning from Capella University. She has been involved in designing curriculum for the past thirteen years. She devised the two- and four-year criminal justice track, an advanced criminology course, redesigned the capstone course for graduates at the master level (in two separate disciplines) and, recently, the education service specialist certificate that this handbook addresses. She has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the classroom and also, for the past three years, has taught criminal justice courses online at the undergraduate level. She is a progressive thinker and believes that the academic world will eventually embrace the vision of one book per curriculum. Students will be introduced to the up-to-date theories and projects within the classroom by the instructor but only use one book for an entire curriculum structure and learn only the essential information needed. That is why this is called the Down and Dirty series.ver menos