John Meehan (@MeehanEDU) is an English teacher, instructional coach, and professional development specialist from Washington, D.C. He is the author of EDrenaline Rush: Game-Changing Student Engagement Inspired by Theme Parks, Mud Runs, and Escape Rooms (2019) and the co-author of Fully Engaged: Playful Pedagogy for Real Results (2021) – co-authored with Wisconsin-based educator and classroom gamification pioneer Michael Matera, the author of eXPlore Like a Pirate. In July of 2020, Book Authority ranked EDrenaline Rush among the top 10 titles on their list of the “100 Best Teaching Books of All Time.” A nationally recognized speaker in the fields of student engagement and classroom gamification, John is a 2017 ASCD Emerging Leader and an alumnus of the 2016-2018 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Teacher Advisory Council. Together in March of 2021, John and Michael co-founded EMC2Learning.com, an online members community that now provides hundreds of gamified classroom resources to thousands of educators, schools, and districts all around the world. In January of 2023, EMC2 Learning was the winner of the Future of Education Technology Conference’s Pitchfest competition in the category of Best Online Classes, and was named a finalist in District Administration Magazine’s Top EdTech Products of 2023.