Illiberal democracy has now come to Florida: what can academics do?

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William Black

William Black is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of South Florida. Dr. Black's research interests focus on leadership preparation and partnerships, as well as educational policy implementation related to students identified with disabilities and bilingual/bicultural students. He has served as the co-editor of the Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership and recently co-edited two volumes in the Research and Theory in Educational Leadership Book Series: Who controls the preparation of Education Administrators? (2019) and Who decides?: Dis/Ability, power, and Educational Leadership (2022). He has also served as the President of the University Council for Educational Administration, a consortium of 110 research universities.

Ira Bogotch

Ira Bogotch is a Professor of Educational Leadership at Florida Atlantic University. His research interests focus on critical theories, the socio-cultural dimensions of leadership for social justice, and, most recently, critical research methods. He is currently co-editing second editions of (1) a Handbook (with Carolyn Shields) on the critical perspective of social (in)justice (Springer) and (2) the text Education, Immigration, and Migration (with Khalid Arar, Emily Crawford, and Deniz Orucu) (Emerald).