James D. Kirylo

James D. Kirylo is Associate Professor of education in the College of Education and Human Development at Southeastern Louisiana University. He has taught at the University of South Alabama, Universidad Evángelica del Paraguay, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and for many years at the elementary school level; he is the recipient of several teaching awards. His research interests are in the areas of teacher leadership, curriculum development, literacy, and critical pedagogy. He has published works in several journals, and is the author of Teaching, Learning, and Reflecting: Essays on Education (2004) and co-editor of Curriculum Development: Perspectives from Around the World (2010).