Lauren Bailes, a senior at
Eastern University, is majoring English Writing and
secondary education. She recently returned from a study
abroad in Oxford University in England. She contributed the
book review of
Tangled Threads and the video review of
Native American novelists series to this issue. (You may
contact her at
lbailes@eastern.edu.)
Janet Hecsh is
AssociateProfessor in the Department of Teacher Education of
California State University at Sacramento. Her research
interests focus on the interrelationship between literacy,
culture, and learning in rural and Native-American schools.
She contributed
Changing the Culture, One Student Teacher at a Time:
Multicultural Book Clubs in Secondary Social Studies
Curriculum to this issue. (The author may be contacted
at jhecsh@csus.edu.)
Jean M. Landis, Assistant
Professor of Education and Coordinator of Reading
Certification and Literacy Programs at Eastern University,
received her doctoral degree in reading, writing, and
literacy from the University of Pennsylvania. She has
experience as a student teacher mentor, instructor,
facilitator, supervisor, teacher, pre-school director, and
reading specialist. She contributed
Listening to African American Literacy Perspectives to
this issue. (The author may be contacted at
jlandis6@eastern.edu.)
Grace Lappin,
Assistant Professor at Bank
Street Graduate School of Education, is a special educator,
mentor, and staff developer. As graduate faculty, she has
presented internationally and maintains an active research
agenda. She coauthored
Building Home-School Partnerships: A Way of Enhancing
Reading Literacy of Diverse Learners. (The author may
be contacted at
glrags@aol.com.)
Solomon Olanrewaju Makinde,
is a lecturer
in the Department of Curriculum Studies (Language Education
Unit) in Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos-Nigeria.
He contributed
Yoruba Language Acculturation Program for Teacher Training
in Nigeria to this issue. (The author may be reached
at
lanremakinde05@yahoo.com.).
Renee
White-Clark, Associate
Professor of Literacy at Adelphi University, has nearly
twenty years of experience as a teacher educator, classroom
teacher, reading specialist, and administrator. Her areas of
expertise and research include literacy, diversity and
teacher education. She coauthored
Building Home-School Partnerships: A Way of Enhancing
Reading Literacy of Diverse Learners. (The author may
be contacted at
whiteclark@adelphi.edu.)
