Mark Naison is a Professor of African American Studies and History at Fordham University, director of the Bronx African American History Project and co-founder of the Badass Teachers Association. He became active in defense of public education and public school teachers when the community history projects he directed were pushed out of Bronx schools by a mania for testing and school closings, a process described in his most recent book "Badass Teachers Unite" published by Haymarket Books.