Ian Peddie has taught at Florida Gulf Coast University, the University of Sydney, and West Texas A&M University. His books include The Resisting Muse: Popular Music and Social Protest (Ashgate, 2006) and a study of class in American literature. He has published widely on twentieth-century British and American culture. More recently he edited and contributed to the volumes Popular Music and Human Rights, Volume I: British and American Music and Popular Music and Human Rights, Volume II: World Music (Ashgate Publishing, 2010).