David Pogue is the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. Each week, he contributes a print column, an online column and an online video. His daily blog, “Pogue’s Posts,” is the Times most popular blog. David Pogue is also an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News, a frequent guest on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” and a regular on CNBC. With over 3 million books in print, David is one of the world’s bestselling how-to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the “for Dummies” series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music); in 1999, he launched his own series of complete, funny computer books called the Missing Manual series, which now includes 60 titles. David graduated summa cum laude from Yale in 1985, with distinction in Music, and he spent ten years conducting and arranging Broadway musicals in New York. He’s been profiled on both “48 Hours” and “60 Minutes.” In 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in music from the Shenandoah Conservatory.

Dr. Christopher Conway is Associate Professor of Spanish and faculty co-chair of the UT Arlington OneBook Program. He is the author of The Cult of Bolívar in Latin American Literature (University Press of Florida, 2003), the editor Peruvian Traditions by Ricardo Palma (Oxford University Press, 2004) and is currently editing a book on the U.S. Mexico War. Other recent scholarship includes articles on banditry, race, gender, sexuality and spiritualism in nineteenth-century Mexico. Conway has also published essays on teaching and technology for the online magazine Inside Higher Ed. As an early adopter of blogs at UT Arlington, Conway has led workshops at UT Arlington on blogging and related technology tools, and also designed media-rich, "Active Learning"-oriented Distance Education courses. Christopher Conway holds a Ph.D. in literature from the University of California, San Diego (1996).

Dr. Carolyn Guertin is Director of the eCreate Lab and Assistant Professor of Digital Media in the Department of English at the University of Texas at Arlington. She also serves as a member of graduate faculties at Athabasca University in Canada and Transart Institute in Austria. Formerly, she was Social Sciences and Humanities Research Postdoctoral Fellow and Senior McLuhan Fellow at the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto from 2004-06 after having earned her PhD in digital narrative in the Department of English at the University of Alberta. She has taught, exhibited and published internationally, and does theoretical work in visual culture, cyber feminism, born-digital arts, and information aesthetics. She is a literary adviser to the Electronic Literature Organization, an editorial board member of Convergence, and a member of the MLA Committee on Information Technology. From 1999 to 2005, she was curator of Assemblage: The Online Women’s New Media Gallery. She is working on a new book on the politics of creation within digital culture.

Andrew Leverenz has been at UT Arlington for seven years and is currently Web Site and Content Coordinator for the web services group of the Office of University Publications. In addition to being responsible for the main university web site and many department sites, he is lead web developer for the University's implementation of the Cascade Server content management system. Andrew first started as a web developer in 1997 when the World Wide Web contained a mere 300 million pages. His approach to web communication is reflected by nearly 20 years of experience in fundraising and marketing for higher education and nonprofits.

Amy Schultz has worked in higher education for over 20 years, with experience in communications, marketing, publications and external relations.  As Assistant Vice President for University Communications at The University of Texas at Arlington, she oversees marketing, merchandising, and community relations and plays an integral role in other communications efforts including the “Be A Maverick” branding initiative.  In her role as Special Assistant to the President, she is involved in special projects.  She joined UT Arlington in 2002. Amy has worked as an image/marketing consultant and freelance graphic designer and writer.  She has taught numerous courses and workshops on topics including college success, group dynamics, public relations and creativity. Amy served on the Stetson University Alumni Board of Directors from 2002-2005, participated in the Leadership Arlington Class of 2003-04, and currently serves on the Leaderships Arlington Board of Directors.  She holds a B.A. In Marketing from the University of Florida and a Masters in Higher Education Administration from Stetson University.