April Summitt is Dean of the Division of General Education at La Sierra University in Riverside, California. Dr. Summitt received her BA degrees in History and English from Newbold College in Berkshire, England, her MA in History from Andrews University, and her PhD in History from Western Michigan University. Her books include SACAGAWEA: A BIOGRAPHY (2008 Greenwood Press), JOHN F. KENNEDY AND US-MIDDLE EAST RELATIONS (2008 Edwin Mellen Press), SEQUOYAH AND THE INVENTION OF THE CHEROKEE ALPHABET (2012 Greenwood Press), and her most recent work, CONTESTED WATERS: AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE COLORADO RIVER (2013 University Press of Colorado).