Linda Adler-Kassner is Professor of Writing and Director of the Writing Program at University of California, Santa Barbara. She is author, coauthor, or coeditor of seven books, including The Activist WPA: Changing Stories About Writing and Writers (Utah State University Press, 2008), which won the 2010 Council of Writing Program Administrators Best Book Award. Her latest book, coauthored with Peggy O'Neill, is Reframing Writing Assessment to Improve Teaching and Learning (Utah State University Press, 2010). She is also the author of over thirty articles and book chapters.