Our Editorial Team

Monica Eckman, Vice President of Content and Product Strategy

E-mail: Monica.Eckman@corwin.com

Monica is the Vice President of Content and Product Strategy for Corwin Press, a Sage Publishing company. She manages the Acquisitions and Content Development Editors as well as the Learning Design teams while spearheading the strategic vision for print, digital, and professional learning services. Prior to joining Corwin, Monica was the Editorial & Product Management Director for Sage College, managing Acquisitions teams for Congressional Quarterly Press, Communication Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, Gender Studies as well as Product Managers who built digital products across the company.   Prior to Corwin and Sage, Monica spent 10 years at Cengage and 15 years at McGraw Hill in a variety of leadership, editorial, and product management roles. While she saw incredible success at both companies, it was during her time at Cengage where she was asked to help transform the company with new business models and to manage a team to focus on their digital future. Her expertise and passion for editorial coupled with her deep understanding of digital tools for learning will help keep Corwin content relevant and impactful for the long term.

Teaching is in Monica’s blood, her mother was a K12 teacher and her father was a medical doctor/professor at the University of Toronto. Monica grew up on the downtown University of Toronto campus, she holds a Bachelor’s  degree in Psychology from McGill University, Montreal and a Master’s Degree in Mass Communication/Journalism from Emerson College, Boston.  Monica is married and lives in Andover, Massachusetts.  She has two sons who are university students in New England.

Lisa Luedeke, Director and Publisher

LITERACY
E-mail: lisa.luedeke@corwin.com

A life-long New Englander, Lisa was born in Connecticut, raised in Maine, and went to college in Vermont and New Hampshire. Armed with a BA in English and a masters degree in teaching secondary English, she taught high school in Maine, became a sales representative for Macmillan’s college division, and taught high school English in an IB program in Slovenia, but she landed her dream job—as an editor for Heinemann’s secondary and college English lists—in 1997. After thirteen years there, she landed her second dream job—as the founding Publisher of Corwin Literacy. Lisa’s first young adult novel, Smashed, was published by Simon & Schuster in August 2012 and she’s just finished drafting her second. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband, daughter, and dog, Ginger, where they hike, ski, swim, and hang out at their local bookstore, The Toadstool.

Erin Null, Associate Director and Publisher

MATH, STEM
Telephone: (805) 410-2004
E-mail: enull@corwin.com

A “Bay Area gal” in her heart, Erin was born in San Francisco and raised in San Jose, California. After stints living in Paris and Connecticut, she returned to California and has rooted herself and her family in Folsom (yes the one with the prison). Having begun her publishing career in 2003, Erin has held nearly every publishing role there is starting out packing books in a warehouse, and moving through various marketing, sales, and production roles before she found her true home in editorial, where she first honed her Acquisitions Editor skills at Jossey-Bass/Wiley. Erin joined Corwin in 2014 where she founded and launched the Corwin Mathematics imprint. She is now Associate Director and Publisher overseeing the STEM and School Improvement lists. Erin’s skill and experience lie not just in developing print and digital books and journals, but also training and development tools; online assessments; and online and hybrid workshops, seminars, conferences, and certification programs. Erin earned her bachelor’s degrees in English Literature and French at University of California, Davis. As the daughter of a teacher, and as a mother and a lifelong learner, Erin has a deep passion for the role our schools play in helping all young people reach their ultimate potential.

Jessica Allan, Senior Publisher

BRAIN-COMPATIBLE TEACHING AND LEARNING, EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION, SCHOOL COUNSELING, AND VISIBLE LEARNING
E-mail: jessica.allan@corwin.com

Jessica was born in England and lived in Australia and 6 states before settling in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. She attended the University of Richmond, taught high school English in France, and then began her career in publishing at Random House while earning an M.A. in Literature from NYU. Jessica continued to work in publishing in New York City, for Callaway and then Scholastic, before joining Brookes Publishing as an acquisitions editor for literacy, learning disabilities, and mental health. She joined Corwin in 2007 and feels privileged to work with such dedicated professionals—both colleagues and authors. Her husband works in publishing as well, so they own a lot of bookcases. She is a true believer in the importance of public education and a champion of her authors. Outside of work, Jessica cherishes free time spent reading, traveling, running with her dog, hiking with her two sons, and cheering on the Packers and the Buckeyes.