About the Authors

Joseph S. Agbenyega is Senior lecturer in inclusive education and early childhood education in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia.

Donna Barrett is Superintendent of Schools for Northland School Division No. 61, Alberta, Canada.

Jessica Bucholz is Associate Professor of Special Education in the College of Education and coordinator of the undergraduate program in Special Education at the University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia, USA.

Suzanne Carrington is Head of School, Faculty of Education, School of Cultural and Professional Learning at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia.

Dianne Chambers is Associate Professor, Coordinator of Special Education at the University of Notre Dame, Perth, Western Australia.

Sarah Copfer is a Ph.D. student in the Educational Psychology and Special Education program at the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Meng Deng is Professor and Faculty in the special education program at the University of Beijing.

Joanne Deppeler is Associate Dean of Research Degrees in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia.

Mary Doveston is Senior Lecturer in Education (Special Education Needs and Inclusion) and Programme Leader for Masters Special Education Needs and Inclusion at the University of Northampton, UK.

Kymberly Drawdy is Associate Professor in the Special Education program, Department of Teaching and Learning at Georgia Southern University, Georgia, USA.

Mary Louise Duffy is Professor of Exceptional Student Education at Florida Atlantic University, USA.

Jennie Duke is Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, School of Cultural and Professional Learning, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.

Serge Ebersold is professor of sociology and former head of the international research unit on special needs at the National Higher Institute for Training and Research for the education of Young Disabled Persons and Adapted Teaching, Paris, France.

Lani Florian is Professor and Bell Chair of Education at the University of Edinburgh.

Chris Forlin is Adjunct Professor of Special and Inclusive Education at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Janet I. Goodman is Chief Academic Officer for Haralson County Schools, Tallapoosa, Georgia, USA.

Michael Hazelkorn is Professor of Special Education and Dean of the School of Education and Teacher Preparation, at the College of Coastal Georgia (University System of Georgia), Georgia, USA.

Catherine Howerter is Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, College of Education, at Georgia Southern University, Georgia, USA.

Johnson Jament is a Lecturer in Inclusive Education, University of Northampton, UK and Director of Venad Education & Social Services, Kerala, India

Anne Jordan is Professor Emerita of Special Education and Inclusive Education at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Agnes Gajewski is Professor in equity and diversity studies at Centennial College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Julie Lancaster is Lecturer at the School of Teacher Education, Charles Sturt University, Australia.

András Lénárt is the Project Officer for the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education.

Donna Lene was a strategic leader in the inclusive education process in Samoa, and is currently working with deaf students in an inclusive secondary school in Brisbane, Australia.

Tim Loreman is Dean of Research and Faculty Development at Concordia University College of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.

Donna McGhie-Richmond is Associate Professor in the Department of Education Psychology and Leadership Studies, at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Laisiasa Merumeru is the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat’s (PIFS) Disability Coordination Officer and Research Assistant.

Susie Miles is Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education at the University of Manchester, UK.

Jayashree Rajanahally runs the after-school remedial program and works with children at the Brindavan Education Trust (a co-educational day program for children ages 9–18) in Bangalore.

Richard Rose is Professor of Inclusive Education and Director of the Centre for Education and Research, University of Northampton, UK.

Umesh Sharma is Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Special Education Programs in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia.

Jacqueline Specht is Associate Professor and Director of the Canadian Research Centre on Inclusive Education at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Jennifer Spratt is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, at the University of Aberdeen, UK.

Amanda Watkins is Assistant Director with the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education.