CLinTE Network Organizers

Dr. Kira J. Baker-Doyle - Rosemary and Walter Blankley Associate Professor of Education at Arcadia University School of Education. Co-founder and Director of the Connected Learning and Technologies graduate program at Arcadia. Author of The Networked Teacher (2011, Teachers College Press), and Transformative Teachers: Teacher Leadership and Learning in a Connected World (2017, Harvard Education Press).

Twitter: @KJBD

Blog: http://kbakerdoyle.wordpress.com

Dr. Sarah Lohnes Watulak - Associate Professor of Instructional Technology in the Department of Educational Technology and Literacy, College of Education, Towson University. Sarah's recent sabbatical research examined the possibilities of connected learning for pre-service educational technology courses. Sarah and colleague Dr. Vicki McQuitty (co-Director, Maryland Writing Project) are also working on a design-based research project to implement and research a MOOC that will support professional learning for faculty, teacher-leaders, and pre-service teachers, around the topics of connected learning and writing-as-making.

Twitter: @sarahlw6

Brochureware: http://wp.towson.edu/slohneswatul/

Dr. Anna Smith - Assistant Professor of Secondary Education at Illinois State University, following a term as an IES Postdoctoral Fellow in Writing & New Learning Ecologies. She is the co-author of Developing Writers: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age (Open University Press), and a co-editor of the forthcoming Handbook of Writing, Literacies, and Education in Digital Cultures (Routledge). She has been working alongside other educators in the Connected Learning Massive Open Online Collaboration (#clmooc) since its origins, and draws on 17 years in public schools as a teacher, district-level literacy specialist, and teacher educator in her scholarly activity.

Twitter: @anna_phd

Website: http://developingwriters.org

Dan Roy - Dan Roy is a Research Scientist at the Teaching Systems Lab, designing games for teachers to practice teaching. In his role at TSL, he is also designing a VR game exploring size and scale in biology, as well as helping the Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning design their new teacher education program with an eye toward increased learner agency. Dan is also the founder of Skylight Games, inspiring a love of learning through play, starting with languages (Lyriko). Before joining TSL, he worked with the Learning Games Network on games to teach language (Xenos) and science (Food Fight, Guts and Bolts) and with MIT’s Education Arcade, helping middle-schoolers build curiosity, intuition, and comfort in math through puzzles (Lure of The Labyrinth). He has an SM in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and a BS in Computer Science from UMass Amherst.

Twitter: @danroy

Christina Cantrill is Associate Director for National Programs at the National Writing Project. She has been working alongside writing project educators since the early 90s, exploring the emerging possibilities of the Internet and networked technology. Christina leads national digital media and connected learning programming and the NWP Educator Innovator Initiative (educatorinnovator.org) and brings a background in curriculum studies as well as participatory arts practice. She was the former chair at Spiral Q Puppet Theater, a community-based social justice organization based in Philadelphia, and is currently teaching in the Connected Learning Certificate program at Arcadia University.

Twitter: @seecantrill

Dr. Lindy Johnson- Dr. Johnson is Assistant Professor of English Education and Co-Director of the Center for Innovation in Learning Design at The College of William & Mary. In January 2018, she will also serve as Co-Director of the Eastern Virginia Writing Project. Prior to pursuing her Ph.D. in Language and Literacy from the University of Georgia, she taught high school English in Boston Public Schools. Her research interests center around new and digital literacies and the professional development of teachers. She’s been involved with DML since 2013 when she was selected as a summer fellow. In 2017, she was awarded the Steve Cahir Early Career Award for research on writing from the AERA Writing and Literacies SIG. Her research has been published in English Education, English Teaching: Practice & Critique, Theory into Practice, and the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education.

Michael Nedbal- Michael Nedbal, a Philadelphia native with BA in History and German Language from Penn State University and an MA in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from Arcadia University. In May 2017 he examined the social impact of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, researching in the country, and wrote a blog on the subject (The Unfinished Business of Post- War Reconstruction) and spent the summer 2016 working with an Interfaith and Human Rights NGO based in Yangon, Myanmar working to end religious discrimination in the country. Through this work he coordinated with other local NGO's, the US Government and UN Agencies to help further inter-communal harmony, develop an Interfaith Harmony Bill to be presented to the Myanmar legislature, and develop solutions to combat incitements to violence in the country. Michael also studied at the Institute for Human Rights and Peace Studies at Mahidol University in Salaya, Thailand. There he participated in the Southeast Asia Human Rights Network (SEAHRN) conference and was a researcher and fact checker for the textbook: An Introduction to Human Rights in Southeast Asia. Vol. 2. He has also contributed to the 5th International Conference on International Relations, Development, and Human Rights (ICIRD) in Bangkok, Thailand in June 2017 with the piece titled Religion during Transition: A Policy Analysis of Freedom of Religion and Belief in Myanmar . Currently he works for Programs Employing People (PEP) Bowling Alley and pursues interests in amateur shark biology research. He will be teaching English in Thailand in October 2017.

