Femi Andrades (stage name FEMI) is an Oakland, California native and an accomplished international recording and performing artist with over 20 years’ experience in the entertainment industry.
One of the most respected authorities in the field of adolescent reading, Deborah Appleman is Professor of Educational Studies and Director of the Summer Writing Program at Carleton College, where she works weekly in urban and suburban high schools.
Besides being a lifelong educator, Shelly Arneson is an author and consultant. She taught Special Education for several years in Texas and New Mexico before becoming a guidance counselor in elementary and middle schools. Her last seven years in public schools were spent as a school principal. Shelly graduated with her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from University of West Florida in August of 2012.
Trudy T. Arriaga, EdD, has been privileged to serve as the first female superintendent of the Ventura Unified School District for 14 years. Her journey toward the role of superintendent included bilingual paraeducator, teacher, assistant principal, principal, and director. She is honored to publish her first Corwin book with her esteemed colleague, Dr.
Barbanente is a practitioner consultant on Corwin’s Deep Equity team leading Deep Equity implementation in Illinois’s second most diverse high school district.
John Barell is Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Teaching at Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, and former public school teacher in New York City. He works with schools nationally to foster inquiry, problem-based learning, critical thinking, and reflection.
Known for his love of teaching, learning, and improving the leadership needed to foster, support, and guide quality instruction, Don Bartalo’s work focuses on helping principals, assistant principals, and teacher leaders advance their instructional leadership skills and strategies, and helping teachers improve instruction by adopting a more reflective pra
Adam Bellow is one of today's leading speakers on educational technology and infusing technology to aid school reformation. Bellow is a sought-after speaker in the because of his particular high-speed delivery which blends humor and rapid-fire visuals.
The winner of NCTE's James Moffett Award, Gretchen Bernabei has been teaching kids to write in middle school and high school classrooms for almost 30 years. These days, she's on the road consulting, having delivered hundreds of workshops.