Contributors to April's AE-Extra
[Issue 4/2005]

Lynne Fukuda, an instructor of Anthropology at Windward Community College and a part-time instructor of Biology at Hawaii Pacific University, is a regular contributor to this journal in the monthly column, "The View From Here." Her previous column, "Fukuda's Chalkboard," can be found in the January-August 2002 editions of this journal, as well as various other writings in the 2001 editions. (E-mail: lfukuda@hawaii.edu ).

Donovan A. Landers, the first-person narrator of this tale, is the author's pseudonym. The author has taught in the public school system for nearly 30 years. Over the same period, his education columns, poetry, and fiction have appeared internationally. He holds an MEd and conducts hermeneutic phenomenological research into what sorts of school events have encouraged some students to become creative writers.

Mary Breunig is a lecturer in the School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks, & Tourism at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She has a Masters of Science degree in experiential education from Mankato State University and is a PhD candidate in the Educational Leadership program at Lakehead University. Her research interest focuses on the gap between what is taught (theory) and how it is taught (practice) in the fields of experiential education and critical pedagogy. Mary currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Experiential Education.

Christine A. James, PhD, is an assistant professor of philosophy at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia. She is the author of journal articles and book chapters, including articles in Reconstructing Gender Relations, Steven Schacht and Doris Ewing, eds., the Journal of Consciousness Studies, and the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. She has also served as a reviewer for journals including Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy.

Samaa Gamie is an Arab woman who, in the fall of 1999, came to the United States to pursue a graduate degree in English Professional Writing. She has taught writing for the past five years at University of Maryland. Currently, she is in the University of Rhode Island's English Composition and Rhetoric Ph.D. Program and plans on pursuing her doctorate in this field.


Academic Exchange Extra invites reader response to any writings in this issue--especially articles advancing the scholarly debate of issues raised.

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