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| About the Editors & Authors | |
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Tony Devine is the vice-president of the International Educational Foundation, an organization promoting holistic moral education. Holder of a Masters in Education, in the late 1980s he developed and directed international exchange programs between the former Soviet Union and the United States. Mr. Devine gives presentations and training to educators, family experts and community leaders on current insights in character, marriage and family, and adolescent life skills education and the interrelationships among these fields. His advocacy efforts have taken him throughout Europe and Asia, and he has been a featured speaker in national conferences in the United States. |
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Josephine Hauer has earned a Masters degree from Harvard University and is currently completing a doctoral dissertation at the University of Bridgeport. Her current research involves empirical evaluation of innovative character education practices on the moral development of Russian adolescents. Ms. Hauer co-founded a private elementary school in Connecticut and has been the Academic Dean of a high school specializing in moral education since 1997. She has taught English, Social Studies and Ethics for 9-12th grades. She frequently consults with both public and private schools on character-based program development, teacher training and curriculum infusion both locally and abroad. |
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June Saunders is the author of Boundless as the Sea: A Guide to Family Love (1997). She has presented papers on marriage, family and character issues at schools and conferences in America and overseas. She is a wife and mother of two sons and runs a women's support group on marriage and family matters. With her B.A. in English from the University of Iowa, where she was a member of the Writers Workshop, Ms. Saunders is particularly concerned with the moral impact of literature on young readers and advocates for an enriched literature program in schools and homes. |
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Dr. Joon Ho Seuk is the president of the International Educational Foundation. He holds a doctorate in public administration and oversees the organization of numerous international conferences for educational, family, community and cultural leaders in Russia, China and other countries. He has co-edited various textbooks on moral education, most notably Family Ethics and Character Education, published this year by the China Academy of Social Sciences, and he has directed the development of the widely used Russian character education texts, First Peak and I in the World of People. A native of Korea who lives in New York, Dr. Seuk has been working to integrate Eastern and Western values for the contemporary world. |
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John R. Williams is the editor of multimedia curricula on character-based abstinence, marriage and family education and has been a featured speaker at marriage and abstinence education seminars. He is co-author and editor of Love, Life and Family, a high school resource manual on sexuality and marriage education for teachers and administrators. With Cathy, his wife of 18 years, Mr. Williams provides couple mentoring. He holds degrees in education, sociology and history. |
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Dr. Andrew Wilson has a Ph.D. from Harvard University and teaches Moral Theology and Biblical Studies in upstate New York. His long-standing concern for inter-cultural ethics led him to produce World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts (1991), a widely used text that highlights the shared values and common ground among the world's religions. He wrote on the moral ideals of the family in True Family Values (1996) in addition to numerous other books and articles on ethics, education and culture. |
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