Laurie Mook is Associate Professor in the School of Community Resources and Development at Arizona State University. Prior to moving to Arizona, Mook was co-director of the Social Economy Centre of the University of Toronto in Canada. She earned her PhD in Adult Education and Community Development at the University of Toronto. Her latest book is Understanding the Social Economy: A Canadian Perspective, 2nd Edition (University of Toronto Press, 2018), co-authored with Jack Quarter and Ann Armstrong.