About the Author

Ellyn Lyle, PhD, is intensely interested in creating spaces for learners to engage meaningfully with their studies, and she is drawn to inquiries that seek to overcome compartmentalized, fragmented, or dehumanized approaches to education. Having joined the academic community full time in 2011, she is currently Dean in the Faculty of Education. Sister Scholars is her ninth book. Sepideh Mahani is the Associate Dean and the Chair of Education Leadership in the Master of Education program at Yorkville University. She holds degrees in Education Leadership (Ph.D. and M.Ed.), Political Science (BA), and Teaching English to Foreign Learners (TEFL). Sepideh has over 15 years of experience teaching at tertiary and K-12 levels in both traditional and online settings, as well as being a consultant to various government agencies. This is her first book.