Joseph F. Murphy is the Frank W. Mayborn Chair and associate dean at Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University. He has also been a faculty member at the University of Illinois and The Ohio State University, where he was the William Ray Flesher Professor of Education. He is the author of 19 Corwin titles, including bestsellers: Turning Around Failing Schools and Connecting Teacher Leadership and School Improvement. His most recent Corwin book is Creating Productive Cultures in Schools.