publishes the most compelling and imaginative books being written in education today. Grounded on the theoretical advances in criticalism, feminism and postmodernism in the last two decades of the twentieth century, engages the meaning of these innovations in various forms of educational expression. Committed to the proposition that theoretical literature should be accessible to a variety of audiences, the series insists that its authors avoid esoteric and jargonistic languages that transform educational scholarship into an elite discourse for the initiated.

Barbara (Korth) Dennis is an Associate Professor of Qualitative Inquiry at Indiana University. She is teaches and writes at the nexus of critical social theory, qualitative research, and diversity with a particular interest in gender equity. She is completing a book on a long term ethnography with newcomer students in midwestern schools. Lucinda Carspecken is currently working on a book based on her ethnographic study of an Indiana festival site. Her other publications include research monographs written for the National Science Foundation on educational programs on Texas. She is affiliated with Indiana University primarily responsible for teaching introductory qualitative research methods courses. Phil Francis Carspecken is professor of inquiry and philosophy in the School of Education at Indiana University. He teaches courses and writes on qualitative social research, social theory and the philosophy of social science.