Dr. Mona Engvig is a Fulbright recipient who holds two graduate degrees from Stanford
University: a Master's Degree in Sociology, and a Ph.D. in Administration and Policy Analysis
from the Stanford School of Education. She also holds a Master's Degree in Arts Administration (nonprofit management) from Golden Gate University. She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards.
She is the author of several articles on online education, educational innovation, and various
topics related to management and leadership. She has published several books, including Online Learning: All You Need to Know to Facilitate and Administer Online Courses and Making a Difference: A Guide to Fundraising and Nonprofit Management (with her husband, Olaf
Engvig). She has conducted and authored several studies on the use of online education in
corporate and academic settings, and is a sought-after presenter.
Dr. Engvig has worked for several online education companies (including Quisic, Docent, and
XanEdu), and was the expert in charge of pedagogical aspects of online education in the Stanford Graduate School and Harvard Graduate School of Business online education project group. She has been an educational administrator for eleven years, including Manager of Instructional Services at UC Irvine and Vice President for Educational Innovation at Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center. She has extensive experience from teaching numerous online courses for many different universities over almost two decades.