About the Author

The Authors: Curry Malott is Assistant Professor of childhood education at Brooklyn College, CUNY, and has taught Introduction to Sociology and Social Studies Pedagogy courses at New Mexico State University and Multicultural Education at Oregon State University. He received his Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from New Mexico State University. Dr. Malott also continues to participate in local skateboarding and music scenes, not only through skateboarding and playing music, but by recording musical artists who skate. As a result, and with the help of a few friends, Dr. Malott has started and is running Punk Army Skateboards and Records. Milagros Pena is Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies and Gender Research at the University of Florida in Gainesville. She received her Ph.D. in sociology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is the author of Theologies and Liberation in Peru: The Role of Ideas in Social Movements (1995). She has published widely in journals and edited books and is currently completing a book on Latina activism in Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico border.