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Scott W. M. Burrus was involved in program evaluation, applied social policy research, and program development and consultation for over 17 years. He has worked in higher education for over 8 years as a research faculty and executive administrator. His experience includes program evaluation and research design, data collection methods, and qualitative and quantitative data analysis. Dr. Burrus’ primary interests lie in the areas of online education, juvenile substance use prevention and child welfare policy. Dr. Burrus has managed multi-site projects focused on understanding how the judicial, child welfare, and treatment systems serve families involved with child welfare due to parental substance abuse. He managed the first large multi-site evaluation of the Family Treatment Drug Court model. Dr. Burrus has been a member of the American Evaluation Association and American Psychological Association. Dr. Burrus has developed two community-based nonprofit organizations, and has been recognized by the mayor of Portland for his commitment to the community. Dr. Burrus has focused on the application of research methods to understand and solve challenges facing online higher education. An applied psychologist by training, Dr. Burrus has worked as a substance use counselor, college advisor, faculty, administrator and adoptive parent counselor. Living in beautiful San Diego, California, Dr. Burrus has been married for 24 years and parents two daughters ages 12 and 14.