The Third Teacher began as a research project, became a book, functions as a design tool, and serves as the impetus for an emerging group within the architecture firm, Cannon Design and a global network of innovative thought leaders.

A TEAM

Trung Le - Architect

Trung Le is a pioneer of Cannon Design’s education practice and has an incessant passion for learning. Le is widely recognized as an advocate for incorporating multiple intelligences and learning styles in the design of education environments. As the lead designer for Cannon Design’s education group, he creates spaces that encourage inquiry and imagination and offer students a sense of what it means to be a part of a global community.

Christian Long - Educator

Christian founded Be Playful, a collaborative global design agency focused on the intersection between school planning/design, emerging technology, professional development, and future trending. Additionally, he founded Prototype, a national design program empowering young people to solve real problems in real communities, and co-founded Reimagine:Ed, a national series of initiatives exploring the future of learning.

Sarah Malin - Anthropologist

Sarah Malin provides The Third Teacher team an attention to the implicit values that drive a community and a keen ability to synthesize and articulate findings. With a background in Anthropology from Northwestern University, she researched identity negotiation in Morocco’s urban centers and ran student organizations that empowered students to engage in social justice and international development issues. Following academia, she applied her ethnographic skills to first communications consulting and then design strategy via Design for America.