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Caits Meissner has been an arts and community educator for more than 10 years in New York City. Currently she serves as Education Programs Manager at Tribeca Film Institute.

Thomas Bean is a professor in literacy/reading. Dr. Bean is considered a leading scholar in content area literacy. He is the co-author of 15 books, 21 book chapters, and 88 journal articles. He currently serves as co-editor of the International Reading Association Literacy Studies Series centering on the publication of high quality research monographs. He was recently honored with the UNLV College of Education Distinguished Research Award for his studies of reader responses to multicultural young adult literature in content area classrooms. He is the co-author of the International Reading

Eileen Mattingly has been a classroom teacher (middle school through college) in the Philippines, Massachusetts, New York and Maryland for over 30 years. She has a B.A. in International Studies from Georgetown University, M.A. degrees from St. John’s University and the Johns Hopkins University. Eileen has been a curriculum consultant for PBS, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Center for Learning. She served as Director of World Wise Schools, the National Peace Corps’ K-12 program on cross-cultural education, and was founding principal of an independent high school focusing on

Mary Cowhey is a contributor to Teaching Tolerance and the author of Black Ants and Buddhists: Thinking Critically and Teaching Differently in the Primary Grades (Stenhouse Publishers ISBN# 1 57110 418, $18).

Rebecca S. Bigler, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests are social cognition in children, gender role development and racial stereotyping.

Jozette Martinez is a middle and high school business teacher in the heart of downtown Denver, Colorado, where she is an eighth-generation resident. She leads her eighth-grade AVID team and coaches her school’s Student Board of Education. She is also an adjunct professor in business and technology, a district trainer of teachers and a national teacher leader instructor through the Center for Teaching Quality, with a focus on social justice, equity and inclusion. She is a writer, guardian, sister, daughter and friend.

Michelle Nicola is a Spanish and language arts teacher at Bridger Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, and formerly at De La Salle North Catholic High School. Nicola previously taught courses on equity and social justice at George Fox University. She uses innovative learning techniques and is always ready to turn her classroom into a theater, dance club or soap opera to reach her students. She is also a recipient of the 2014 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Julie Weiss is an education writer with a commitment to social justice. She holds a Ph.D. in American studies, has taught at the college level and now develops curricula, textbook materials and assessments.

Mary is a fourth-grade teacher in Salem, Oregon. Each day she leaves the classroom with pockets full of intercepted notes and gratitude for the opportunity to learn with a roomful of 9-year-olds.

Dr. Mikki Shaw has worked in education for over 40 years, as a high school teacher and as a teacher educator. She has a deep commitment to public education and to students at risk.