Dr. Hiller Spires
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Dr. Shea Kerkhoff
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Dr. Michelle Falter
Dr. Michelle M. Falter is an Assistant Professor of English Education and Literacy in the department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences at North Carolina State University. Previously, Michelle worked as a middle and high school English teacher both in Wisconsin, and abroad in Germany and the Dominican Republic, and also as an instructional coach in Georgia. Michelle’s research interests include dialogical and critical pedagogies, teacher education, young adult literature, and emotion. Her research talks back to paradigms that neglect both teachers and students in the conversation, that attempt to dictate curriculum and pedagogy to mean one testable thing, and expect English language arts to be the learning of discrete facts, devoid of emotion and passion or critical discussion of topics relevant to our students’ lives. Additionally, Dr. Falter is a former editor of JoLLE, the Journal of Language and Literacy Education, and has been an active member of the National Writing Project. She has published in the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, The ALAN Review, Gender and Education, and English Teaching: Practice and Critique along with co-edited several books, including Teaching Outside the Box but Inside the Standards: Making Room for Dialogue with colleagues Dr. Bob Fecho and Dr. Xiaoli Hong.
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Dr. DeLeon GrayDeLeon Gray is an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at North Carolina State University. Dr. Gray also holds an appointment as Mentor Faculty in the Center for Developmental Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is Member-at-Large on the Executive Committee for the American Psychological Association’s Educational Psychology Division (Division 15). Gray is also on the Editorial Board for four journals, including the Journal of Educational Psychology.
So far, DeLeon Gray has secured over 2 million dollars in funding to support his research program, which examines how adolescents and emerging adults perceive and interpret their social encounters in academic contexts. His research program has been recognized by the receipt of prestigious honors including the Research on Socially and Economically Underrepresented Populations Award (RiSE-UP) from the Association for Psychological Science. Most recently, he was featured in Black Enterprise Magazine as one of 100 men of color who are "living up to a standard of excellence and using their talents and influence in their respective industries to shift the perception of men of color to create and encourage a positive narrative." Prior to that, DeLeon received a dissertation fellowship from the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation. This project that was later awarded the 2013 Outstanding Dissertation Award in Human Development from the American Education Research Association (AERA Division E). Gray brings energy and commitment to the Professoriate, and has received honors related to his extension and outreach work within African American communities. Gray also is a 2014 inductee of NC State’s Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension. |
Kristy TaylorKristy Taylor is a kindergarten teacher in Indianapolis, Indiana. She received her Bachelor's Degree from Ball State University in Geography, Travel, and Tourism and her Teaching Certificate from University of Phoenix. Currently, she teaches in an urban school in an under resourced neighborhood. She has three children ages 16, 13, and 8. Her passion for helping children and education is contagious.
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Lynne Petersen, M.Ed.Lynne Petersen is a middle school Special Education teacher with a Master's in Education from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. She has taught Special Education and Science in North Carolina for over 15 years. Her honors include National Board Certification and River Oak's 2014 Teacher of the Year. In 2015, she attended 4 the World's Teachers on Location professional development in Belize, Central America. She enjoys traveling, meeting new people, and working with children.
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