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  • As a maritime archaeologist who works around the globe, James P. Delgado spent decades in the world of underwater exploration. He's been privileged to host the television show *The Sea Hunters* for five years, and work as executive director of the Vancouver Maritime Museum for fifteen years. He is now president of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA). James also work hard to promote the cause of maritime preservation, teach at universities, give presentations to various groups worldwide and write books and articles on his finds and experiences.
  • Robert Schulmann, a former Boston University history professor, is former head of the Einstein Papers Project. He coedited *Albert Einstein, Mileva Maric: The Love Letters and* many volumes of *The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein*.
  • David E. Rowe studied mathematics and the history of science at the University of Oklahoma, and took a second doctorate in history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He served as book review editor, managing editor, and editor of the journal *Historia Mathematica*. In 1992, Rowe was appointed Professor of History of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz where he presently teaches. His research has mainly focused on mathematics in Germany, but in recent years he has been concerned with Einstein's general theory of relativity and the broader cultural and political impact of Einstein's ideas. As part of this effort, he and Robert Schulmann have co-edited a source book entitled* Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb*, published by Princeton University Press in 2007.
  • Jessica Madden-Fuoco received BA in History, BS in Secondary Education from Boston University and a MA in the Teaching of Social Studies from the Teachers College. Jessica comes to Teacher's College with a wealth of experience as a young but practiced pedagogue and leader. Having held faculty posts at four different public schools in Massachusetts and New York, she has taught Social Studies, GED courses as well as Reader's and Writer's Workshops. For the past three years Jessica has been a Literacy Coach and now an English Teacher at Brighton High School. At Brighton she has founded and advised three student clubs including: the Student Advocacy Program, the No Place for Hate Anti-Bias Club and the Gay-Straight Alliance.
  • John Rodgaard has twenty years' experience as an intelligence analyst and is a captain and reserve intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy. A contributor to P*roceedings* and *Naval History* magazine, he also lives in the Washington D.C., area.
  • Corngold, a Princeton faculty member since 1966, has published widely on modern German writers and thinkers but is best known for his translations and writing on the work of Franz Kafka. His translations of Kafka's *Metamorphosis* (1972, 1996) have sold 2 million copies, and he recently translated and edited a *Norton Critical Edition* of *Kafka's Selected Stories*. Harman, who joined the Princeton faculty in 1963, is known for his work in a number of areas in philosophy, including the philosophy of language, the theory of knowledge, ethics and cognitive science. He is legendary for his great versatility, having contributed to most areas of contemporary philosophy over the course of his career. His books include *Change in View: Principles of Reasoning* (1986), *Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity* (with Judith Jarvis Thomson, 1996), *Reasoning, Meaning and Mind* (1999), *Explaining Value and Other Essays in Moral Philosophy* (2000) and *Reliable Reasoning: Induction and Statistical Learning Theory* (with Sanjeev Kulkarni, 2007).
  • Julio Cammarota is an assistant professor in the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology and the Mexican-American Studies and Research Center at the University of Arizona. He completed a doctoral program at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Education in May of 2001. He has published papers on family, work, and education among Latinaos and the relationship between culture and academic achievement. He has co-authored a seminal article on applying a social justice approach to youth development practices. Currently, he is the director of the Social Justice Education Project in Tucson, Arizona.
  • Dr. Arlene Ackerman has served in public education for more than 30 years and is currently serving as Superintendent Emeritus, San Francisco Unified School District until 2006. She arrived in San Francisco in 2000 and under her leadership, the district has thrived experiencing five consecutive years of improved achievement for all groups of students while also holding the distinction of the highest performing large urban school district in the state of California for the last two years. In fall 2006, Dr. Ackerman joined the staff at Columbia University's Teachers College holding the prestigious Christian A. Johnson endowed chair and serving as a professor of practice. Dr. Ackerman has received numerous honors and awards, including appointments to the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the College Board's Commission on Writing in America's Schools and Colleges, and the National Teaching Commission. Academic awards include Uniquely University City Award for Outstanding Service, Iota Lambda Sorority's Apple for the Teacher Award, Harris Stowe Teachers College's Distinguished Alumni Award, and the Harvard Urban Superintendents Program's McDonnell Douglas Fellowship. Dr. Ackerman received her doctorate in administration, planning and social policy through the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Urban Superintendents Program. She holds a Master of Arts in Education from Harvard University, a Master of Arts in Educational Administration and Policy from Washington University, St. Louis, MO and a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from Harris Stowe Teachers College.