Elisabeth Mesiner has a PhD from the University of Maryland from the department of Teaching & Learning, Policy & Leadership. She holds an MS from in curriculum and instruction with a focus on science education and a BS in social science education from Florida State University. Her research centers around reformed, responsive science instruction, problems of practice, and science teacher identity, particularly with early career science teachers. Prior to her doctoral studies, she was a sixth grade science teacher at a developmental lab school affiliated with Florida State University.

Kate Parsons is a Lecturer in Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication (WRAP). She has taught and tutored writing at many Boston-area universities, including five years with MIT’s Writing and Communication Center. With WRAP, she teaches in a range of CI-Ms in mechanical engineering and computer science and CI-Hs in political science and public policy. Her pedagogical interests include Rhetorical Genre Theory and second-language writing/reading. She holds an MA in literature from Tufts University and a MATESOL from Salem State University.