All the Right Words

Alas, this column is to announce that our marvelous Director of Institutional Memberships & Meetings, Maureen Foerster, has decided after 12 years with TAA that this is the right time for her to retire and start working on all those home projects, travel adventures, and family gatherings she has been saving up for retirement.

Those of you who have worked with Maureen know that her contributions to TAA are legion and will not readily be replaced (though we will, of course, make every effort to fill the gap!).

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Member Spotlight: Derek Crews

TAA Member Derek Crews is an Associate Professor of Management at and a textbook and academic author in the Human Resources discipline. His most recent publication is Mastering Human Resource Management, Version 1.0, published by FlatWorld. He is currently working on a new textbook with FlatWorld, Principles of Talent Development.

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Six reminders to help you and your students get to the writing

It’s no secret that writing is hard, whatever our experience, stage, or state. Academics aren’t the only ones who abhor writing. It’s likely that anyone who ever had to write anything abhors writing. With academic writing, as any other kind, it’s usually hard to get started. Even if we’ve had an initial flush of enthusiasm and are amazed at having produced the first few pages, it’s too easy to sink into a frozen torpor.

Yet writing represents some of the most important aspects of our professional work. And too often we avoid, procrastinate, and rationalize why, instead of writing, we must polish the car or clean out the refrigerator.

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Member Spotlight: Charles (Chuck) B. Corbin

TAA Member Charles (Chuck) B Corbin is a Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University, College of Health Solutions and a textbook author writing in the disciplines of education, physical fitness, and health. His most recent publication is Concepts of Fitness and Wellness: A Comprehensive Lifestyle Approach.

Share a recent accomplishment.

In 2022 Corbin’s Concepts of Fitness and Wellness (McGraw-Hill) was published. With this 13th edition of the book, Chuck Corbin’s name was added to the title.

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