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Education
Ph.D.,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997
M.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1989
B.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1987
Teaching
Certification, State of Louisiana, 1987
Speech, English, and Journalism (Grades 7-12)
Teaching Certification, State of Illinois, 1997
English, Journalism, Speech, Speech/Theater, (High School)
Language Arts, Speech, Speech/Theater (Upper Elementary/Junior
High)
Research
projects
Books
(Forthcoming)
"Intelligent and
Effective Direction": The Fisk University Race Relations
Institute, 1944-1969.
Peter Lang Publishers.
Grants
"There Is No Problem Here": Burlington, Iowa and
Efforts to Promote Racial Harmony, 1949-1955" funded by
the State Historical Society of Iowa 1999 Research Grant
Professional
Organization Memberships
History of Education Society
American Educational Research Association (Divisions F and K)
Social Science Historians
Recent
Publications
Articles
"Seeking Racial Tolerance: The Fisk University Race
Relations Institute, 1944-1969". Journal of the Midwest
History of Education Society, volume 25, 1998.
"America's Quest For Racial Tolerance". The Journal
of Race, Gender, and Justice, volume 2, number 1, 1997.
"Revisiting Intercultural Education: Goals, Methods, and
Obstacles". Journal of Intergroup Relations,
volume 26, number 3, 1999.
"Teaching Democracy: Intercultural Education, Midwestern
Teachers, and Race Relations . American Educational History
Journal: Journal of the Midwest History of Education Society.
volume 26, number 1, 1999.
Book Chapters
(Forthcoming) Sanders, Katrina and Joy A. Williamson . "'What
Really Happened:' Implications for the Study of African American
Educational History" in Inexcusable Omissions: Clarence
Karier and the Critical Tradition in History of Education Scholarship,
edited by Timothy Glander, Karen Graves, and Chris Shea
(Forthcoming ) "Charles S. Johnson's Race Relations Institute:
A Vehicle for Race Vindication" in Vindicating the Race:
The Role of the African-American Intelligentsia in the United
States, edited by Vincent P. Franklin and Bettye Collier-Thomas.
Book Reviews
Race and Education: Narrative Essays, Oral Histories, and Documentary
Photography. In History of Education Quarterly. vol. 38, number
2, Summer 1998.
Grants
"Charles S. Johnson and the Fisk University Race Relations
Institute". Small Research Grant Program, Spencer Foundation,
June 2000 - May 2000
"There Is No Problem Here": Burlington, Iowa and Efforts
to Promote Racial Harmony, 1949-1955". State Historical
Society of Iowa, 1999
Courses
Typically Offered
07B:123
History of Ethnic and Minority Education
This course is an introduction to examining the general educational
histories of ethnic and minority groups in the United States.
The primary focus will be on Native Americans, African Americans,
European Americans, Latino/as, and Asian/Pacific Americans.
Events and perspectives will be primarily explored from the
late nineteenth century to the twentieth century. All experiences
will be set within the larger context of the general educational
aims and activities of those periods. These experiences and
perspectives not only provide a more comprehensive understanding
of the history of American education, they also provide context
for contemporary policy discussions about American education.
07B:126
Twentieth Century Educational Movements: Equal Educational
Opportunities
Numerous educational movements seeking diversity and equity
mobilized during the twentieth century. As issues of diversity
and equity continue to fuel current educational policy debates,
this course examines the roots of equal educational opportunity
movements from Brown V. Board of Education to the present.
Topics for exploration include: segregation/desegregation;
compensatory education; gender equity; multicultural education;
bilingual education; inclusion and mainstreaming; and school
choice.
07B:120
Teaching in a Culturally Diverse Society
The increasing racial and ethnic diversity of America's classrooms
presents various challenges and concerns to our nation's teachers.
This course identifies and examines these issues. This course
also analyzes strategies, methods, and techniques for creating
culturally, racially, and linguistically responsive teachers.
07B:240
Historical Methods and Research
This course is an introduction to historical methodologies.
The primary focus is on archival research, oral history, and
historical ethnography.
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