Dr. Natalie A. Johnson-Leslie, is an Associate Professor of teacher education at Arkansas State University. She received her PhD from Iowa State University in the areas of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies as well as Curriculum and Instructional Technology. She teaches early childhood, mid-level and secondary education pre-service teachers. Her main research interests lie in the field of educational leadership, technology integration in the curriculum, assessing and evaluating student behavior as well as school violence.

H. Steve Leslie, is Instructor of Business Communication and the former Interim Director of the Arkansas State University Faculty Center. Mr. Leslie also spent 7 years as an adjunct instructor in Communication Studies at Arkansas State University. His professional background is in education, banking and financial systems, sales and service management, and as an integrator, trainer and financial analyst. Mr. Leslie has a teaching diploma in Math and Science; M.B.A. in Finance and Banking; M.A. in Communication Studies and M.S. in Information Systems and E-Commerce. His research interests include school violence, human communication, sales and service management and gender equity. He recently completed the Specialist in Community College Teaching and is currently working towards a doctorate in Educational Leadership.