Jeffrey D. Wilhelm is currently distinguished professor of English Education at Boise State University and regularly teaches middle and high school students. He is the founding director of the Maine Writing Project and the Boise State Writing Project, and author of 32 texts about literacy teaching and learning. He is the recipient of the two top research awards in English Education: the NCTE Promising Research Award for You Gotta BE the Book and the Russell Award for Distinguished Research for Reading Don’t Fix No Chevys.