James M. Lang is a professor of the practice in the Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Notre Dame and an emeritus professor of English at Assumption University. He writes a monthly column on teaching and learning for The Chronicle of Higher Education, and he is the author of six books, most recently Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It, Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning, and Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty.