Pauline Schmidt, PhD, is a professor of English education in the Department of Secondary Education at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She is also the director of the West Chester Writing Project. Her teaching and research interests include the infusion of the arts in English education, diversifying the canon of literature for children and young adults, and the impact of new literacies on curriculum and teacher preparation.
Matthew Kruger-Ross, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Higher Education Administration at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He teaches graduate courses on educational technology, curriculum, and research methodologies. Matthew’s research interests include the philosophy of education and technology and its impact on educational practice, curriculum theory as it relates to teaching and being a teacher, and the intersection of philosophy of education and the hermeneutic phenomenology of Martin Heidegger.
Matthew J. Kruger-Ross, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership & Philosophy of Education at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
Together, Dr. Schmidt and Dr. Kruger-Ross host the Notorious Pedagogues podcast which chronicles the notorious adventures of co-teaching WRH 325, a course for secondary English educators on the powers and challenges of integrating educational technologies.