Ava L. McCall is Professor and Chair of the Curriculum and Instruction Department at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. She has 13 years of elementary teaching experience, plus 15 years of experience in university teacher education, primarily teaching social studies methods.
Thelma Ristow is a fourth grade teacher at Webster Stanley Elementary School in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and a peer coach for initial educators in the Oshkosh Area School District. She has more than 30 years of elementary teaching experience.