Marc Spooner is a full professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina. His research interests include audit culture, academic freedom, and the effects of neoliberalization and corporatization on higher education; as well as social justice, activism, and participatory democracy. He has published in many venues, including peer-reviewed journals, book chapters (two editions of the Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, 5th & 6th), government reports, and a wide variety of popularizations. He is the co-editor of the award-winning book: Dissident Knowledge in Higher Education (UofR Press) as well as Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities (UofR Press).