WEX Authors
The two founders of The Writers’ Express (WEX), Arthur Unobskey and Debbie Reck, have tested and refined WEX’s instructional methods since 1994.
Debbie Reck is a former high school social studies teacher in Lincoln-Sudbury, MA and co-founder and current Chief Executive Officer of WEX.
Arthur Unobskey is a former high school social studies teacher and school principal at Washington Irving Middle School in Boston, MA. Arthur is also a member of the WEX Board of Directors. Two experienced teachers, David Meyers and Debbie Sabin, systematically questioned and reshaped this work to make it more powerful and practical for classroom teachers.
David Meyers is a former elementary and middle school humanities teacher in Brookline, MA and the current President of WEX.
Debbie Sabin is a former high school English teacher in Lexington, MA and the current Director of Training at WEX.
The WEX Team of Writers and Trainers
Christine DiBuono, former high school teacher, Mansfield, MA, current WEX Director of Program Development
Maura Donnelly, current WEX trainer in New York
Elena Joyce, former elementary teacher, Boston Renaissance Charter School, current WEX Curriculum Writer
Susan Kano, author/inventor, current WEX Director of Publishing
Catherine Moreno, former elementary school teacher, San Francisco, current WEX trainer in San Francisco
Liz Rosenberg, former high school teacher, NYC DOE, current WEX Director of Professional Development in NYC
Patricia Scully, former English Department Head, Wayland Middle School, Wayland, MA current WEX Senior Trainer
Patrick Sheridan, former elementary teacher, Boston,MA, current WEX Senior Trainer
Carissa Violante, former English tutor, current WEX InDesign Specialist
Erika Wentworth, former writing instructor, current WEX Senior Program Manager
Other Significant Contributors
Linn Adams, WEX trainer, middle school teacher, Graham & Parks School, Cambridge, MA
Gretchen Albertini, elementary teacher, Edward Devotion School, Brookline, MA
Alison Barker, WEX trainer, current teacher, Lincoln Middle School, Santa Monica, CA
Jessica Boyles, WEX trainer, current middle school teacher, San Francisco Day School
Jennifer Casto, elementary teacher, Fletcher–Maynard Academy, Cambridge, MA
Rebecca Cohen, humanities teacher, Brown Middle School, Newton, MA
Dan Coleman, former WEX president, now Asst Headmaster, Cambridge School of Weston
Elena Dworkin Wright, lifelong creator of books
Kevin Emerson, former elementary teacher and WEX trainer, author, Oliver Nocturne series
Meg Grady, elementary teacher, West Elementary School, Stoughton, MA
Gaelen Harrington, current WEX trainer, teacher, Brookline High School, Brookline, MA
Binta Hinson, Assistant Principal for Humanities, South Bronx Prep, New York City
Peter Jana, humanities teacher, High Tech High, San Diego, CA
Anna Kuperman, WEX trainer, teacher, Classical High School, Providence, RI
Abbye Meyer, WEX trainer, writing instructor, doctoral candidate, University of Connecticut
Carli Parisella, WEX trainer, elementary teacher, Martha Jones School, Westwood, MA
Richard Schaye, former middle school principal, Wayland, MA, current Chair of the WEX Board of Directors
Stephanie Schlie, middle school teacher, Andover, MA
Barbara Schiele, middle school teacher, Edward Devotion School, Brookline, MA
Kate Tarca, former elementary teacher in Wash. D.C.
Salamishah Tillet, Assistant Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
Emily Wender, former WEX trainer and elementary teacher
The design and layout of the books was coordinated by Elena Dworkin Wright at WEX and Richard Francey from the design firm of INDUSTRY11. The design and layout was revised by Carissa Violante.
Copyright © 2008 by The Writers’ Express, 271 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02141. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form, or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The Writers’ Express except for the classroom use of the Practice Pages included for students in some lessons. The WEX Method™ is a registered trademark of The Writers’ Express.
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ISBN: 978-1-935431-01-5
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