Mark Mayfield is an instructor on the faculty of The University of Alabama’s Department of Journalism and Creative Media. Before his work at UA, he had a long career in the magazine and newspaper industries--he is a former editor-in-chief of House Beautiful, Traditional Home, Southern Accents, and Art & Antiques magazines. He founded LAUNCH Magazine in 2006 due to an interest in spaceflight developed from his earlier years as a reporter covering NASA launches. Mayfield worked as a reporter for 10 years at USA Today and before that as a journalist for United Press International. He is an author/co-author of five books, including Miracle Moments in Alabama Crimson Tide Football History (Sports Publishing/Skyhorse, 2018), Back on Top! The Alabama Crimson Tide’s 2015-16 Championship Football Season (Sports Publishing/Skyhorse, 2015), Crimson Domination: The Process Behind Alabama’s 15th National Championship (Whitman Books, 2013), The Spaceflight Vault: A History of NASA’s Manned Missions (Whitman Books, 2010), and Southern Style (Bulfinch/Little Brown, 1998).