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About the Editors
Louis Torres founded Aristos as a print journal in 1982. A graduate of Rutgers University, he went on to study child psychology at the University of Minnesota and earned an M.A. in the Teaching of English at Teachers College, Columbia University. After teaching sixth grade for one year, he taught English, and art and music appreciation, at the senior high school level. A specialist in the neglected fiction of Jack Schaefer (author of Shane), he is a member of the American Society for Aesthetics and the National Art Education Association. He is co-author of What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand (in which his approach to teaching arts appreciation is outlined), and has contributed articles to the Journal of Ayn Rand Studies.
Michelle Marder Kamhi has been associated with Aristos since 1984, becoming co-editor of the print journal in 1992. A graduate of Barnard College, she earned an M.A. in Art History at Hunter College, C.U.N.Y. Prior to her association with Aristos, she was an editor at Columbia University Press. She also conceived, produced, and directed Books Our Children Read, a documentary educational film. A member of the American Society for Aesthetics and the National Art Education Association, she is co-author of What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand, and has contributed articles to the Arts Education Policy Review and the Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, among other publications.
(See also Public Speaking and Teaching.)