Judith Kaplan-Weinger is Professor Emeritus in the Linguistics at Northeastern Illinois University, faculty in Communication at Loyola University of Chicago, and faculty in Education at Dominican University. Erin Marks holds a Master of Arts in Linguistics from Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago. They have experience guiding university students with reading, writing, research, and testing strategies. Erin's research on autistic community discourse and on social media in politics has been presented at conferences internationally.