Shirley R. Steinberg

Who is Shirley R. Steinberg?

Shirley R. Steinberg is an author and professor. She was the Director and Chair of The Werklund Foundation Centre for Youth Leadership in Education, and Professor of Youth Studies at the University of Calgary. She is the author and editor of many books in critical pedagogy, urban and youth culture, and cultural studies.

She was originally a social/improvisational theatre creator. She is also the founding editor of Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, The International Journal of Youth Studies, and the Managing Editor of The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy. The co-founder of The Paulo and Nita Freire International Project for Critical Pedagogy, she is the organizer of The Critical Pedagogical Congress, she is committed to a global community of transformative educators and community workers engaged in radical love, social justice, and the situating of power within social and cultural contexts.