Jana Echevarria, Ph.D., Dr. Jana Echevarria is a Professor of Education at California State University, Long Beach. Her professional experience includes elementary and secondary teaching in general education, special education, English as a Second Language and bilingual programs. She has lived in Taiwan and Mexico where she taught ESL and second language acquisition courses at the university level, as well as in Spain where she conducted research on instructional programs for immigrant students. Her UCLA doctorate earned her an award from the National Association for Bilingual Education's Outstanding Dissertations Competition. Her research and publications focus on effective instruction for English learners, including those with learning disabilities. She is a nationally known expert on English learners and has written numerous journal articles and book chapters, has written and produced several videotapes and has co-authored several books including, Making Content Comprehensible for English Language Learners: The SIOP Model and Sheltered Content Instruction: Teaching Students With Diverse Abilities, both published by Allyn & Bacon. The SIOP Model of instruction is used widely in all 50 states and several countries. Currently, she is Co-Principal Investigator with the National Research and Development Center on English Language Learners funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES). In 2005, Dr. Echevarria was selected as Outstanding Professor at CSULB

MaryEllen Vogt, PH.D., is Professor Emerita of Education at California State University, Long Beach, and a former reading specialist and special education teacher. Dr. Vogt received her doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, and was President of the California Reading Association. She has published numerous articles and chapters in professional journals and texts, and co-authored five books, including Reading Specialists in the Real World (2003), and Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model (2004; 2nd Ed.). Her research interests include English learner literacy, teacher change, and content reading methods. Dr. Vogt was inducted into the California Reading Hall of Fame and received her university’s Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award. She is the immediate past president of the International Reading Association.

Deborah J. Short, Ph. D., directs the Language Education and Academic Development division at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) in Washington, DC. She has worked as a teacher, staff developer, researcher, and curriculum/materials developer in the area of K-12 language minority education for 20 years. She conducts school-based research on the integration of language and content instruction and on program designs for English language learners. Since 1996, Dr. Short has worked on two national research studies for the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, & Excellence(CREDE), one developing the SIOP Model of sheltered content instruction, and the other examining secondary newcomer programs for recent immigrants. She has provided professional development to language and content teachers in over 40 school districts around the U.S. and abroad, and curriculum and technical assistance to state and local education agencies. She develops instructional materials for students and has authored or co-authored numerous publications, including the recent secondary ESL series, High Point, from Hampton-Brown. She directed the national ESL Standards and Assessment project for TESOL and taught English as a second or foreign language in New York, California, Virginia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.