New Perspectives MicrosoftOffice 365 & Office 2016: Intermediate

About Ann ShafferCarol DesJardinsMark ShellmanPatrick CareySasha Vodnik

Ms. Carol DesJardins spent 25 years in the private sector as a programmer systems analyst and eventually Chief Information Officer. During that time she honed her skills with Excel as an analysis tool. She transitioned her knowledge to the classroom and has taught several applications and programming courses. Ms. DesJardins co-authored her first textbook on Excel. In addition to writing she continues to teach at St. Clair County Community College. Dr. Mark Shellman is an instructor and the Chair of the Information Technology Department at Gaston College in Dallas North Carolina. Dr. Mark as his students refer to him prides himself on being student-centered and loves learning himself. His favorite subjects in the information technology realm include databases and programming languages. Dr. Mark has been teaching information technology for more than thirty years and has co-authored several texts in the New Perspectives Series on Microsoft Access databases. A leading textbook author lecturer and instructor Patrick Carey has authored or co-authored more than 40 popular academic and trade texts for the academic market. He has taught and written about a wide range of topics including website design JavaScript programming Microsoft Office and Excel statistics data analysis and mathematics. Mr. Carey received his Master of Science in biostatistics from the University of Wisconsin where he worked as a researcher designing and analyzing clinical studies. Today he splits his time between Wisconsin and Colorado and when he is not writing he can be found hiking and cycling. Ms. Ann Shaffer is the author of NEW PERSPECTIVES ON MICROSOFT WORD 365 and has contributed to many other Cengage publications. She has more than 30 years of experience as a developmental editor and co-author of books journal articles and multimedia in a variety of fields including computer science mathematics history engineering and social sciences. She holds a masters degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sasha Vodnik is a programmer instructional designer and trainer. They have authored or co-authored textbooks on front-end topics including HTML CSS and XML and have also written and presented several online courses for advanced JavaScript developers. Sasha currently works as a technical course developer at DocuSign where they focus on creating training materials for software developers.