Barbara Gleason is Associate Professor of English at The City College of New York (CCNY), where she currently serves as Director of the MA in Language and Literacy and Director of Composition. She has taught undergraduates at the CCNY Center for Worker Education and graduate students in an Austria-based CCNY MA program. Before arriving in New York City, she taught English in Cameroon (as a Peace Corps Volunteer) and lower division writing courses at Oklahoma State University, the University of Southern California, and California State University-Dominguez Hills. Gleason's scholarly work focuses on curriculum, instruction, and program evaluation. She has recently edited a special thematic issue of
Basic Writing electronic Journal (
BWe) and is newly appointed
BWe Editor. For Bedford/St. Martin’s, she is co-author of the professional resource
The Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Adult Learners. She has published articles appearing in
College Composition and Communication,
College English,
Journal of Basic Writing and
The Writing Instructor. Kimme Nuckles teaches online undergraduate and graduate English courses in both writing and literature at University of Maryland University College, Southern New Hampshire University, and Indiana Wesleyan University. Prior to becoming an online professor, she served as an English professor and as dean of general education at Baker College of Auburn Hills, Michigan. Even as an administrator, Kimme taught writing and literature courses. Prior to teaching college, she taught in adult education, alternative education, and high school. She served on the Michigan Council of Teachers of English and the Oakland Literacy Council, and she completed the Red Cedar Writing Project Invitational Summer Institute. She has published book reviews in
Teaching English in the Two-Year College and the
Journal of Basic Writing e-journal. For Bedford/St. Martin’s, she is co-author of the professional resource
The Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Adult Learners. In addition to co-founding the Special Interest Group on Adult Learners at Conference on College Composition and Communication, Kimme has presented on adult learners at CCCC, Michigan Council of Teachers of English, and the Michigan College English Association conference.