For over twenty years, Margery has provided direct service to urban schools for inclusive and intrinsically motivating instruction. Recipient of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Relating Research to Practice Award, her work builds on experience as a university professor and, for nearly a decade, director of the University of Washington–Seattle doctoral program for aspiring educational leaders. Earlier in her career she was a teacher on the Menominee and Southern Ute reservations, U.S. Dept. of Education-funded Title I technical assistance provider to state education agencies, coordinator of migrant education in a nine-state region in the Southwest United States, and director of evaluation for the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES). Her most recent book, Excited to Learn: Motivation & Culturally Responsive Teaching (Corwin Press, 2015) received a 2016 IndieFab Book of the Year Award from the American Library Association. Her co-authored book Diversity & Motivation: Culturally Responsive Teaching in College (Jossey-Bass/Wiley) received the 2011 Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education. Her work with under-resourced schools received a U.S. Department of Education National Professional Development Award. Margery has a Ph.D. in Bilingual/Multicultural/Social Foundations of Education from the University of Colorado-Boulder. She currently lives in Chicago, Illinois with her husband, Raymond Wlodkowski and can be reached at margeryginsberg@gmail.com.