Contributors

Alice Binchy is an independent scholar, and works in Tallaght Intercultural Action in Dublin, Ireland.

William Binchy, Barrister-at-Law, is Regius Professor of Laws in the School of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Gillian Cameron taught in several primary schools in Fife and Dundee, Scotland, before joining the Gypsy and Traveller Education support service in Fife in 1998. She joined the Scottish Traveller Education Programme (STEP) funded by the Scottish Government and based at the University of Edinburgh as a seconded teacher in 2007.

Geoff Danaher teaches in the Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies program at the Rockhampton campus of CQUniversity, Australia.

Caroline Dyer is Senior Lecturer in Development Practice at the Centre for Development Studies at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom.

Feodisia V. Gabysheva is the Acting Minister of Education in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the Russian Federation.

Francesca Gobbo is Professor of Intercultural Education at the University of Turin, Italy, where she also teaches Anthropology of Education.

Judith A. Gouwens is Associate Professor in the Elementary Education program in the College of Education and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.

Robyn Henderson is a Senior Lecturer in Literacies Education at the Toowoomba campus of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.

Cathy Kiddle has worked with Traveller families as teacher, writer and researcher for over 20 years, starting as field officer for the Advisory Council for the Education of Romanies and other Travellers in London. Currently she works freelance as a teacher, writer and researcher and is involved with a number of community oral history projects.

Martin Levinson is Senior Lecturer in the Education of Minority/Marginal Groups in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom.

Jean-Pierre Liégeois teaches sociology at the Université René Descartes (Paris, Sorbonne), France, where in 1979 he founded and directed until 2003 the Gypsy Research Centre.

Beverley Moriarty is Associate Head of School, Teacher Education, on the Dubbo campus of Charles Sturt University, Australia.

Wendy Morrow is Assistant Secretary and Educational Officer at the Australian Romani School for Gypsy Culture and Language in Adelaide, Australia.

Rozalia S. Nikitina is Associate Professor in the Research Institute for National Schools in the Russian Federation.

Kamil Özerk is Professor of Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Oslo, Norway. He also holds a part-time professorship at the Sami University College in Norway.

Pauline Padfield is Director of the Scottish Traveller Education Programme (STEP).

Vassily A. Robbek is a member of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Russian Federation.

Natalia V. Sitnikova is head of the Secondary Education Department in the Ministry of Education in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the Russian Federation.

Manuel Souto Otero is Lecturer in Education Policy in the Department of Education at the University of Bath, United Kingdom.

Gidado Tahir is Professor of Adult and Higher Education at the University of Abuja, Nigeria.

Abdurrahman Umar is the Education Specialist at the Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, Canada.