Contributors to April AE-Extra
[Issue 5/2007]

Lynne Fukuda, an instructor of Anthropology at Windward Community College, a part-time instructor of Biology at Hawaii Pacific University, and an instructor at Central Texas College, based in Hawaii at Schofield Barracks.  Ms Fukuda is a regular contributor to this journal in her 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.

Dan Lukiv, M.Ed., teaches English and creative writing at McNaughton Centre, Quesnel, BC, Canada. He is a poet, novelist, short story and article writer, and an independent education researcher. His writing has appeared over two thousand times in 18 countries. His formal apprenticeship as a writer includes intensive personal direction from masters such as Canada's Professor Robert Harlow, the USA's Paul Bagdon, and England's D. M. Thomas. He edits a literary journal, CHALLENGER international, which focuses attention on young, up-and-coming Canadian poets. He also edits The Journal of Secondary Alternate Education. He is married and has four daughters.

Kitrina Carlson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Biology in the Department of Biology at the University of Wisconsin – Stout.  Her areas of interest include service learning in STEM education, medicinal plants, and plant disease diagnostics.

Wayne M. Tanna, JD, LL.M., is a professor of accounting at Chaminade University of Honolulu and is also the director of a federally funded Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic at Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii.  He has been appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the national Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP).  A licensed attorney, Tanna’s practice in the areas of tax, nonprofits and civil rights is performed exclusively on a pro bono basis.

S. Purcell Woodard, Ph.D., is the director of the Early Identification Program for Graduate and Professional Studies and the associate director of the Ronald E. McNair Program at the University of Washington.  Both programs serve undergraduates who are low income, underrepresented, and/or first-generation college; both programs prepare these students to pursue and excel in post-baccalaureate education.  Steve’s poetry has appeared earlier in this and other journals, including Multicultural Education, Taboo, and the Journal of Critical Inquiry into Curriculum and Instruction, as well as in the book, Becoming multicultural educators:  Personal journey toward professional agency.