Joe Lyons Kincheloe (December 14, 1950 – December 19, 2008) was a professor and
Canada Research Chair at the Faculty of Education,
McGill University in
Montreal,
Quebec,
Canada. He wrote more than 45 books, numerous book-chapters, and hundreds of journal articles on issues including
critical pedagogy,
educational research,
urban studies,
cognition,
curriculum, and
cultural studies. Kincheloe received three graduate degrees from the
University of Tennessee. The father of four children, he worked closely for the last 19 years of his life with his partner,
Shirley R. Steinberg.