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Profiles of Our Authors

Dr Wayne Martino
Wayne Martino currently lectures at The Australian Institute of Education at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia. He taught English in secondary schools for several years before completing his PhD, in which he explored links between masculinities and learning. He has also explored the role that particular versions of masculinity play in boys' engagement in specific literacy practices. Wayne's work has been published in Gender and Education and the British Journal of the Sociology of Education in the UK, and in English in Australia. His book for secondary school English students, Gendered Fictions, was published by Chalkface Press. Currently, he is writing a book with Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli entitled Schooling Masculinities, and working on an edited collection with Bob Meyenn entitled 'What about the Boys?': Issues of Masculinity and Schooling, both of which are to be published by the Open University Press.

Dr Bronwyn Mellor
Bronwyn Mellor holds a Doctorate in Education and English from the University of Western Australia. She is the Publisher and Editorial Director of Chalkface Press, which she co-founded in 1987 on returning to Australia from Britain. She taught English in secondary schools in England and worked as a contributory writer and advisory teacher at the English and Media Centre in London. She also has taught in secondary schools in Australia and lectured in university courses in Curriculum and English Studies. Bronwyn's influential publications include Reading Hamlet, Reading Stories, Reading Fictions (with Annette Patterson and Marnie O'Neill), Investigating Texts, and Writing Critical Essays (with Brian Moon). Bronwyn was honoured for her contributions to education, receiving the prestigious Australia Medal in the 2000 Australian Honours List.

Dr Brian Moon
Brian Moon is a Senior Lecturer in English curriculum studies at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia. Brian has worked as a secondary school teacher and university lecturer in the areas of English, literature and media studies. He holds a Doctorate in English for research into reading practices, the main focus of his academic work. He has also served as state examiner of English for the Secondary Education Authority. Brian is the author of Studying Literature, Literary Terms, Studying Poetry, and Viewing Terms. He is a co-author, with Bronwyn Mellor, of Writing Critical Essays. His most recent book, due for release in 2010, is a course in writing. Information about the new book can be found at BrianMoon.com.au (external site).

Dr Marnie O'Neill
Marnie O'Neill is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia in the areas of English education, language literacy and learning, and teaching and learning. Her research interests include English curriculum studies; curriculum policy and practice; language in education; teaching and learning; classroom studies; gender studies; and gifted and talented education. Marnie has also been a secondary school English teacher, an advisory teacher in English, chief examiner in English and Literature, and was for some years the editor of the journal of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English, English in Australia. The writer of numerous papers, articles and books, Marnie O'Neill has co-written texts for secondary students published by Chalkface Press.

A/Prof Annette Patterson
Annette Patterson is an Associate Professor teaching sociology and English in the School of Education at James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Previously she taught English and literature in high schools from 1976-1989. She also has worked as a member of the Chalkface Press writing team to produce texts for secondary English students. Annette's research interests include critical reading practices and histories of English education. Currently, she is working on a history of reading instruction from the sixteenth century.