Michael Vavrus is author of Transforming the Multicultural Education of Teachers: Theory, Research, and Practice(2002, Teachers College Press) as well as articles and chapters on diversity and multiculturalism. He is a past president of the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education and past president of the Washington chapter of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Dr. Vavrus is professor emeritus of interdisciplinary studies (education, history, & political economy) at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.