Dr. Arthur L. Costa is an Emeritus Professor of Education at California State University, Sacramento. He has served as a classroom teacher, a curriculum consultant, and an assistant superintendent for instruction and as the Director of Educational Programs for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He has made presentations and conducted workshops throughout the world.

Author of numerous journal articles, he edited the book, Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking; is the author of The Enabling Behaviors, Teaching for Intelligent Behaviors, and The School as a Home for the Mind. He is co-author (with Larry Lowery) of Techniques for Teaching Thinking, Cognitive Coaching: A Foundation for Renaissance Schools, (with Bob Garmston) and co-editor of Assessment in the Learning Organization, the Habits of Mind Series (with Bena Kallick) and the trilogy, Process as Content (with Rosemarie Liebmann).

Active in many professional organizations, Dr. Costa served as President of the California Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and was the National President of A.S.C.D. from 1988 to 1989.