Schilsky is president and chief creative director of the Warehouse Project & Gallery. She holds a master's degree in social work from Loyola University, Chicago and a bachelor of arts in sociology and anthropology from North Central College, Naperville, IL.
Dave lives with his wife and daughter in San Jose, California. He holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Oregon and has spent the last ten years working as a magazine editor, freelance writer and photographer.
Gary R. Howard has 35 years of experience working with issues of civil rights, social justice, equity, education and diversity. His most recent book, We Can't Teach What We Don't Know (Second Edition, 2006), was published by Columbia University and is considered a groundbreaking examination of privilege, power and the role of white leaders and educators in a multicultural society.
Meghan is a poet, novelist, essayist, science writer and librettist from Boston, Massachusetts. Her work has appeared in The Pitkin Review, The Wick Journal, Applied Sentience, The Harvard Divinity Bulletin and others. Her first novel, Light and Skin, was published by Empty City Press in 2010, and her second book, Kinesiophobia, is scheduled for release in 2017.
Stephanie P. Jones, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of education at Grinnell College. She is also the founder of Mapping Racial Trauma in Schools. Stephanie earned her B.A. in Philosophy and Rhetoric & Communications from the University of Pittsburgh. She continued her education at the same institution, earning a teaching certificate in English/Language Arts and M.Ed. in English Education. She recently graduated from the University of Georgia with a Ph.D. in Language and Literacy Education. Her research focuses on the ways in which Black girls and women engage with literacies in and outside
Melanie Killen is Professor of Human Development and Associate Director, Center for Children, Relationships, and Culture, at the University of Maryland
