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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Our Professor Has Given Us an Interesting Assignment Sep 19, 2026

DR. WALLACE: One of my professors this semester raised a very interesting question to our class, and we are expected to write a multipage essay about it. She posed a question: If we could only choose to have a comfortable current set of friends or to... Read More

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I Feel We Are Slowly and Sadly Growing Apart Sep 18, 2026

DR. WALLACE: I'm a girl who's a senior in high school, and sadly, my boyfriend for the past year and I are slowly and steadily growing apart. It feels to me like we are kind of sleepwalking through this relationship at this point, and it pains me to ... Read More

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My Boyfriend Is Great Except for the 'Skeleton in His Closet' Sep 17, 2026

DR. WALLACE: I'm 20 and will be 21 in three months. My boyfriend is 23, and we have been together almost two full years. Things have been going so well between the two of us that I can kind of feel the momentum already building toward him asking me t... Read More

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He Calls Me Two Names That I Truly Despise! Sep 16, 2026

DR. WALLACE: As a girl who's a junior in high school, I've been interested in dating for the last year and have been on a lot of dates without much relationship success. However, a guy I started dating about seven weeks ago has been doing well enough... Read More