Felix 'skip' Bivens is an educator, organizer, facilitator and researcher. His areas of interest include education for social change, community-university partnerships, community lead action research and participatory methods. He has a PhD in international development studies and teaches part time on the MA in Applied Community Change with the Future Generations Graduate School. He runs his on research and consulting organization which works with community groups, NGOs, universities, and international development think tanks. When not on the road for work, he lives on his family's farm in middle Tennessee.