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I am originally from Toronto, and now reside in Montreal (and, consequently, now know that Toronto is not the center of the universe). I studied for two years in France in the early 1980s, which proved to be a formative learning experience, and then undertook the rest of my university studies in Canada in political science, sociology and education. I completed my doctorate in the sociology of education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto in 1996, with my thesis examining anti-racism and institutional culture in education. For the past few years, I have been a professor at Youngstown State University, where I teach courses in multicultural education, the sociology of education, diversity and leadership, and qualitative methodology. My current research is broadly concerned with social justice, with specific threads related to race and identity, critical pedagogy, democracy and political literacy, and intercultural education. In 2007, I co-edited The Great White North? Exploring Whiteness, Privilege and Identity in Education (Rotterdam: Sense Publishers), and co-edited another book, entitled Doing Democracy: Striving for Political Literacy and Social Justice (New York: Peter Lang), in 2008 as well as two other edited books dealing with intercultural education and youth culture, respectively, in progress. I also write poetry, and have been fortunate enough to collaborate with Spanish-speaking colleagues on several literary projects. Lastly, I have been involved in a range of projects and initiatives in relation to solidarity with Latin America. My website is: www.coe.ysu.edu/~paulcarr/.