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About the Contributors

Enisa MedeisanAssistantProfessorandtheMATEFLProgramCoordinatoroftheDepartmentof
ForeignLanguageEducationatBahcesehirUniversity,Istanbul,Turkey.SheholdsaBAdegreefrom
BogaziciUniversity,DepartmentofForeignLanguageEducation;andanMAandaPhDdegreefrom
YeditepeUniversity,DepartmentofForeignLanguageEducation.Herchiefresearchinterestsareprogram
designandevaluation,earlybilingualism,interculturalcompetencyandlanguagetransfer.

Judith MontgomeryhasbeenthedirectoroftheMontereyBayAreaMathProject(MBAMP)since
1998.MBAMPishousedintheMathematicsDepartmentandistheUniversityofCaliforniaSanta
CruzMathematicsproject.MBAMP’sprimarypurposeistodeliverProfessionalDevelopment(PD)
inmathematicstok-12teachers,whilementoringteacherstobecometeacherleaders.MBAMPusesa
teachers-teaching-teachersmodelforallPD.

İbrahim NişancigraduatedfromtheEnglishLanguageTeachingDepartment,HacettepeUniversity
in2004.SincethenhehasbeenteachingEnglishindifferentcountries;Kosovo,Bosnia,andIraq.He
iscurrentlyteachingatELTDepartmentofIshikUniversityinErbil.HehaswrittenhisM.A.thesison
useofsongsinlanguageteaching.HeisdoinghisPhDonEnglishLanguageTeachingatCanakkale
OnsekizMartUniversity.Hisinterestareasaredevelopingmaterialsfromauthenticvideosandsongs,
ESP,andlanguageteachereducation.

Emsal Ates ÖzdemirholdsaBAdegreeinEnglishLanguageandLiteraturefromHacettepeUniversity
andholdsMAinEnglishLanguageTeachingfromMersinUniversity.ShehasbeenteachingEnglish
for17years.EmsalhascompletedherPhDstudieson“TheuseoftechnologyinEnglishLanguage
Teaching”atÇukurovaUniversity.Constructivistlearningtheory,computerassistedlanguagelearning,
moodlelearningmanagementsystemandtheuseofWeb2.0technologies,GoogleAppsandIOSapps
areamongherinterests.SheisalsoacertifiedGoogleEducationTrainer.

Drew PollyisanassociateprofessorintheDepartmentofReadingandElementaryEducationatthe
UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte.Hisresearchagendafocusesonexamininghowtosupport
theimplementationoftechnologyandstandards-basedpedagogies.

David PugaleeistheDirectoroftheCenterofScience,Technology,Engineering,andMathematics
(STEM)EducationandaProfessorintheDepartmentofMiddleGrades,Secondary,andK-12Education
attheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte.Hisresearchinterestsfocusonsupportingresearch-based
pedagogiesinmathematicsandincorporatingwritinginmathematicsclassrooms.

Reenay R. H. RogersholdsaMaster’sdegreeinsecondaryscienceeducationandaPh.D.ininstruc-
tionalleadershipwithanemphasisininstructionaltechnologyfromTheUniversityofAlabama.Sheis
anassistantprofessoratTheUniversityofWestAlabama.Dr.Rogerscurrentlyservesasaco-director
forProjectEngage,aSTEMgrantfromtheU.S.DepartmentofEducation,thechairoftheDepartment
ofInstructionalLeadershipandSupport,andwasrecentlynamedDirectorofAssessmentandEvalua-
tionfortheCollegeofEducation.Researchinterestsincludeonlineeducation,technologyintegration,
andSTEMeducation.

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