A Bit About Our Collaboration Project 
This OER could not be possible without the support from many different people. Our financial support came 
from a grant through Open Oregon https://openoregon.org. 
Dr. Shanell Sanchez wants to personally thank all her colleagues at SOU for taking on this endeavor with 
her. The first plan was to adapt and edit an existing OER, but after an exhaustive search of OER’s, we found 
there is a dearth of CCJ OER’s. We realized that if we wrote this book, we would be one of the first CCJ 
OER’s available. The initial idea seemed a bit overwhelming, but watching it come together was amazing. 
Dr. Sanchez had a vision for what an ideal textbook should look like for first-year students and our newest 
majors or potential majors, but it was not possible without all of us working together. 
Amy Hofer at Linn-Benton Community College served as our grant manager, but she went beyond that. 
She has served as an excellent resource, mentor, and helped us find opportunities to present our experiences 
at conferences. 
Dr. Jeffrey Gayton is our university librarian at Southern Oregon University and helped coordinate this 
project from the start of our application to the release of our OER going live. 
Brian Stonelake, a professor in the Mathematics department at Southern Oregon University, provided 
excellent guidance and insight to us when we were applying for the grant. 
Christina Richardson was our student that served as a contributing editor, as well as created our glossary 
for this OER. She went through the entire book to pose suggestions, edits, and comments that helped make 
the end product better. 
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