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253 CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS W. B. Allen is Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University. He recently completed, with Carol M. Allen, Habits of Mind: Ethics and Change in Higher Education. Elissa Fineman is working on her Ph.D. at The University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Radio-Television-Film. She is a visiting assistant professor at Trinity University in San Antonio, where she teaches classes on web design and media criticism. She has presented papers at the Association of International Communication Association and the Association of Internet Researchers. She is also the coauthor of the video documentary, Labores de la Vida (The Labors of Life). Carl D. Glickman is President of The Institute for Schools, Education, and Democracy , Inc., and University Professor Emeritus of Social Foundations of Education at the University of Georgia. He is on the Board of the National Commission of Learning In Deed, a countrywide initiative to revitalize democratic citizenry by connecting student academic learning with service to local communities. He is the chair of collaborations focused on democratic education including the League of Professional Schools, author of twelve books, and is currently completing two books, Leadership for Learning and Holding Sacred Ground: The Hidden Story Behind Successful Progressive Public Schools. Miguel A. Guajardo, a teacher by training, has worked with neighborhoods, nonpro ¤ts organizations, and schools to develop effective youth community development strategies. He is presently a graduate student (A.B.D.) in the Educational Administration program at The University of Texas. He has co-authored a number of articles that focus on youth community development and community change issues. Miguel has been a Fellow with the Kellogg International Leadership Program (Class II) and the Salzburg Seminar’s Urban Youth Session. He is committed to the training and development of public intellectuals. Miguel is a Project Coordinator with the Urban Issues Program at The University of Texas at Austin. James W. Koschoreck is an Assistant Professor in the Educational Administration Program at the University of Cincinnati. Identifying as a social dissident, he engages in the ongoing battle against the windmills of bigotry and intolerance. His current research agenda includes the examination of lesbian and gay issues in public education. He has most recently published in Education and Urban Society, Educational Administration Quarterly, the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, and 254 Contributors International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. He is currently working as co-editor on a special issue of the Journal of School Leadership that will focus on gay and lesbian issues in educational administration. Julie Laible was an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama before she was killed. She was a highly active, anti-racist scholar and teacher. She also was an active anti-racist in her community. She was a close friend to many of us, always setting a loving, caring example in all of her relationships. This book is dedicated to her and her work. Gerardo R. Lopéz is an Assistant Professor in the department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His specializations are educational policy, parental involvement, and school-community relations. He has published in the American Educational Research Journal, Harvard Educational Review, Educational Administration Quarterly, and International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education and is currently working on an edited book on racism in qualitative research methodology. Kanya Mahitivanichcha is a third-year doctoral student in Educational Policy and Planning at The University of Texas at Austin. She is a recent graduate of Harvard College (A.B., Economics) and Harvard Graduate School of Education (Ed.M.). She has lived in four countries and worked in a variety of cultural settings. Her research interests include economics of education, research methods, program evaluation , and educational reform. She has co-authored articles in the American Journal of Educational Research and Educational Administration Quarterly. Her current dissertation addresses human capital accumulation and the occupational outcomes of women. Steven I. Miller is Professor in the Department of Foundations, Leadership and Counseling Psychology, School of Education, and Adjunct Department of Philosophy at Loyola University, Chicago. His areas of research interest include: social epistemology and education, philosophy of social science, philosophical issues in educational research , and qualitative research methods. He has authored articles in Proto Sociology: Journal of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Social Epistemology, Analytic Teaching, and Synthese . Recent areas of publication include the relationships of contexts to events and the ontological commitments of Null Hypothesis Statistical Testing. Patricia Sánchez is a doctoral...