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About the Contributors
Ece Zehir TopkayaisalectureratÇanakkaleOnsekizMartUniversity,FacultyofEducation,ELT
Department.Sheteachesseveralcoursesatundergraduateandgraduatelevels.Herresearchinterests
includeteachereducation,programevaluation,psychologyoflearning.
Amanda YesilbursaisanassociateprofessoratUludagUniversity.Hermajorresearchinterests
includeteachereducationandreflectiveteaching.
Chuang WangisanassociateprofessorofeducationalresearchattheUniversityofNorthCarolina
atCharlotte.Hisresearchinterestsincludeself-efficacybeliefsandself-regulatorybehaviorsofstudents
studyingEnglishasasecondlanguageandmathematics.Heteacheseducationalresearchcoursesand
providesprogramevaluationservicestofederal-andstate-fundedgrants.Hehaspublished6books,10
bookchapters,and62journalarticles.Ofthe78publications,45wereintheareasofreadingormath-
ematicsandwererelatedtofactorssuchasstudent,teacher,principal,superintendent,andcommunity
characteristics.Healsohadmorethan40paperpresentationsatnationalandinternationalacademic
conferences.
Jodie WinshipholdsaPh.D.fromCapellaUniversity.ShecurrentlyisanAssistantProfessorin
SpecialEducationandservesastheDepartmentChairforCurriculumandInstructionattheUniversity
ofWestAlabama.Dr.WinshiphasalsoservedastheprincipalinvestigatoronProjectBloom,aSTEM
grantforrecruitingfirstgenerationblackAmericanSTEMstudents.Dr.Winship’sresearchinterests
includeassistivetechnologies,studentswithspecialneeds,andSTEMeducation.
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