D. C. Phillips was born and educated in Australia, and moved to the United States in 1974; currently he is professor of education, and by courtesy, professor of philosophy at Stanford University (where he is also the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the School of Education). He was president of the Philosophy of Education Society during its golden jubilee year in 1990–1991; in 1993 he was Christensen Fellow at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford; and he is a Fellow of the International Academy of Education. He has authored, coauthored, or edited ten books and written more than a hundred journal articles and book chapters, which span educational research and evaluation methodology, philosophy of social science, philosophy of education, and history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century thought. He has given workshops on issues related to the present volume in the United States, Australia, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Nicholas C. Burbules is professor of educational policy studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign. He has published numerous articles and several books in the areas of philosophy of education and educational policy. His recent books include Watch IT: The Promises and Risks of New Information Technologies for Education (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, forthcoming), written with Thomas A. Callister, Jr., and Globalization and Education: Critical Perspectives (New York: Routledge, forthcoming), co-edited with Carlos Torres. Currently he serves as editor of the journal Educational Theory.