Andrew Zitcer is an Associate Professor in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, where he teaches in Arts Administration and directs the Urban Strategy graduate program. His research explores cultural and economic democracy, and has appeared in Journal Planning Education & Research, Planning Theory & Practice, Antipode and more. His book, Practicing Cooperation: Mutual Aid Beyond Capitalism was published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2021. A forthcoming edited volume, Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life, will be published by Routledge in 2024.