The Authors Anne Colby is a senior scholar at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Elizabeth Beaumont is assistant professor of political science at the University of Minnesota. Thomas Ehrlich is a senior scholar at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Josh Corngold is a doctoral student in the philosophy of education at Stanford University. Anne Colby, Thomas Ehrlich, and Elizabeth Beaumont, along with Jason Stephens, are the coauthors of Educating Citizens, published by Jossey-Bass in 2003.