Aaron M. Kuntz is Department Head, Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling, and Associate Professor of Educational Studies at the University of Alabama, USA. He serves as Program Coordinator for the PhD in Educational Research and teaches graduate courses in qualitative inquiry and foundations of education. His research interests include critical qualitative inquiry, academic activism and citizenship, critical geography, and philosophy of education. Kuntz's publications appear in such diverse journals as Qualitative Inquiry , Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies , Journal of Language and Politics , The Journal of Higher Education , The Review of Higher Education , International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education , Higher Education Policy , and others. He co-authored Qualitative Inquiry for Equity in Higher Education: Methodological Implications, Negotiations, and Responsibilities (Jossey-Bass) and co-edited with John Petrovic the volume Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives, Local Practices (Routledge). He received his doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA.