Board of Advisors

We are working on the leading edge and using all of our resources, including technology, to build bridges across cultures as a way to encourage the development of intercultural understanding and global perspectives. Given our mission, it is essential to seek the input, advice, and counsel of the best minds in the field. Their scholarly work with educators in using books with children and their understanding of available literature form a wealth of knowledge, experience, and credibility that will benefit WOW, their home universities, and most importantly, students. – Kathy Short, Director of WOW.

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Current WOW Advisory Board

Nojood M. ALsudairi, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Seemi Aziz, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Nancy Hlibok Amann, Arizona School for Deaf and Blind, Tucson, AZ

Cheri Anderson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Mary Starrs Armstrong, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK

Barbara Thompson Book, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN

Marilyn Carpenter, Eastern Washington University, Spokane, WA

Kathleen Crawford-McKinney, Wayne State University, Troy, MI

Deanna Day, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA

Laurie Dryden, Tucson, AZ

Michele Ebersole, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI

Charlene Klassen Endrizzi, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA

Jeanne Fain, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

Lauren Freedman, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Andrea Garcia, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

Albert Sosa Gonzalez, University of Arizona South, Tucson, AZ

Cindy Grutzik, California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA

Holly Johnson, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Sandy Kaser, Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, AZ

Marge Knox, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Wen-Yun Lin, National Taipei University of Education, Taipei, Taiwan

Julia López-Robertson, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Prisca Martens, Towson University, Towson, MD

Carmen Martínez-Roldán, University of Texas, Austin, TX

Janelle B. Mathis, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

Judi Moreillon, Story Power & Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX

Ann Parker, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

LaFon Phillips, Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, AZ

Janine M. Schall, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX

Jean Schroeder, Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, AZ

Tracy Smiles, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR

Ruth Sáez Vega, University of Puerto Rico

Yoo Kyung Sung, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Yuriko C. Wellington, Cambodia International Pedagogical Institute, San Francisco, CA

Melissa B. Wilson, University of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX