Gary Salvner, a former elementary and secondary school teacher, is a professor of English education and chair of the English department at Youngstown State University. He teaches courses in young adult and children’s literature, English methods, and composition, and codirects the YSU English Festival, a nationally recognized program for encouraging and rewarding reading and writing among young people. Salvner is also a former president of ALAN and a former Ohio College English Language Arts Educator of the Year.
