Cyndi Giorgis is a Professor of Literacy Education and Children's Literature at Arizona State University, where she teaches courses in children's literature, multimodal literature, reading, writing, and action research. She is the recipient of the International Reading Association's Arbuthnot Award for Outstanding Professor of Children's and Young Adult Literature. Cyndi has served on many children's book award committees including the Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal, Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, Pura Belpré Award, and the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction.