Pam B. Cole is a Distinguished Professor of English Education and Literacy at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia. She is a former high school English teacher and middle school English/reading teacher from Virginia. Recipient of numerous awards for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and professional service, her work has been published widely in English language arts and reading journals and books, including The ALAN Review, The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Voices from the Middle, and SIGNAL Journal. She is a past president of SIGNAL and former editor of SIGNAL Journal. She has served as vice-president for the Georgia Council of Teachers of English and state conference coordinator. She currently teaches English language arts methods, young adult literature, reading methods and theory, and content area reading in the Clarice C. Bagwell College of Education at Kennesaw State University. She lives in Kennesaw, Georgia, with her son Taylor.