Contributors to November AE-Extra
[Issue 9/2008]

Lynne Fukuda, an instructor of Psychology at Leeward Community College.  Fukuda has worked previously as 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.  She 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.

Clara Lee Brown, EdD, is Associate Professor in ESL Education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She teaches content-based ESL methods, assessment and evaluation, multilingualism and multiculturalism. Her research interests include enhancing ESL students’ academic language through content-based ESL, equity issues in large-scale statewide testing programs. She received an Ed.D. in Bilingual Special Education from The George Washington University.

Anthony N. Ezeife, Ph.D., is a Professor of Mathematics and Science Education in the Faculty of Education, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. A much-traveled and experienced academic, Dr. Ezeife has been exposed to learning and teaching mathematics and science in several top-notch universities and colleges in diverse cultures across continents. A former UNESCO Fellow at Teachers' College, Columbia University in New York City, USA, Ezeife focuses his research on making mathematics/science education relevant and meaningful to learners, and on the impact of culture, the environment, and tradition on the teaching and learning of mathematics and science. He has published extensively in this, and other related areas. He has also written books on themes that deal with the making of mathematics and science culturally relevant, meaningful, and attainable.

Vicky Gilpin, EdD, is a teacher at Cerro Gordo High School in Illinois, where she directs plays, teaches speech, drama, literature, and composition courses, and attempts to encourage her students to have an appreciation for various texts. An article she wrote about Jewish teenagers and depression was in the Winter 2008 issue of Jewish Educational Leadership, and another article was published in the Illinois English Bulletin. She hopes to present at the Illinois Associate of Teachers of English in the October conference. Dr. Gilpin also presented at the national conference for the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association in San Francisco with a topic on literary criticism of vampires and their connection to adolescents. She has also been approved to present a paper for the 2009 conference of the PCA/ACA in New Orleans about some of the works of Stephen King.

Jennifer Lira, M.Ed., is a Literacy Numeracy Support Teacher (LNST) with the Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB), Ontario, Canada. In this role, similar to that of an instructional guide, she works with math teachers in several schools within the school board, helping them attain higher standards in classroom instruction. With a focus on the utilization of concrete materials (manipulatives) to facilitate learning, Ms. Lira has made quite an impact on math instruction at the intermediate level. Recently, she was promoted to the rank of Vice Principal in the GECDSB.

Trena Paulus, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee where she teaches courses in research methods, collaborative learning, and online learning. She holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University and a M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Ohio University. She has taught ESL and EFL in Lesotho, Ohio, Michigan and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Angela Velez, MA, Ph.D(c), is the Faculty Development Coordinator for Davenport University Online in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and an English instructor. She has taught classroom and online courses in English and the Humanities since 1998 and enjoys writing poetry, photography, and researching issues related to online teaching and learning, diversity, and developmental reading and writing. She is working on her dissertation at Capella University.

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