Andrew Goodwyn is President of the International Federation for the Teaching of English and a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. He is Emeritus Professor at The University of Reading where he was Head of the Institute of Education.

Cal Durrant retired as Associate Professor in English Curriculum and Director of the Literacy Research Hub at the Australian Catholic University in Sydney.

Marshall George holds an endowed chair, the Olshan Professor of Clinical Practice, at Hunter College of the City University of New York

Jacqueline Manuel was Professor of English Education in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Wayne Sawyer is Emeritus Professor in the School of Education at Western Sydney University, Australia.

Melanie Shoffner is a professor of English education at James Madison University, USA.