Email: mnedbal@arcadia.edu

Dr. Nicole Mirra - Nicole is an assistant professor of Urban Teacher Education at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Her teaching and research examines the intersections between critical literacy and civic engagement across multiple contexts, including urban secondary English classrooms, grassroots youth organizations, and digital learning communities. She is an active member of the National Writing Project, National Council of Teachers of English, Literacy Research Association, American Educational Research Association, and the Digital Media and Learning Hub. She is also the editor of the English section of the journal, Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education.

Twitter: @Nicole_Mirra

Website: https://dmlcentral.net/person/nicole-mirra/

Masako Roy - Masako is a Producer at Skylight Games, coordinating translation, art, quality assurance, usability testing, video production, and Asian marketing. Before joining Skylight Games, she worked in Tokyo for five years making textbooks, games, toys and websites to teach math, science and morals. She has a passion for improving education for kids who don't have many learning opportunities, leading her to create learning tools for kids in developing countries throughout Asia.

Website: https://bostoninnovators.wordpress.com/

Dr. Kim Jaxon - Kim is an associate professor of English (Composition & Literacy) at CSU, Chico. She received her Ph.D. at UC, Berkeley in the Language & Literacy, Society & Culture program in the Graduate School of Education. Her research interests focus on theories of literacy, particularly digital literacies, participation, classroom design, game theories, and teacher education. She has published a variety of book chapters and articles focused on classroom design, mentoring, and the uses of digital platforms, and is a featured blogger at DML Central. Kim was awarded the Teacher of Excellence-College Award by the California Association of Teachers of English in 2014. She recently co-authored the book Composing Science: A Facilitator's Guide to Writing in the Science Classroom (TCPress 2016), which is the culmination of a three-year, NSF funded project focused on the teaching and learning of writing in science.

Twitter: @drjaxon

Website: http://kimjaxon.com/

Dr. Emery Petchauer - Emery gets excited about connecting youth, urban artists, and educators to learn from and with one another. Through this work, he has nearly two decades of experience organizing and sustaining urban arts spaces across the United States. He is the author of Hip-Hop Culture in College Students’ Lives (Routledge, 2012), the first scholarly study of hip-hop culture on college campuses, and the co-editor of Schooling Hip-Hop: Expanding Hip-Hop Based Education Across the Curriculum (Teachers College Press, 2013). As a scholar, Emery also studies high-stakes teacher licensure exams and their relationship to the racial diversity of the teaching profession. Theories of social psychology and spatial studies inform this work. Currently, Dr. Petchauer is Associate Professor in the Departments of English and Teacher Education at Michigan State University, where he also coordinates the English teacher education program. Previously, he held faculty positions at Oakland University (MI) and Lincoln University (PA).

Twitter: @EmeryPetchauer

Dr. Suzanne Porath - Suzanne has been an English Language Arts, history, and humanities classroom teacher and reading teacher for 13 years before becoming a teacher educator. Originally from Wisconsin, she has taught in Wisconsin and American international schools in Brazil, Lithuania, and Aruba. Before accepting her current position as an assistant professor at Kansas State University in Curriculum and Instruction, she taught at Concordia University and Edgewood College. She has presented at the local, state, national, and international conferences on various topics related to literacy instruction, use of technology in the classroom, and online professional development. Research interests include literacy education, professional learning, reflection, action research, self-study, strength-based education, and online education.

Twitter: @LitProfSuz

Dr. Torrey Trust - Torrey is an Assistant Professor of Learning Technology in the Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies department in the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the President of the ISTE Teacher Education Network (2016-2018). Torrey’s research focuses on how technology can support K-12 teachers and higher education faculty in designing contexts that enhance student learning. Her research and teaching interests include instructional design, teacher professional development, social media, web 2.0 tools, online communities of practice, professional learning networks, online teaching and learning, makerspaces, and 3D printing. Torrey was selected as the recipient of the 2016 ISTE Online Learning Network Award, 2017 Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education Research Paper Award, 2017 ISTE Emerging Leader Award, and 2017 AERA SIG-IT Best Paper Award. Her research has been published in Computers & Education, Internet & Higher Education, the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, and Professional Development in Education.

Twitter: @Torreytrust

Website: http://www.torreytrust.com

Dr. Vicki McQuitty- Vicki is Associate Professor of Elementary Education at Towson University and director of Maryland Writing Project. In her role as MWP director, she is exploring the principle of Connected Learning as a way of framing both face-to-face and online professional development opportunities for inservice teachers.

