Purpose
Members
History
Collaborating Organizations


Members of the National Commission on Writing for
America's Families, Schools, and Colleges

Bob Kerrey (Chair) President, The New School, NY
Arlene Ackerman Superintendent, The School District of Philadelphia
Nancy G. Barile Teacher of English, Revere High School, MA, 2006 New England Region Winner, Bob Costas Grant for the Teaching of Writing
Robert Bruininks President, University of Minnesota, MN
Larry R. Faulkner President, Houston Endowment
Sharon M. Floyd K–12 English Language Arts Coordinator,
Saginaw Public Schools, MI
Michele Forman Social Studies Teacher, Middlebury Union High School, VT
E. Gordon Gee President, The Ohio State University
Lyn Ikoma Biology Teacher, Chatsworth Senior High School, CA
(Retired)
James Moeser Chancellor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, NC
David E. Shulenburger Vice President for Academic Affairs, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities
Joseph Wise Managing Director, Atlantic Research Partners
Nancy Zimpher Chancellor, State University of New York


National Advisory Panel

Richard Sterling (Chair) Executive Director Emeritus, National Writing Project
Elizabeth A. Davis Teacher-Consultant, DC Area Writing Project, John Philip Sousa Middle School, DC
Gail E. Hawisher Professor of English and Director, Center for Writing Studies University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Sarah Hudelson Associate Dean, College of Education
Arizona State University
Bernard Phelan Teacher, Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Flossmoor, IL
Jacqueline Jones Royster Executive Professor for African Studies, Professor of English and Executive Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
The Ohio State University
Liz Campbell Stephens Director, Central Texas Writing Project
Texas State University
Patricia Lambert Stock Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures; English; and Education, Michigan State University and Past President
National Council of Teachers of English