Reginald O. York, PhD, is Professor Emeritus, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina Wilmington. He has taught at three different universities and is the author of six books, one on human service planning, one on statistics for human service evaluation, and four on research methods for human services. He is the author of more than 30 journal articles on such themes as leadership, organizational decision making, and women in management. He is especially interested in evidence-based practice and the idea of learning by doing.