Joseph Kahne is chair of the Youth and Participatory Politics research network and is the John and Martha Davidson Professor of Education at Mills College. He was previously dean of the School of Education. His research focuses on ways school practices and new media influence youth civic and political development. He also studies urban school reform. His work has been published in leading education journals including the American Educational Research Journal, Phi Delta Kappan, and the Harvard Educational Review. Professor Kahne sits on the steering committee of the National Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools and on the Advisory Board of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE). With Cathy Cohen, he is Co-Principal Investigator on YPP's quantitative research component - Mapping Youth Participatory Politics.