Handbook of Literacy in Africa

R. Malatesha Joshi is a Professor of Literacy Education and Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University, and the Editor of Reading and Writing, a high-impact journal and the monograph series Literacy Studies. Joshi is a Fellow of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities and American Educational Research Association. Joshi has published extensively on literacy acquisition among monolinguals and bilinguals.

Catherine McBride is Choh-Ming Li Professor Psychology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is Past President of both the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading and current President of the Association of Reading and Writing in Asia (until March of 2021). McBride has authored two books on literacy development and impairment, respectively and specializes in global reading and writing.

Bestern Kaani received his Ph.D.from Texas A & M University, USA and currently is a lecturer of special education at the University of Zambia. His research interests are in cross-language research and teacher preparation and has published and presented in international conferences on these topics.

Gad Elbeheri is received his Ph.D. in Linguistics & English Language, from Durham University, UK and currently works as the Managing Director, Global Educational Consultants in Cairo, Egypt. Previously, he was the dean of the Australian College of Kuwait. He has published on the assessment and intervention in Arabic.

R. Malatesha Joshi 是德州農工大學的識字教育與教育心理學教授，也是高影響力期刊《Reading and Writing》及專著系列《Literacy Studies》的編輯。Joshi 是國際學習障礙研究學院和美國教育研究協會的院士。他在單語者和雙語者的識字獲得方面發表了大量研究。

Catherine McBride 是香港中文大學的李卓敏心理學教授。她曾擔任閱讀科學研究學會的會長，並且是亞洲閱讀與寫作協會的現任會長（直到2021年3月）。McBride 分別撰寫了兩本有關識字發展和障礙的書籍，並專注於全球閱讀與寫作。

Bestern Kaani 獲得美國德州農工大學的博士學位，目前是贊比亞大學的特殊教育講師。他的研究興趣在於跨語言研究和教師培訓，並在這些主題上發表和參加國際會議。

Gad Elbeheri 獲得英國達勒姆大學的語言學與英語語言博士學位，目前在埃及開羅擔任全球教育顧問公司的董事總經理。此前，他曾擔任科威特澳大利亞學院的院長。他在阿拉伯語的評估和干預方面發表了研究。