Authors

Learning Together is written by leading education experts including:

Joan Lessen-Firestone, Ph.D.
Dr. Firestone is a leading educational expert on brain development, early care and education and emerging literacy. A past president of the Michigan Early Childhood Education Consortium and the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children and a recent Governing Board member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Dr. Firestone has written and spoken extensively on the development and education of young children and their families.

Pam Schiller, Ph.D.
Dr. Schiller is a respected curriculum specialist and freelance author and speaker. Dr. Schiller served as head of the Early Childhood department at the University of Houston, where she also directed the Lab School. She is the author of six curriculums, 18 children’s books, more than 30 teacher and parent resource books, and a number of other creative projects such as activity books, DVDs and CDs.

Dr. Heather Wittenberg
Dr. Heather is a psychologist specializing in the development of babies, toddlers, preschoolers — and parents. She offers no-hype, practical parenting advice on her blog BabyShrink — rooted in science, and road tested in her own home as the mother of four young children. She has helped thousands of parents over the years and knows that the most common problems with young children — sleep, feeding, potty training and behavior — can be the most difficult ones to solve.

Hollee Schwartz Temple
Hollee Schwartz Temple is a journalist-turned-lawyer-turned-professor at West Virginia University College of Law. A mom of two boys, she has first-hand experience with the challenges faced by her generation of female lawyers and has successfully melded her desires for professional satisfaction and family time by working in the law school environment.
A frequent conference speaker on work/life issues, Hollee is the co-author of Good Enough Is the New Perfect: Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood (Harlequin Nonfiction, Spring 2011). Since 2009, she has written a regular work/life column for the American Bar Association Journal. She blogs about parenting, wellness, and work/life issues at the new perfect.

Melissa Taylor
Melissa Taylor is a freelance writer, award-winning educational blogger at Imagination Soup, and award-winning teacher with an M.A. in Education, and a mom of two girls.