David E. Wilson taught English, journalism, and history for ten years in public and private secondary schools in Missouri, Afghanistan, Pennsylvania, and Iowa. As a high school teacher he participated in the Iowa Writing Project, later becoming a Project instructor. He is an associate professor of English Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he works with preservice and inservice teachers through Teachers College and the Nebraska Writing Project. Dr. Wilson received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.