Ernest Morrell, Ph.D.
is the Coyle Professor of Literacy Education and the Inaugural Director
of the Center for Literacy Education at the University of Notre Dame.
He was formerly Macy Professor of English Education and Director of
the Institute for Urban and Minority Education at Teachers College,
Columbia University. Dr. Morrell is also past-president of the National
Council of Teachers of English, a Fellow of the American Educational
Research Association (AERA), and an appointed member of International Literacy
Association’s Literacy Research Panel.Dr. Morrell works with schools, districts, and families across the country to infuse social
and emotional learning, digital media, culturally responsive instruction, and multicultural
literature into literacy practices aimed at developing powerful readers and writers among
all students. Dr. Morrell has influenced the development of myPerspectives in Assessment,
Writing & Research, Student Engagement, and Collaborative Learning.Jim Cummins, Ph.D.
is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and
Learning at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on literacy
development in school contexts characterized by cultural and linguistic
diversity. In recent years, he has been working with teachers to identify
ways in which they can connect the curriculum to students’ lives and
increase students’ active engagement with literacy. Dr. Cummins has
influenced the development of myPerspectives in English Language Learner and English
Language Development support.Elfrieda Hiebert, Ph.D.
is President and CEO of TextProject, a nonprofit that provides resources
to support higher reading levels. She is also a research associate at the
University of California, Santa Cruz. Dr. Hiebert has worked in the field
of literacy, language, and culture for almost 50 years, first as a teacher’s
aide and teacher in California’s San Joaquin Valley and, subsequently, as a
teacher and researcher. Her research addresses how fluency, vocabulary,
and knowledge can be fostered through appropriate texts. Dr. Hiebert has influenced the
development of myPerspectives in Vocabulary, Text Complexity, and Assessment.Kelly Gallagher, M.Ed.
has been a high school English teacher for 35 years. Twenty-five
years ago, he was a founding member of the first Puente Project
site in Orange County, a program which has helped numerous
underrepresented students make it into universities and colleges.
He is the former co-director of the South Basin Writing Project at
California State University, Long Beach, and the former president of
the Secondary Reading Group for the International Literacy Association. Gallagher, who has
worked with teachers throughout the United States as well as internationally, is the author
of several books on adolescent literacy, most notably Readicide: How Schools Are Killing
Reading and What You Can Do About It and Write Like This. His latest book, co-written
with Penny Kittle, is 180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower
Adolescents. Gallagher has influenced the development of myPerspectives in Writing,
Close Reading, and the Role of Teachers.Experts’
Perspectives
myPerspectives is informed
by a team of respected
experts whose experiences
working with students and
study of instructional best
practices have positively
impacted education. From
their views on the evolving
role of the teacher to how
students learn in a digital
age, our authors bring new
ideas, innovations, and
strategies that transform
teaching and learning in
today’s competitive and
interconnected world.
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