Cultural studies
Understanding the intersection of social, cultural, philosophical, and historical issues in education.
Nina Asher Nina Asher
- Professor
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- 612-624-1357
- nasher@umn.edu
In the mid-1980s, armed with my master’s degree in social work (from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Bombay, India), I began working as a research assistant on intervention projects focused on improving the educational achievement levels…
Vichet Chhuon Vichet Chhuon
- Associate Professor
- 612-625-4331
- vichet@umn.edu
My research has broadly focused on the experiences of immigrant youth and students of color to understand how school institutions might better help them realize their promise.
Colleen Clements Colleen Clements
- Senior Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Studies
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- clements@umn.edu
Santa Barbara Independent Innovation in Theatre Award ICQI, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry NWSA, National Women’s Studies Association AERA, American Educational Research Association, Division G – Social Context of Education SIG -…
Justin Grinage Justin Grinage
- Assistant Professor
- grin0060@umn.edu
The focus of my research centers on analyzing processes of racialization in school and classroom spaces through several areas of inquiry including critical whiteness studies, Black education, neoliberal multiculturalism, and critical literacy.
Mary Hermes Mary Hermes
- Professor
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- 612-624-3082
- mhermes@umn.edu
Mary Hermes' research focuses on language revitalization and how it can connect people to the land and the planet. She explores different ways of knowing and being through feminist and indigenous lenses.
Timothy Lensmire Timothy Lensmire
- Professor
- 612-625-2092
- lensmire@umn.edu
Bic Ngo Bic Ngo
- Professor, Rodney S. Wallace Professor for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
- 612-625-7520
- bcngo@umn.edu
My research and teaching interests focus on culturally relevant pedagogy, urban and multicultural education in general, and immigrant education in particular.