Carolyn MacCullough, MFA, The New School; author of young adult novels Falling Through Darkness (a New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age), Stealing Henry, and Drawing the Ocean.

Francesca Magnani, Laurea, U. of Bologna; MA, NYU; Fulbright Scholar; teaches Italian and literature at NYU; has taught at Baruch College and CUNY Graduate Center.

Iman Maiki, MA; specializes in teaching Arabic in multicultural societies; has taught at Columbia U., Queens College, The New School, NYU, and other institutions in here and in Britain.

Tanya Mairs, PhD, Columbia U.; teaches at NYU; has also taught at Barnard College, Columbia Prep, and American U. of Paris; translator of The Red Monarch by Yuri Krotkov; articles in Ulbandus Review.

Giuseppe Manca, studied at U. of Cagliari; trained in foreign language teaching methods at The New School; co-author of Piacere!

Elizabeth Marner-Brooks, has hosted a live television show, performed in television news broadcasting, and given presentations for major corporations throughout the U.S., including on a major TV network.

Alfredo Marques, Baccalauréat littérature et art, license de musicologie, U. of Paris VIII; has taught French at The New School since 2002; also teaches French at Mannes College The New School for Music.

Douglas Martin, MPhil, CUNY Graduate Center; author of novels Branwell and Outline of My Lover and story collection They Change the Subject; co-author, the haiku year; work anthologized in Biting the Error: Writers Explore Narrative, New Writing 11.

Sonya Mason, DMA, Manhattan School of Music (MSM); concert pianist; has performed in the United States, Japan, Europe, and Australia; faculty member and chair of Theory and Ear Training department, MSM Precollege Division.

Barbara Mates, PhD, Columbia U.; licensed and certified speech-language pathologist; licensed psychologist; certified teacher of people with speech and hearing impairments; director, American Diagnostic Learning and Reading Center; adjunct professor, CCNY-CUNY.

Maureen McAllister, MBA, Columbia U.; director of fashion industry mentoring program at Fashion Industries High School; teaches at Parsons The New School for Design; has also taught at St. Francis College and St. John's U.; was a visiting professor in the Advertising Educational Foundation program of the ad agency Jordan, McGrath, Case & Taylor.

Leslie McCleave, MFA, NYU; films have received top awards at Sundance, SXSW, Los Angeles, Locarno, and San Francisco film festivals and been screened in New Directors/New Films at MoMA, Berlin International Film Festival, and others and broadcast on the Sundance Channel and FilmFour UK; grants from NEA, Creative Capital Foundation, NYSCA, and Radziwill Documentary Fund.

Madge McKeithen, MFA, Queens University of Charlotte; author of Blue Peninsula: Essential Words for a Life of Loss and Change.

Matthew P. Melucci, MA, Wesleyan U.; freelance writer and journalist with experience in newspapers, magazines, and online publications, including as managing editor of MTV Interactive's SonicNet news team; winner, Scripps Howard Natl. Journalism Award, two Webbies, and ASCAP Deems Taylor Award.

Valerie Mendelson, PhD, CUNY Graduate Center; has taught at Hunter College and CCNY; papers on French artists and art historians, women collectors in France, and Victorian landscape photography presented at CAA, NEMLA, Barnard College, and elsewhere; artwork exhibited in New York, Alabama, Maryland, and Boston.

Polly Merdinger, MA, EdM; co-author of Even If You Can't Carry a Tune; has taught ESL and ESL teaching at the American Language Program and Columbia U. Teachers College.

Sharon M. Mesmer, MFA, Brooklyn College; NYFA Poetry Fellowships (Jerome Grant, co-recipient); Fulbright Senior Specialist; publications include Annoying Diabetic Bitch, The Virgin Formica, Ma Vie Ö Yonago, In Ordinary Time, and The Empty Quarter; member of flarf collective.

David N. Meyer, BFA, Temple U.; author of Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music (named one of the 20 best nonfiction books of the year by the LA Times and five best rock books of the year by Rolling Stone); also wrote One Hundred Best Films to Rent You've Never Heard Of and A Girl and a Gun: The Complete Guide to Film Noir on Video; film editor of The Brooklyn Rail.

Steven Milowitz, PhD, NYU; teaches English and American literature at Ramaz School; has taught at Choate Rosemary Hall; author of Philip Roth Considered: The Concentrationary Universe of the American Writer.

Catherine Mindolovich, PhD, The New School for Social Research; staff psychologist, Intl. Center for the Disabled, specializing in assessment and treatment of physical and psychological trauma, neuropsychological assessment, and cognitive rehabilitation; psychotherapist in private practice with children and adults.

Philippe-Gerard Montanari, studied at Catholic U. of Argentina; member of AATF; has taught French and Spanish for more than 20 years.

Louise Montello, PhD, NYU; Certif., American Music Therapy Assn.; coordinator, New School Creative Arts Therapy Certificate Program; clinical research scientist, NYU Dept. of Psychiatry; associate editor, Intl. Journal of Arts Medicine; guest lecturer, Manhattan School of Music; psychotherapy private practice.

Robert S. Montgomery, MFA, Yale School of Drama; author of plays including Subject to Fits, Electra, and Genesis; his work has been produced by the Public Theater, La MAMA ETC, Royal Shakespeare Co., and others here and abroad.

Jeffrey M. Mooney, has been teaching American Sign Language for more than 20 years; has performed sign language music on Broadway and at Shea Stadium; has signed for such celebrities as Bette Midler, Gene Wilder, the Village People, and Brian Tochi (Police Academy); has appeared in a variety of performances and commercials; has taught at the U. of Florida, Hunter College, Great Neck North HS, PS 19, PS 188, and LaGuardia Community College; private sign language/music tutor.

Caitlin Morgan, MA, School for Intl. Training; RSA, Cambridge U.; assistant director of English Language Studies, The New School for General Studies; has taught ESL and trained teachers in the U.S. and abroad; freelance ESL materials writer.

Laura Morgan, MA, The New School; producer and director of award-winning films for NBC, Showtime, and European and Asian TV; has worked as an actress, assistant director, editor, and art director on feature films.

Douglas Morse, MFA, NYU; independent filmmaker; feature films include The Adulterer (Best of Fest, Sarasota), 2000 Miles to Maine (distributed by L.L. Bean and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy), The Summoning of Everyman (funded by a grant from the Faculty Development Fund; screened at the International Medieval Congress and the Medieval Forum), and The Merchant of Venice: Uncut, a video adaptation of a play staged at Cambridge U., where he was a visiting scholar.

Eileen Mullan, MFA, Center for Creative Studies, Wayne State U.; taught at U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor; has exhibited at Detroit Inst. of Arts and U. of California, Berkeley.

Fred Murhammer, BFA, NYU; computer graphics trainer and design consultant.

John Charles Murphy, MA, U. of Colorado; Completion Diploma, Ecole Jacques Lecoq; director, writer, and producer; has taught acting and performance studies in Europe and the U.S.; has acted in plays, film, television, and commercials; performs seasonally with Mummenschanz.