Meredith Dutra has been an educator for sixteen years and is currently the technology integration specialist at Scarsdale High School. Before joining Scarsdale High School in Fall 2019, she was a classroom Social Studies teacher and K-12 STEM Coordinator. Meredith’s career allows her to see education from a different perspective, from planning, implementation, and action. She is passionate about embedding real-world applications in the classroom that students can use beyond their K-12 experience.

Susan Luft brings over 25 years of valuable experience to her role as an educator. In her position as the Elementary ELA Coordinator for Scarsdale Public Schools, she channels her innovative instructional approach toward fostering collaboration and dialogic learning. Susan is deeply committed to advancing student literacy development by integrating both traditional and contemporary skills. Notably, she has played a pivotal role in conducting numerous teacher training courses through the Scarsdale Teachers Institute.

Wesley Fryer, PhD, is a middle school STEM and media literacy teacher at 

Angie Hartley is a public school elementary school teacher and instructional coach. She works with multilingual learners in Cranston, Rhode Island and is also a certified yoga instructor.

Yvette Coyle serves as an Associate Professor of EFL Teaching Methods at the University of Murcia. Yvette focuses her work on L2 teaching and learning, and, more especially, multimodal literacy and feedback.

Pedro Férez serves as a senior lecturer of Education at the University of Murcia. His research interest include cinema- and literature-based approaches to foreign language teaching, the application of queer theory to education, and critical literacy.

Scott Moss serves as an Instructional Technology Outreach Coordinator at the Los Angeles County Office of Education. He is also the Academic Program Director for the Educational Technology program at National University. Scott is currently focused on artificial intelligence in education. In particular, he hopes to help educators integrate computer science into media literacy to expand the notion of traditional literacy.

Mary Kate Lonergan is an 8th-grade Social Studies teacher at Fayetteville-Manlius Central Schools in New York, where she emphasizes media literacy as a core element of her curriculum. She is active in developing media and digital literacy professional development programs, presenting at various conferences, collaborating with media literacy organizations like Ithaca College's Project Look Sharp, and writing media literacy lesson plans featured on PBS LearningMedia.

Jami Rhue is a PK-8th grade School Library Media Specialist and Related Arts Dept. Chair at a charter school on Chicago's southside. Jami also directs her attention to media literacy instruction and advocacy, leadership and librarianship studies, and professional organizations such as CCBCALA, ILMLC, AISLE, and N'COBRA.

Kristin Ziemke serves as the Learning Innovation Specialist at Big Shoulders Fund in Chicago. Kristin is a literacy, inquiry, and technology expert who works with organizations worldwide to develop learning experiences that redefine school.