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About the Authors

Renée H. Shea was professor of English and Modern Languages and Director of
Freshman Composition at Bowie State University in Maryland. A College Board
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faculty consultant for more than thirty years in AP Language, Literature, and Pre-AP
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English, she has been a reader and question leader for both AP English exams.
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Renée served as a member of the Development Committee for AP Language
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and Composition and the English Academic Advisory Committee for the College
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Board , as well as the SAT Critical Reading Test Development Committee. She is co-
author of The Language of Composition, Literature & Composition, Foundations of
Language and Literature, and Conversations in American Literature, as well as two
volumes in the NCTE High School Literature series (on Amy Tan and Zora Neale
Hurston).
John Golden teaches at Cleveland High School in Portland, Oregon. He was
an advisor to the College Board® 6–12 English Language Arts Development
Committee. An English teacher for over twenty years, John has developed curriculum
and led workshops for the College Board’s Pacesetter and SpringBoard® English
programs. John is a co-author of Foundations of Language and Literature
(BFW Publishers, 2018) and the producer of Teaching Ideas: A Video Resource for
AP® English (Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008) and The NCTE Centennial Film: Reading the
Past, Writing the Future (2010). He is also the author of Reading in the Dark: Using
Film as a Tool in the English Classroom (NCTE, 2001) and Reading in the Reel World:
Teaching Documentaries and Other Nonfiction Texts (NCTE, 2006).
Carlos Escobar teaches 10th grade English and AP® English Literature and
Composition at Felix Varela Senior High School in Miami, Florida, where he is also the
AP Program Director. In addition, Carlos has been a College Board Advisor for AP®
English Literature and a member of the AP® English Literature Test Development
Committee. He has mentored new AP® English teachers and presented at various
local and national AP® workshops and conferences. As part of the College Board’s
Instructional Design Team, Carlos contributed to the development, review, and
publication of the 2019 AP® English Literature and Composition Course and Exam
Description. To prepare students for the 2020 AP® Exam, he designed and delivered
daily, live YouTube lessons streamed globally by the College Board. Carlos has co-
authored three Teacher’s Editions for Bedford, Freeman & Worth including Literature &
Composition 2e, Advanced Language & Literature 1e, and Foundations of Language &
Literature 1e. He is also a co-author on the third edition of Literature & Composition.

Lance Balla is former curriculum developer and current principal at Everett High
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School in Washington. He was an AP teacher for almost twenty years, and a College
Board Faculty Consultant for over ten years, as well as being a reader
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and table leader for the AP Literature Exam. Lance is a member of the College
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Board English Academic Advisory Committee, has been a co-author on the College
Board’s Springboard program and was a member of the SAT Critical Reading Test
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Development Committee. His awards and recognitions include the White House
Distinguished Teacher Award, the Teacher Recognition Award from the U.S.
Department of Education, the Washington State Award for Professional Excellence,
and the Woodring College of Education Award for Outstanding Teaching.
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