Jon Herrin has been involved in higher education for over 28 years, having taught and worked in colleges and universities in Georgia, Michigan, Texas, Venezuela and Mexico. He has taught writing, literature, humanities and religion. In addition to teaching, Jon has worked in institutional assessment and academic administration. In institutional assessment (South Texas College), he worked with departments and offices of the college to develop intervention assessment plans and assessment tools, with educational entities to track and report student success, and with administrative leaders and collegewide departments to formulate institutional strategic plans. In academic administration (El Seminario Metodista Juan Wesley, Mexico), his primary task was to align the curriculum of the institution he was serving with the national oversight entity (la Secretaria de Educación), and he also worked in curriculum development and faculty training. As an educational consultant with Catch the Next, he brings together his years of experience and training to impact the lives of first-time-in-college students through research, professional development, and student mentoring programs. Jon’s interests are varied yet connected: Developmental Education; Effective Teaching; Linguistics; and, Cultural/Worldview Studies. He has a BA in English, master’s degrees in English Education and Theology, and an earned doctorate in Theology (Th.D.)