John A. Weaver has authored or edited five books including Popular Culture and Critical Pedagogy and Postmodern Science Education and has written for numerous journals including Comparative Education, Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, and Race, Gender, and Class. His research interests include Science Fiction, Science Education, Academic Politics, Popular Culture, the Holocaust, Information Technology, and Rap Music. He is currently a professor at the University of Akron

• 1. Towards a Comparative Approach to Academic Politics; 2. German Historians/Politics Prior to 1989; 3. In Search of the Third Way: The East German Historical Community and the Politics of Self-Reform; 4. The Politics of Evaluation, Hiring  Practices and Institution Building; 5. The Politics of Memory: The Past and Future in Light of Reunification; 6. Towards a Multicultural Approach to Knowledge