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Roozbeh is an assistant professor of comparative and international education in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of numerous research articles that examine the intersections of social inequality, formations of youth citizenship and social belonging, and education reform in contexts characterized by rapid sociopolitical change. Shirazi has conducted research and worked on educational initiatives in New York and other U.S. cities, as well as Jordan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, France and the Maldives.

Marvin Lynn is Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Maryland at College Park where he founded and currently heads a graduate program in Minority & Urban Education. Having published in several well-respected academic journals, including Teachers College Record, Educational Theory, Qualitative Studies in Education, Equity & Excellence in Education, Urban Education, Educational Philosophy and Theory & Review of Research in Education, he has emerged as one of the leaders of the field of critical race studies in education. He wrote a very popular

Adam Alvarez, Ph.D., began his career as an elementary teacher at a residential treatment facility where he taught in a self-contained classroom for K-5th grade students with a range of traumatic experiences and diverse racial, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. As an assistant professor of urban education at Rowan University, Alvarez’s research aims to support educators in K-12 settings. He is particularly interested in educators who work with children of color, children living in urban environments and children who are exposed to violence and trauma. Alvarez uses various race-based