Shayne Piasta
Associate Professor | Teaching and Learning · The Ohio State University
Expert in reading and literacy in early and middle childhood education.
Child Development Early Childhood Education Childhood Literacy Literacy Reading and Literacy
Mark D. Morelli
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Lonergan Hegel Plato Philosophy's Cultural Role
Tanya Kaefer
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education · Lakehead University
Researcher in educational psychology with expertise in learning, knowledge, reading, and cognitive development.
Reading Development Cognitive Development Early Learning Learning & Development Media and Learning
Fumiko Hoeft
Scientific Director · University of Connecticut
Will be leading UConn's Brain Imaging Research Center (BIRC), and joining the Department of Psychological Sciences.
Neuroimaging Scientific Writing Neuroscience Science Life Sciences
Cynthia Dawn Martelli, Ed.D.
Expert in children's literature · Florida Gulf Coast University
Cynthia Dawn Martelli specializes in young adult literature and children's literature.
Reading and Writing Workshop Young Adult Literature FGCU Literacy Festival Literacy Children's Literature
Danny Brassell
Founder · Lazyreaders.com
Reading Ambassador, Motivational Speaker & Founder of “The Lazy Readers’ Book Club”
Reading Motivation Creativity
Douglas Fuchs
Professor of Special Education and Nicholas Hobbs Chair of Special Education and Human Development and Professor Pediatrics in the Vanderbilt University Medical School · Vanderbilt University
Special education expert on interventions for children with learning disabilities and behavior disorders.
Classroom Management Learning Disabilities and Behaviour Response to Intervention Reading Comprehension Urban Education
Anastassia Fedyk
Assistant Professor · Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Labor and Finance Empirical Asset Pricing Behavioral Economics Experimental Economics
Mandy Brouse
Small business owner · Words Worth Books
Small business owner, marketing manager and occasional online columnist.
Small Business Business Publishing & Promoting Publishing Writing
Georgene Troseth
Associate Professor of Psychology · Vanderbilt University
An expert in how toddlers' brains process (and learn from) what they see on screens, TV and video chat.
dialogic questioning Skype toddlers Ipad Child Development
Patricia Edwards
Professor of Teacher Education and Literacy · Michigan State University
Patricia Edwards is an expert in early/emergent/intergenerational literacy, family engagement, diversity issues
ELL Learners Urban Education Literacy Education Family Engagement Family, Community and School Partnerships
Carl Rollyson
Professor of Journalism · Baruch College, The City University of New York
Professor of Journalism at Baruch College, The City University of New York
Marketing Quality Work
Islam Issa
Senior Lecturer, School of English · Birmingham City University
Islam Issa's research focuses primarily on the modern-day reception of Renaissance and Early Modern English literature in global contexts.
John Milton Disability Studies Cultural Studies English Literature Early Modern Literature
Jan Lacina
Interim Dean · Texas Christian University
Jan Lacina researches the areas of literacy instruction for English language learners and in writing instruction.
Student Affairs ESL Literacy Reading Higher Education
Endia Lindo
Associate Professor · Texas Christian University
Endia Lindo is an expert on teaching reading comprehension, research-based interventions and factors in student responsiveness.
Research Methods Reading Disabilities Special Education Instructional Strategies
Amy Bonomi
Chair and Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies · Michigan State University
Dr. Bonomi’s research focuses on the health impacts, contexts for, and dynamics of intimate partner violence and sexual violence
Domestic Violence Partner Violence Intimacy Dynamics Sexual Violence
Sandra Hughes-Hassell, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Information & Library Science · UNC-Chapel Hill
Professor Hughes-Hassell's research focuses on social justice issues in youth library services
Library and Information Science Social Justice Youth Literature Education Reforms Academic Librarianship
Richard Appelbaum, PhD
Doctoral Faculty - School of Leadership Studies · Fielding Graduate University
Globalization; social and ecological sustainability; world-systems theory; the globalization of business and workers' rights
Global Political Economy World Systems Labor Markets and Global Production East Asia and the Global Economy Technology and Development
Dr. Bradley Willcox
Professor and Director of Research · Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii
Dr. Willcox is also an author of a NY Times best-selling book on healthy aging
Long Term Care Geriatric Medicine Internal Medicine
David Dodell-Feder
Assistant Professor of Psychology · University of Rochester
David Dodell-Feder's research looks at the processes that contribute to healthy and disordered social functioning, and their improvement.
Empathy Behavioral Methods Psychotic Spectrum Disorders Neuroimaging Relationship Psychology