About Dr. Robert Wallace

Dr. Robert Wallace

Dr. Robert Wallace

Dr. Robert Wallace graduated from Knox College with a bachelor of arts degree, from Northern Illinois University with a master's degree in education and from Western Colorado University with a doctorate in Educational Philosophy.

He was a teacher at Hiawatha High School in Kirkland, Ill., Phoenix Union High School in Phoenix, Ariz., and La Quinta High School in Garden Grove, Calif. At all three schools he taught English and was the varsity basketball coach. He served as an assistant principal at Pacifica High School and principal at Garden Grove High School, both in southern California.

Wallace is a member of the National Education Association and the National Association of High School Administrators. He has served on the Board of Trustees at Knox College, the Orange County (Calif.) YMCA Board of Directors, The Galesburg (Ill.) Youth Athletic Association, and as a youth counselor at a psychiatric hospital in California.

The Stuttering Foundation of America selected him Print Journalist of the Year in 1997.

Check out his Q&A style column 'Tween 12 and 20.

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My Sister Was Shocked, Now She Wants It to Be a Secret Oct 04, 2025

DR. WALLACE: My sister came home from college last weekend, and she's the oldest sibling in our family. I'm her younger sister, and I'm a junior in high school. My older sister is nearly 22 years old and lives on campus at her college. My boyfriend a... Read More

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My Mom's Behavior Is Swinging Wildly for the First Time Oct 03, 2025

DR. WALLACE: I'm being raised by a single parent, my mother, and I'm a girl who is 16 and an only child. My mom and I have always been relatively close, but lately it seems to me like her personality has changed quite a bit. She used to be very consi... Read More

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My Brother Is 'Playing' My Mom About What He Can Eat Oct 02, 2025

DR. WALLACE: My younger brother, 16, in the past few years has become a very picky eater at home. I don't remember him being that way as a younger kid, but ever since he turned about 14, he has thrown up all kinds of roadblocks about not eating certa... Read More

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I've Heard That Hollywood Is Hiring Now for This Job Oct 01, 2025

DR. WALLACE: I live on the West Coast, and I'm a high school guy who's 17. I'm starting to think about future jobs, and one of my uncles who lives in New York told me over the summer that Hollywood is having a shortage of stuntmen these days. He said... Read More