Dr. Muhammad Khalifa is a Professor of Educational Administration and Executive Director of Urban and Rural Initiatives at the Ohio State University. He also serves as senior Equity Fellow at the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement at the University of Minnesota.  He has published four books and over 50 other publications in some of the most highly rated journals in education. His most recent book, Culturally Responsive School Leadership (Harvard University Press, 2018), is a top-seller and is being used in over 100 leadership training programs across the US and Canada, as well as other parts of the World. The book inspired the development of the Culturally Responsive School Leadership Institute and academies (www.crsli.org). Dr. Khalifa also regularly partners with school districts to conduct equity audits as a way to address inequities and prioritized equity reform efforts in school (www.ajusted.org).  He is a former district administrator and science teacher in Detroit Public Schools, and is also a leading expert of educational reform in African and Asian contexts.