Kathleen Pierce-Friedman received her M.S. in Education Leadership and Ph.D. in K-12 Future Studies from Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her current appointments include serving an Associate Professor at University of Arizona, Global Campus and a Senior Doctoral Chair at Grand Canyon University, Arizona. Prior to this appointment she worked for a competency-based university, as a 2nd and 3rd grade teacher and assistant principal for one of the first online public schools in the United States and got her start in the teaching field teaching grades 1st-3rd at an intercity school in Sacramento, California. Her research interest include self-efficacy, isolation and online K-6th grade teaching.