Equity in education
Understanding and promoting achievement, fairness, and opportunity in education.
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…
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.
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.
Lesa Clarkson Lesa Clarkson
- Associate 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…
Colleen Clements Colleen Clements
- Senior Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Studies
- she, her, hers
- 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 -…
Samuel David Samuel David
- Assistant Professor
- he, him, his
- ssdavid@umn.edu
My work as both a teacher and researcher at the University of Minnesota are centrally concerned with improving instruction for minoritized multilingual students across diverse classroom contexts.
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.
Jeff Henning-Smith Jeff Henning-Smith
- Senior Lecturer
- he, him, his
- henni143@umn.edu
Jeff Henning-Smith is a Senior Lecturer in the Elementary Education and Social Studies program areas.
Kendall King Kendall King
- Professor of Multilingual Education, Director of Graduate Studies
- 612-625-3692
- kendall@umn.edu
Schools play a crucial role in determining the life trajectories of minoritized language students as well as the status of minoritized languages and the future of linguistic diversity.
Timothy Lensmire Timothy Lensmire
- Professor
- 612-625-2092
- lensmire@umn.edu
Keitha-Gail Martin-Kerr Keitha-Gail Martin-Kerr
- Associate Professor, Teaching
- she, her, hers
- 612-625-4187
- kmartink@umn.edu
Keitha-Gail received her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Minnesota in 2016. Her research interests live at the intersection of collective memory work, elementary education, teacher education, being Black, and living queerly.
J.B. Mayo J.B. Mayo
- Associate Professor
- he, him, his
- 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…
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.
Abigail Rombalski Abigail Rombalski
- Lecturer
- she, her, hers
- romba005@umn.edu
Abby Rombalski works to cultivate university-community partnerships and opportunities for public scholarship that work towards racial justice in education with youth at the center.
Cassie Scharber Cassie Scharber
- Associate Professor of Learning Technologies, Director of the L+T Collaborative, Bonnie Westby Huebner Chair in Education and Technology
- she, her, hers
- 612-625-6607
- scharber@umn.edu
I am troubled by the narrow conceptions and practices of literacy and learning that proliferate in schools and current educational inequalities that are rooted in the gendered, racist, and classist histories of U.S. schooling.
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.
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.
