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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
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College Board faculty consultant for more than thirty years in AP Language
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and Literature, and Pre-AP English, she has been a reader and question
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leader for both AP English exams. Renée served as a member on three
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committees for the College Board: the AP Language and Composition
Development Committee, the English Academic Advisory Committee, and the
SAT Critical Reading Test Development Committee. She is co-author of
Literature & Composition, American Literature & Rhetoric, The Language of
Composition, Conversations in American Literature, and Advanced Language
& Literature, as well as volumes on Amy Tan and Zora Neale Hurston for the
NCTE High School Literature Series. Renée continues to write about
contemporary authors for publications such as World Literature Today,
Poets & Writers, and Kenyon Review. Her recent profiles focused on Imbolo
Mbue, Natalie Handal, Lan Cao, and Ohio’s 2020–2024 poet laureate, Kari
Gunter-Seymour.
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-five years, John has developed
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curriculum and led workshops for the College Board’s Pacesetter and
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SpringBoard English programs. He is a co-author of the Bedford, Freeman
and Worth textbook Advanced Language & Literature (2021, 2016) and the
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producer of Teaching Ideas: A Video Resource for AP English (Bedford/
St. Martin’s, 2008). He is also the author of Reading in the Dark: Using Film as
a Tool in the English Classroom (NCTE, 2001), Reading in the Reel World:
Teaching Documentaries and Other Nonfiction Texts (NCTE, 2006), the
producer and co-host of the podcast Third Rail Classroom, and the producer
of The NCTE Centennial Film: Reading the Past, Writing the Future (2010).
Tracy Scholz has been an educator for over twenty-five years. She
has experience as a classroom teacher, department specialist, district
interventionist, and program coordinator and served as the Associate Director
for the Teacher Education Program at Rice University. She was a reviewer for
Advanced Language and Literature (2016) and contributed to the Teacher’s
Edition for Advanced Language and Literature (2016). She currently serves as
the Director of Advanced Academic Studies in the Spring Branch Independent
School District.
Uncorrected proofs have been used in this sample.
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For review purposes only. Not for redistribution.
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