Identity and education
Examining how a person's identity in terms of gender, race, class, and community impact their experience of the education system.
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…
Martha Bigelow Martha Bigelow
- Department Chair, Carmen Starkson Campbell Endowed Chair for Innovation in Teacher Development
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- 612-624-7087
- mbigelow@umn.edu
My research interests span fields of education, applied linguistics, and cultural studies.
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 -…
Samuel David Samuel David
- Assistant Professor
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- 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.
Jeff Henning-Smith Jeff Henning-Smith
- Senior Lecturer
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- 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
Gillian Roehrig Gillian Roehrig
- Professor
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- 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.
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.
Cynthia Zwicky Cynthia Zwicky
- Senior Lecturer
- zwicky@umn.edu
Cynthia Zwicky has been an educator for more than 25 years. In this time she has worked as a classroom teacher, a mentor to new teachers, and as a coordinator for various programs and initiatives, primarily with Minneapolis Public Schools.
