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About the Author
Michael Crandell teaches face-to-face, blended, and online classes in General
Biology and Fundamentals of A&P as a Professor of Biology at Carl Sandburg
College in Galesburg, Illinois. He strives to make the classroom a welcoming
environment, where each student is valued and encouraged. In 1999 and in 2015,
he was awarded Carl Sandburg ICCTA Faculty of the Year. Crandell’s other expe-
riences include being an autobody repair instructor at Carl Sandburg College (for
19 years), a part-time biology instructor at Illinois Central College (for 25 years),
and the vector control sanitarian at Peoria City/County Health Department (for
20 summers). Crandell has written several books and related manuals, including
Auto Collision Repair and Refinishing. He has an associate’s degree in Biology
from Illinois Central College, a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Illinois State
University, and a master’s degree in Environmental Biology from Eastern Illinois
University.