Jeanne Ballantine is Emerita Professor of Sociology at Wright State University. She has taught at several four-year colleges over her career, as well as in international programs in universities abroad. Dr. Ballantine has written several textbooks in addition to this one; her most recent is the new edition of Our Social World: An Introduction to Sociology (SAGE 2019). In her distinguished career, Dr. Ballantine has been awarded by the American Sociological Association and the North Central Sociological Association for her outstanding contributions to teaching and her commitment and impact on the field of sociology.
Jenny Stuber is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Florida. She is the author of Aspen and the American Dream, forthcoming in 2021 (University of California Press), and Exploring Inequality: A Sociological Approach (Oxford University Press 2015). With co-author Jeanne Ballantine and Joan Z. Spade, Dr. Stuber is also co-editor of the reader Schools and Society (SAGE 2017). Her research has appeared in Sociological Forum, The Journal of Contemporary Sociology, The International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, and Teaching in Higher Education.
Judson G. Everitt is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Loyola University Chicago. His book, Lesson Plans: The Institutional Demands of Becoming a Teacher (Rutgers University Press 2018) chronicles the complexities and dilemmas teacher candidates confront in their training. His research has appeared in Symbolic Interaction, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, as well as in an edited volume on teachers' work, entitled Assessing Teacher Quality (Teachers College Press 2012).
