William T. Pink is Professor Emeritus of educational policy and leadership studies in the College of Education at Marquette University in the US, where he has served as both department chair and as director of the doctoral program. He has published widely in the areas of delinquency, sociology of education, and educational reform. He was the co-editor of The Urban Review (Springer), from 1978 until 2017, co-editor of a book series entitled Understanding Education, Social Justice, and Policy (Hampton Press), and co-editor of the book series entitled Education, Equity, Economy (Springer). His most recent books are Cultural Matters: Lesson Learned from Field Studies of Several Leading School Reform Strategies (Hampton Press, 2005), The International Handbook of Urban Education (Springer, 2007), Schools for Marginalized Youth: An International Perspective (Hampton Press, 2015), Education, Equity, Economy: Crafting a New Intersection (Springer, 2016), and The Second International Handbook of Urban Education (Springer, 2017). He is a senior editor of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education (Oxford University Press), and the editor-in-chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of School Reform (Oxford University Press, 2022).