Eight Great Living Writers Who Illuminate the Darkness
2026 NCTE Annual Convention · 20 November 2026 · 15:30–16:45 · 126-A (100 Level)
Eight Great Living Writers Who Illuminate the Darkness was a session at 2026 NCTE Annual Convention on 20 November 2026 in Philadelphia, with 28 speakers on record.
Speakers
- Carl Young — Speaker Associate Professor, English Education, North Carolina State University
- Ashley Black — Speaker Northwest Missouri State University
- Emily Gaskin — Speaker Fourth Grade Teacher, Nantucket New School
- Elizabeth Kennard — Speaker English Teacher, Charlotte Country Day School
- Sheryl Long — Speaker Director of the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program, University of North Carolina System
- Dorsett Davis — Speaker Teacher, Greensboro Day School
- Lindsay Schneider — Chair Reagan High School
- Elise Wallace — Speaker Vermont State University
- A.S. King — Speaker Scholastic
- Joan Mitchell — Chair Wake Forest University
- Justin Corazza — Speaker Cranford High School
- Lauren Jensen — Speaker Crimson Global Academy
- Stephen Langford — Speaker West Forsyth High School
- Kate Llewellyn — Speaker North Cross School
- Erika Thurman — Speaker Charlotte Latin School
- Luke Rodesiler — Speaker Purdue University Fort Wayne
- Kelli Sowerbrower — Speaker Northgate High School
- Leni Caldwell — Speaker Wake Forest University
- Kate Youngblood — Speaker Benjamin Franklin High School
- Liz Shults — Speaker Homewood High School
- Victor Malo-Juvera — Speaker University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Michelle Falter — Speaker St. Norbert College
- Brook Davis — Speaker Wake Forest University
- Lenora McNamara — Speaker The Arts Based School
- Madeline Vela — Speaker Charlotte Country Day School
- Heather Barto Wiley — Chair R.J. Reynolds High School
- Liz Shanks — Speaker Loudoun County Public Schools
- Rebecca Warchut — Speaker Simsbury Public Schools