Franklin received her Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from Ohio University and M.S. in Occupational Technology from the University of Houston. As a Professor Emerita at Ohio University, she works on special projects for Global Affairs and International Studies as well as teaching graduate courses in instructional design, online course design for teaching and learning, research, and assessment including research in the field of instructional technology on a part-time basis.

Dr. Mathew Felton-Koestler studied Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in mathematics education at The University of Wisconsin Madison. He typically teaches courses in mathematics education for future teachers. His primary research focus is on issues of equity, diversity, and social justice in mathematics teacher education. He also studies how to make meaningful connections between mathematics and real-world topics, especially students’ out-of-school lives and social and political issues.

In a time when attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children is still not completely understood, Dr. Julie Owens, Ph.D., is working to educate teachers to help affected children succeed in the classroom. Her research provides elementary school teachers with classroom management strategies shown to have a more positive effect on the disruptive behaviors of children with ADHD than traditional counseling practices.

Dr. Zhou earned her Ph.D. in a research methodology program from The University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her major research interests include longitudinal research and multilevel modeling, latent trait measurement models, structural equation modeling, and the application of mixed methods research. Zhou also has strong interest and expertise in psychometric methods and quantitative data analysis, such as factor analysis and item response theory. Dr.

Education and cosmopolitanism have been a passion for Dr. Emmanuel Jean Francois since he was a boy, growing up in Haiti listening to the news on the radio with his father. As a high school student, his classes explored not only Haitian literature, but also French literature and philosophy. It was then that he discovered the Period of Enlightenment and Voltaire, which is where he came to understand cosmopolitanism.

Bruce Martin's love of the outdoors led him from being a camp counselor, raft guide, kayak instructor and Outward Bound instructor to his work as a researcher, speaker, writer and professor.

"I've always been curious about the meaning that people derive from adventure experience and how outdoor leaders can help people derive meaning from it," Martin said.

Marcy Keifer Kennedy is the director of the Center for Professional Development School (PDS) Partnerships in The Patton College of Education. Keifer Kennedy oversees the operations of 11 active PDS partnerships, each with a unique structure and organization in local school districts.