E. Wendy Saul, Ph.D. serves as the Allen B. and Helen S. Shopmaker Endowed Professor of Education and International Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She is the author/editor of numerous books and articles on critical literacy and the teaching of non-fiction text and is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences. Recent titles include Beyond the Science Fair: The Kids' Inquiry Conference (Heinemann 2005), Crossing Borders to Science and Literacy (IRA 2004), and a piece for Reading Research Quarterly titled "Choosing and Using Information Trade Books." Saul has also served as principal investigator for (U.S.) National Science Foundation grants totaling well over $5 million. She also coordinated the Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking Project, working extensively in Lithuania and Azerbaijan. Saul is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and recipient of the Regents Prize for Public Service from the University of Maryland. She served as English content editor throughout the journal’s history and copyedited the first six issues.

Olga Varshaver, M.A., professional translator of literature, editor, teacher. Member of Translators’ Union of Russia and Literary Translation Guild (translated I. Murdoch, T. Stoppard, A. Conan Doyle, V. Naipaul, N. Mailer, J. Updike, B. Malamud, R. Conquest, T. O’Brian, P. Theroux, J. Milton, Sh. Jackson, E. Farjeon, D. Almond, etc.) <http://inostranka.ru/ru/translators/>. Recently headed the translation project (R-E) for The Practical Dictionary of Siberia and the North (European Publications, 2005, 1200 pp.). Taught at schools in 1981-1990. Headed a number of long-term workshops for young translators. RWCT trainer and certifier. Director of RWCT Center in Moscow. She chairs the publications committee of the RWCT International Consortium. She has served as Russian copyeditor and manager of translation work for this bilingual journal throughout its history and has also been Russian content editor since 2003.

Daiva Penkauskiene, M.A. in Lithuanian language and literature. Director of Modern Didactics Center (educational NGO in Lithuania). She also teaches at Vilnius Pedagogical University. RWCT trainer and certifier. Executive director of RWCT International Consortium. She has served as managing editor throughout the journal’s history.

Inna Valkova, Ph.D., director of an independent testing organization, Center for Educational Assessment and Teaching Methods, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, national coordinator of OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), author of books and articles on evaluation and teaching methods. Headed RWCT program in Kyrgyzstan in 1997-2003. Founder and director of Critical Thinking Laboratory in American University in Central Asia (AUCA). She was the journal’s Russian content editor in 2001-2003.