Diversity in education
Researching and addressing issues and experiences of diversity in the education system.
Nina Asher Nina Asher
- Professor
- she, her, hers
- 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…
![Nina Asher](/sites/ci/files/styles/x_small_portrait/public/Asher_Nina_225.jpg?h=be0248d6&itok=ebCxxcEN)
Blanca Caldas Chumbes Blanca Caldas Chumbes
- Associate Professor
- bcaldasc@umn.edu
Blanca Caldas is an assistant professor in Multilingual Education and Elementary Education—College of Education and Human Development at The University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She completed her Ph.D.
![Blanca Caldas Chumbes](/sites/ci/files/styles/x_small_portrait/public/CaldasChumbesB-2016.jpg?h=be0248d6&itok=oEvW57Up)
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.
![Vichet Chhuon](/sites/ci/files/styles/x_small_portrait/public/chhuonV2021.jpg?h=be0248d6&itok=_kVaRMEx)
Lesa Clarkson Lesa Clarkson
- Professor
- she, her, hers
- 612-626-9243
- covin005@umn.edu
The foundation of my research agenda is mathematics in urban classrooms. This interest evolved from my initial study which examined a middle school reform mathematics curriculum to determine if mathematics achievement, as determined by the state…
![Lesa Clarkson](/sites/ci/files/styles/x_small_portrait/public/ClarksonL-2023.jpg?h=be0248d6&itok=p7vdSnko)
J.B. Mayo J.B. Mayo
- Associate Professor
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- 612-309-6018
- mayo@umn.edu
I am an Associate Professor in social studies education. I hold a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of South Florida, where my focus of study was gender and sexuality within the social studies, specifically on the formation and…
![J.B. Mayo](/sites/ci/files/styles/x_small_portrait/public/MayoJB-2019.jpg?h=be0248d6&itok=MP_hASKe)
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.
![Bic Ngo](/sites/ci/files/styles/x_small_portrait/public/NgoB-2007.jpg?h=be0248d6&itok=nZ2a-bf6)
Marek Oziewicz Marek Oziewicz
- Department Chair, Director of the Center for Climate Literacy, Sidney and Marguerite Henry Professor of Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Professor of Literacy Education
- he, him, his
- mco@umn.edu
Growing up in Communist Poland, I experienced the power of children’s literature to inspire visions of change, resilience in the face of oppression, and belief that a more just world is possible.
![Marek Oziewicz](/sites/ci/files/styles/x_small_portrait/public/Oziewicz_Marek2023.jpg?h=be0248d6&itok=ylMJHEjf)
Gillian Roehrig Gillian Roehrig
- Professor
- she, her, hers
- 612-625-0561
- roehr013@umn.edu
My research and teaching interests are centered on understanding how teachers translate national and state standards into their classrooms.
![Gillian Roehrig](/sites/ci/files/styles/x_small_portrait/public/RoehrigG-2004.jpg?h=be0248d6&itok=9rGBM23v)
Susan Staats Susan Staats
- Professor
- she, her, hers
- 612-625-7820
- staats@umn.edu
As a cultural anthropologist with research and teaching responsibilities in mathematics, my academic pathway is varied and unusual.
![Susan Staats](/sites/ci/files/styles/x_small_portrait/public/StaatsS-2023-Pref.jpg?h=be0248d6&itok=52RrGCwD)
Ramon Vasquez Ramon Vasquez
- Assistant Professor
- vasquezr@umn.edu
Dr. Vasquez is an Assistant Professor of Critical Elementary Education. Before working in higher education, he served as an elementary school teacher in California.
![Ramon Vasquez](/sites/ci/files/styles/x_small_portrait/public/VasquezR.jpg?h=be0248d6&itok=rd-h8639)
Crystal Wise Crystal Wise
- Assistant Professor in Elementary Literacy Education
- cwise@umn.edu
Dr. Wise’s work as a kindergarten and second-grade teacher informs her research and post-secondary teaching in early literacy, culturally responsive pedagogies, and historical and contemporary literacy practices of African Americans.
![Crystal Wise](/sites/ci/files/styles/x_small_portrait/public/WiseC_22.jpg?h=be0248d6&itok=BnS9yGYi)