Culturally relevant pedagogy

An educational framework that focuses on multiple aspects of student achievement and supports students to uphold their cultural identities.

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.

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, Director of Graduate Studies, 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.

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