Jeanne L. Higbee has worked in higher education settings since 1974 in a career that has bridged student affairs and teaching. Currently, she is a professor in the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She is a recipient of the ACPA—College Student Educators International Voice of Inclusion Medallion and Disability Ally Award , an ACPA Educational Leadership Foundation Diamond Honoree, the Robert Griffin Long and Outstanding Service Award from the College Reading and Learning Association, and the Henry Young Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution to the National Association for Developmental Education.