Having worked as a public school teacher and administrator in Detroit, Dr. Khalifa’s research examines how urban school leaders enact culturally responsive leadership practices. Dr. Khalifa has recently published in the Teachers College Record, Kappan, QSE, Urban Review, EAQ, the Journal of Negro Education, and the Journal of School Leadership. He is coeditor of the forthcoming books, Becoming Critical: The emergence of social justice scholars (SUNY Press), and Handbook on Urban Educational Leadership (Rowan & Littlefield). Dr. Khalifa is engaged in school leadership reform in African countries, and has been helping U.S. urban schools perform equity audits to address achievement gaps and discipline gaps in school.