Eleanor J. Blair is an Associate Professor at Western Carolina University (WCU), where she teaches foundations of education courses in curriculum, assessment, teacher leadership and history/philosophy of education at WCU and in Jamaica through the WCU-Jamaica program. She is a frequent presenter at regional, national and international conferences and has authored chapters and essays in numerous books and journals. Additionally, she is the editor of three education readers: Thinking about Schools: A Foundations of Education Reader (2011), Teacher Leadership: The "New" Foundation of Education (2011, 2016) and The Social Foundations Reader: Critical Essays on Teaching, Learning and Leading in the 21st Century (co-edited with Yolanda Medina) (2016). She is also the author of By the Light of the Silvery Moon: Teacher Moonlighting and the Dark Side of Teachers' Work (2018). Her work utilizes qualitative methodologies and critical pedagogical frameworks to explore teaching, learning and leading in cross-cultural contexts. References to her research on teacher moonlighting, popular culture and the significance of place in the preparation of teacher leaders in rural communities are cited in both popular and professional publications.