Authors

Project Director & Principal Investigator: 
      Barbara K. Given, Ph.D., Co-Director, Adolescent & Adult Learning Research Center,

      Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

      Email: bgiven@gmu.edu  

Team Leader: 
      Jean Lowe, Former Director, GED Testing Service, American Council on Education, Washington, DC

      Email: jeanlowe@juno.com

Senior Advisor:
      Bonita M. Moore, Ph.D., Director, Office of Adult & Community Education, Fairfax County Public Schools

      Email: Bonita.Moore@fcps.edu

Story Authors: 
      Lori Baker, Instructional Program Spec., Office of Adult & Community Education, Fairfax County Public Schools

      Email: Lori.Baker@fcps.edu
         
      Mary Elizabeth Brookshire, Adult Educator, Fairfax County Public Schools, Retired

       Email: mebrook@starpower.net

      

      Penny Beuch, MEd., Adult Educator, Fairfax County Public Schools

      Email: perkypennybeuch@aol.com

      

      Dixiane Hallaj, Director, Organization to Promote Adult Literacy (OPAL)

      Email: dixie@opaliteracy.org

 

      Geri Cantwell, Adult Educator, Fairfax County Public Schools

        Email: Gscantwell@yahoo.com