Contributors Ryan Baker, Mark A. Brackett, Christopher D. Brooks, Goldy Brown III, Albert A. Cheng, Corey DeAngelis, Walter G. Ecton, Nicole A. Elbertson, Tangular A. Irby, Robert Maranto, F. Mike Miles, Krista L. Smith, Matthew G. Springer, Aidan Vining, David Weimer About the Editors Goldy Brown III is director of Whitworth University's Educational Administration Program and assistant professor in Whitworth's Graduate School of Education, in Spokane, Washington. He has more than twenty years of educational experience as a teacher, administrator, professor, and researcher. He holds a doctorate in educational leadership and policy analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Schools that Goldy Brown led received four state recognition awards for closing the achievement gap between low-income students and affluent students. His research focuses on school leadership, an effective educational policy, programs, and systems for traditionally underserved students. Christos A. Makridis holds academic appointments out of Columbia Business School, Stanford University, University of Nicosia, Arizona State University, and Baylor University. He is also an adjunct scholar at the Manhattan Institute and a senior adviser at Gallup. Christos has published more than seventy peer-reviewed research articles and earned dual master's and PhDs in economics and management science & engineering at Stanford University.
