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Ed.D. Curriculum and Instruction, West Virginia University
California State University Dominguez Hills
Carson, CA
Full Professor of Education (2006 - Present)
Duties include full-time teaching/advisement, research, service on school and university committees, program development, administrative duties, and the mentoring of junior faculty in the area of research. 2021 Recipient of the Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from West Virginia University; 2020 Recipient of the Generations Award for Social Justice from the National Institutes for Historically-Underserved Students; 2018 Faculty Award for Distinguished Teaching; 2016 Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity.
California State University Dominguez Hills
Carson, CA
Professional Learning Community Coordinator STEM Teachers in Advanced Residency (STAR) (2011 - 2020)
Duties include providing high-quality monthly Professional development seminars for UTR and STAR math and science teacher residents and mentors.
The Southern Poverty Law Center
Montgomery, AL
Senior Curriculum Specialist/Writer - The Southern Poverty Law Center (2003 -2010)
Duties include writing Learning for Justice magazine feature articles, writing curriculum for Academy Award winning documentaries on the Civil Rights Movement, Latino Civil Rights Movement and the Holocaust, writing Tolerance.org activism features, and building collaborative relationships with other national civil rights and education organizations.
Chapman University Orange, CA
Associate Professor of Education (1998 - 2003)
Duties include full-time teaching/advisement, research, service on school and university committees, the development of graduate level courses, Course Chair, and field supervision of student teachers. 2003 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Occidental College Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership (1994 - 1998)
Duties included teaching, advisement, field supervision of student teachers, service on departmental committees, and the development and implementation of the culminating MAT action research course for graduate students.
Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach, CA
Elementary School Long-Term Substitute Teacher (1993 -1994)
West Virginia University Morgantown, WV
Doctoral Teaching Assistant
Duties included teaching two Foundation of Education courses each semester as well as being the only doctoral student asked to teach upper-division graduate level courses. Supervised student teachers. 1990 Swiger Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant.
Lititz Middle School Lititz, PA
Middle School Mathematics and Science Teacher (1986 - 1988)
Lancaster Academy East Petersburg, PA
Administrator of High School Faculty High School Mathematics Teacher (1981 -1986)
International School San Jose, Costa Rica
Mathematics Teacher (1989 - 1981)
As a 43-year veteran of teaching, my research has evolved as I have evolved during my years as a teacher-scholar. I received my doctorate in 1993 - the year many see as the birth of multicultural education - and so you'll see early scholarship in my portfolio that mirrors that historical moment. My teaching and research continued to evolve as the field of education evolved itself and soon I was committed to practicing antiracist education and my scholarship followed. Today, abolitionist education best represents my teaching and research as I center on abolishing oppressive educational systems and caring, loving, and protecting those in school communities.