Dr. Amanda Nicole Gulla is a Professor of English Education at Lehman College, and Coordinator of the graduate program in English Education. Her teaching and scholarship are both intimately connected to her work as a poet, as she brings aesthetic education and ekphrastic poetry into the English Language Arts classroom. She serves as a member of the Anti-Racism Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee of the Department of Middle and High School Education, Chair of the Arts and Inquiry in the Visual and Performing Arts in Education SIG of AERA, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Maxine Greene Institute.