Kathleen Moritz Rudasill is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology in the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and co-director of the Early Development and Learning Lab. A former teacher, her research is focused on children’s temperament in educational settings, with particular emphasis on how teachers and parents can work with children’s temperament to optimize learning and success. She has published multiple journal articles and chapters on these topics, and this is her first book. She lives with her husband and two children in Lincoln, Nebraska.