Dr. Denise Lindstrom- Denise is currently a program coordinator for the Master of Arts and Certification and Advanced programs at West Virginia University. Prior to receiving her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Iowa State University she taught 6th grade in Oakland California and was an early adopter of using SNS to support literacy development in schools. In 2012 she designed and implemented a M.Ed program in Digital Media and Learning at Faimont State University in West Virginia. Her research and teaching interests are guided by a recent partnership with a community in southern West Virginia who desire to provide learning experiences for their children that are guided by principles and practices of connected learning. For the past 12 years she has served as a co-editor for the Journal of Digital Learning and Teacher Education.

Meenoo Rami- Meenoo Rami, author of Thrive, is a national board certified teacher who taught students English in Philadelphia for ten years, at the Science Leadership Academy and in other public schools in the city. The founder of #engchat, an international Twitter chat for English teachers, Meenoo is a teacher-consultant for the National Writing Project and an instructor in Arcadia University’s Connected Learning Certificate Program. Meenoo has also served as a teaching fellow with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where she led the portfolio to help teachers refine their practice through collaboration. Currently, Meenoo works as Manager for Minecraft Education at Microsoft where she helps educators, districts, and organizations reimagine game-based learning for classroom practice.

Twitter: @meenoorami

Dr. Robyn Seglem- Dr. Robyn Seglem is an Associate Professor in the School of Teaching and Learning at Illinois State University where she teaches content literacy and language arts courses to middle-level preservice teachers, as well as graduate level literacy and educational technology courses. She has served as a co-director of the Flint Hills Writing Project, an affiliate with the National Writing Project, and is a nationally board certified teacher. Robyn worked with a team of ELA educators to recently revise and update the standards for English and Language Arts for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. She taught for nine years in the middle school and high school language arts classroom.

Dr. Nathan Phillips- Nate researches young people's spatial and media literacies in and out of school, across virtual and physical landscapes, and among multiple media. He is particularly interested in these literacies and mobilities as they relate to the possibilities for young people to actively and critically participate in civic processes that have an impact on their lives now and in the future. At present, this work is primarily situated in urban contexts of youth learning—formal and informal, in and out of school—in the city of Chicago and includes a focus on investigating and designing for learning and engagement connected to issues of identity and history with youth. Before his current gig, Nate taught high school English, journalism, creative writing, and film.

Twitter: @nathancphillips

Danielle Filipiak-Danielle Filipiak is currently a doctoral candidate in English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Danielle’s publications and research interests span the fields of critical adolescent literacies, teacher education, and digital literacies. At Teachers College, she has worked as a senior professional development coach with the Center for The Professional Education of Teachers and currently works with the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME) as the Curriculum Director for Cyphers for Justice, a youth research and advocacy program that apprentices young people as critical social researchers through the use of hip-hop, spoken word, and digital literacies. Prior to her doctoral studies, she taught middle and high school English for nearly a decade in Detroit, where she operated as an education advocate, consultant, school board member, Wayne State Writing Project fellow, co-founder of the Detroit Progressive Educator Coalition, and original member of the Detroit Future Schools program, an initiative to design and implement digital media arts-integrated curriculum.

Twitter: @flipster33

Dr. Mia Zamorra-Mia Zamora, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of English, Director of the MA in Writing Studies, Director of the Kean University Writing Project, and former Coordinator of the World Literature Program at Kean University in Union, NJ. Dr. Zamora is a faculty leader committed to encouraging lifelong reading and writing. Her passion for literature is rooted in her belief that reading and writing are essential to communication, learning, and citizenship. Zamora is a scholar of Electronic Literature (literary works that originate in a digital environment and require digital computation to read.) She is a digital humanist and she writes about how digital technologies are transforming education in the 21st century. She is the recipient a 2017-2018 Fulbright award for Digital Culture at the University of Bergen-Norway.

Twitter: @MiaZamoraPhD

Tracy Dean - Tracy is a high school Art teacher in the Radnor Township School District. Tracey has a BFA from Alfred University with a concentration in Ceramic arts. Native to Central NY, upon graduation, Tracey accepted a ceramic position at Henry Mercer’s historic Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in Bucks County, PA. There, she realized that teaching was her calling; she earned her art teaching certification from Arcadia University and is currently completing her Masters in Education. Tracey is actively involved in RTSD; writing art curriculum, leading PLC’s and advocating for district’s 1:1 iPad initiative. Tracey is the high school’s Art Club advisor who seeks opportunities to take art out of the classroom and into the community.

Robert Sidelinker - Robert works in the Central Bucks School District at Warwick Elementary. He teaches grades 1-6 STEM class called QUEST, which stands for Questioning and Understanding through Engineering, Science, and Technology. He is also an educational technology coach for the staff. Robert is a Board certified teacher and a Pennsylvania Area Writing and Literature Project Writing Fellow. Find him online at http://sidelinker.edublogs.org/ @Sharbotini