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Steven J. Pearlman, Ph.D.

Steve holds a degree in Composition theory from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  He's been teaching in higher education since 1992, and has taught at institutions such as American University, Skidmore College, and Marist College.  He now serves the University of Saint Joseph as the Director of Interdisciplinary Writing and Reasoning, where he focuses on faculty development for pedagogies related to critical thinking and student engagement.  He also runs the Reasoning Across the Disciplines faculty group.  Steve has presented on writing, pedagogy, and critical thinking at numerous national conferences and other institutions of learning.
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David Carillo, M.A.

Dave is the Critical Writing and Reasoning Portfolio program administrator at the University of Saint Joseph. He's has been teaching in writing, journalism, and creative nonfiction since 1997 at institutions such as UConn, U. Pittsburgh, and Virginia Commonwealth.  Dave has presented at numerous conferences and institutions on writing pedagogy, critical reading skills, and reasoning-related literacy.  Dave is also sought after as a reviewer of poetry whose work can most recently be found in the Denver Quarterly.
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