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Alexandra Panos is an Associate Professor of Literacy Studies at the University of South Florida and Associate Director of Research for the University of Minnesota’s Center for Climate Literacy. Her work focuses on socioecological literacies, place-based methodologies, and the role of literacy in mediating relationships among people, place, and power. She leads research collaborations, teacher collectives, and community partnerships centered on climate justice and infrastructure-building for sustainable futures. Fawn Canady is an Assistant Professor of Literacy at Southern Oregon University. She previously taught high school English with a focus on project-based learning at a Career and Technical Academy. Her work includes leadership roles in teacher development and sustainability education, and her research interests focus on multimodal story making, environmental and climate change literacies, and literacy teacher education. She is also involved in writing project initiatives and sustainability-focused faculty collaboration. Jill Castek is a Professor of Literacy, Technology and Bi/multicultural STEM learning. Her research and teaching explores the development of digital literacies across the lifespan, in both print and digital forms, in classrooms and community learning spaces. Her work connects global initiatives for climate justice and digital design to promote creative, critical, and reflective teaching and learning. Sarah Evans is a Senior Lecturer in Education at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Drawing on eco-feminist New Materialism, her work primarily focuses on reconceptualizing the language used in climate change education policy and practice through a critical posthuman philosophical lens. Richard Beach is Professor Emeritus of English Education at the University of Minnesota. His work has centered on teaching literature, composition, media literacy, and the role of language in English language arts instruction, with a particular emphasis on climate change education. He has also examined how students engage with environmental issues through school-based and community learning contexts. He previously served as President of the Literacy Research Association.