Karen R. Zittleman (Ph.D.) is an education author and teacher. Her research and teaching interests focus on educational equity, foundations of education, teacher preparation, and contemplative practices in education. She is co-author of Teachers, Schools, and Society (McGraw-Hill), a leading education textbook, Still Failing at Fairness, a trade book exploring gender bias in schools. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Teacher Education, Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, Principal and other professional journals. Karen also is a contributing author to Gender in the Classroom: Foundations, Skills, Methods and Strategies Across the Curriculum and wrote Making Public Schools Great for Every Girl and Boy, a guide for promoting equity in math and science instruction (National Educational Association). She has taught in the School of Education, Teaching, and Health at American University in Washington, DC and in Milwaukee Public Schools.  She has also taught several courses online through the Women’s Educational Equity Act, and is foundation manager for the Myra Sadker Foundation. Dr. Zittleman lives in Tucson, Arizona.