In their groundbreaking work on the impact of Disney's global media domination on the lives of children, Giroux and Pollock (2010) argue that Disney is a" teaching machine" that" exerts influence over consumers but also wages an aggressive campaign to peddle its political and cultural influence"(p. xiv). The purpose of this volume is to further interrogate this notion of Disney as a pedagogical force and to explore what it means to teach, learn, and live in a world where many familiar discourses are dominated by the global media conglomerate. Giroux and Pollock encourage citizens to ask themselves," How does the power of a corporation like Disney affect my life and shape my values as a citizen, consumer, parent, and individual?"(p. xv). In this volume, we ask, How do the powerful messages of Disney shape the ways we teach and learn? As a multinational entertainment conglomerate that is represented in almost every media platform, generating over $48 billion per year (Iger, 2014) through its various products, movies, and theme park experiences that are consumed by hundreds of millions of people, The Walt Disney Company is one of the most influential contributors to the global landscape of popular culture. Considering Giroux's (1999) assertion that" media culture has become a substantial, if not the primary, educational force in regulating the meanings, values, and tastes that set the norms that offer up and legitimate particular subject positions"(p. 2), the ubiquitous culture of Disney has profound potential to shape how we think, learn, and live. The Walt Disney Company is a major cultural force that shapes everyday life practices and identity formations through its representations of family values, gender, sexuality, race, class, ethnicity,