Experts Guide

Banack's research focuses on integrating contemporary youth literature to engage young readers. She aims to help English teachers integrate youth literature by adding excerpts, planning literature circles or utilizing youth literature as whole class novels. She surveys undergraduate students about their engagement with texts they read in high school. She can discuss young adult literature, English education and secondary education. Her work also emphasizes university partnerships through cross university and secondary collaborations.

Sears' research focuses on curriculum issues, change initiatives in K-20 STEM settings, the development of reasoning and proof skills, clinical experiences in secondary mathematics and the integration of technology in mathematics.