Richard Sawyer is Associate Professor of Education at Washington State University in Vancouver, Washington. He chairs the EdD Program in Teacher Leadership at Washington State University and the MIT Secondary Certification Program at Washington State University, Vancouver. His research includes curriculum studies and qualitative methodologies that are focused on emergent understandings and grounded epistemologies, in order to improve society and promote participatory democracy. He recently conducted research in Oaxaca, Mexico and Palestine. The applied context of curriculum theory and the relationships between curriculum theory and qualitative research methodologies are key foci of his work.
Joe Norris is Professor of Drama in Education and Applied Theatre in the Department of Dramatic Arts at Brock University. He is an advocate of the arts as a means of knowing, doing, and being, and he has spent a number of years pioneering research methodologies and instructional and assessment strategies that employ arts-based approaches. His book IPlaybuilding as Qualitative Research: A Participatory Arts-Based Approach/I, which is based on his extensive work with Mirror Theatre (a social issues theatre company), received the American Educational Research Association's Qualitative Research SIG's 2011 Outstanding Book Award. With co-editors Laura McCammon and Carole Miller, he edited ILearning to Teach Drama: A Case Narrative Approach/I, which includes case narratives written by student teachers about their field experiences. In addition to his research and teaching, Joe has recently served as the Communications Officer for the Brock University Faculty Association and is their incoming Joint Health and Safety Officer.