Shirley R. Steinberg is a Research Professor of Critical Youth Studies at the University of Calgary. She is the author and editor of many books in critical pedagogy and cultures, urban and youth culture, critical qualitative research, and cultural studies. A regular contributor to CBC Radio One, CTV, The Toronto Globe and Mail, The Montreal Gazette, and Canadian Press, she is an internationally known speaker and teacher. She is the organizer of International Institute of Critical Pedagogy and Transformative Leadership, and 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. Her latest books are Activists Under 30: Global Youth, Social Justice, Teaching Against Islamophobia, and The Miseducation and the West: How Schools and the Media Distort Out Understanding of the Islamic World. Her work is currently focused on issues of Islamophobia, Empowerment of Youth and Women, and Authentic Community Engagement, and Engaging Newcomers.

Profesora de investigación de estudios críticos para jóvenes en la Universidad de Calgary. Es autora y editora de muchos libros sobre pedagogía crítica y cultura, cultura urbana y juvenil, investigación cualitativa crítica y estudios culturales. Colaboradora habitual de CBC Radio One, CTV, The Toronto Globe and Mail, The Montreal Gazette y Canadian Press, es oradora y profesora internacionalmente conocida. Es la organizadora del Instituto Internacional de Pedagogía Crítica y Liderazgo Transformativo, y forma parte de una comunidad global de educadores transformadores y trabajadores comunitarios comprometidos con el amor radical, la justicia social y la ubicación del poder en contextos sociales y culturales. Sus últimos libros son Activists Under 30: Global Youth, Social Justice, Teaching Against Islamophobia y The Miseducation and the West: How Schools and the Media Distort Out Understanding of the Islamic World. Su trabajo se centra actualmente en temas de islamofobia, empoderamiento de jóvenes y mujeres, participación de la comunidad y participación de personas recien llegadas.