ABSTRACT
The text of this chapter is an interview with me conducted by Michael F. Shaughnessy, Kathy Peca, and Janna Siegel. Originally published in 2001, I have edited and updated the interview. As I mentioned in the Preface to this edition of Ideology and Curriculum, I believe that there are a number of very real benefits to the interview format. First, it creates the conditions in which an author has to be more clear than is usual in what are often complicated arguments and densely written prose. Such complex arguments may be necessary, and at times our language must reflect the complexities that we are trying to unpack. However, it is good for both reader-and author as well-to find ways of making one’s arguments in a more approachable style.
