Peter McLaren is one of the most influential representative of critical pedagogy, both nationally and internationally. A major exponent of the work of the late Paulo Freire, McLaren is considered one the nation's leading critical educational theorists. His work covers a wide range of topics, from film criticism, to hip-hop, to the pedagogy of Che Guevara. His writing have been translated into eleven languages. McLaren is a professor at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.