Barbara J Merino Editor

Barbara J. Merino was, at the time of original publication, Professor in the Division of Education and a member of the Graduate Group in Linguistics at the University of California, Davis where she also served as Head of Teacher Education. Her articles have appeared in a wide variety of journals.

Henry T. Trueba (1931–2004) was, at the time of original publication, the Dean of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Professor in the Departments of Curriculum and Instruction, Education and Policy Studies, and Anthropology. He had received many awards for his research on language minority students from the American Educational Research Association and the National Association for Bilingual Education. He has written and co-authored many books articles and reviews.

Fabian A. Samaniego, was, at the time of original publication, a Lecturer in the Department of Spanish, University of California, Davis, where he had been Coordinator of the first-year Spanish program and Supervisor of Teaching Assistants.