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Patricia K. Kubow is Professor and Program Chair in International and Comparative ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Indiana University. As founding director of the Center for International ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦, Development and Research, she received numerous federal grant awards that brought prestigious Fulbright teacher and international educator programs to the IU School of ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦. Her comparative research focuses on global-local constructions of democracy, citizen identity, and formal and indigenous education in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. She has conducted research in 25 countries worldwide. Kubow has received distinguished research awards from the: Association of North America Higher ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ International; Comparative and International ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ Society (i.e., Joyce Cain Award for Distinguished Research on People of African Descent); American ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦al Research Association; and Association of Teacher Educators. A former President of the United States/The White House and the U.S. Agency for International Development ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ have recognized her work in the area of democratic citizenship education. Kubow has been a U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Jordan and also received a Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad award for South Africa and a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad award for Jordan. Kubow has served as a Visiting Research Scholar at the University of the Western Cape (South Africa). Kubow’s co-authored textbook, Comparative ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦: Exploring Issues in International Context, is used in universities worldwide and has been translated into Korean. Her co-edited book, Teaching Comparative ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦: Trends and Issues Informing Practice, is part of the Oxford Studies in Comparative ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ series with Symposium Books. Her publications also appear in a host of journals, including Comparative ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ Review, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦, Global Comparative ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦, World Studies in ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦, and Higher ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ in Europe.