Kristien Zenkov

Kristien Zenkov, PhD, is a professor of education and the academic program coordinator for the secondary education (SEED) program at George Mason University. He has long experience as a boundary-spanning educator and a facilitator of school-university partnerships. Currently he codirects the Youth Participatory Action Research and photovoice project "Through Students' Eyes," in which young people document with photographs and writings their beliefs about citizenship, justice, school, and literacy. He is coauthor (with Kathleen Cushman and Meagan Call-Cummings) of Fires in Our Lives: Advice for Teachers from Today's High School Students.