Dean of the School of Education at the University of Queensland, Australia, Allan Luke is the principal investigator of a study for the government of Queensland analyzing the relationship between Australian and Asian inter-ethnic families and school reform.  One of the founders of critical discourse analysis in education,  Professor Luke's research covers the sociology of education and cultural studies in education as well as multiculturalism.  His work on the politics of racial and cultural identity in Australia draws attention to the role globalization plays in constructing and legitimating conservative educational policies.   Two of  Professor Luke's recent publications are The Social Construction of Literacy in the Primary School, 1994 and Constructing Critical Literacies:  Teaching and Learning Textual Practice, 1997.