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Wayne Au
Co-Chair
Wayne Au, a former public high school teacher, is a Professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington Bothell, and he is an editor for the social justice teaching magazine and publisher, Rethinking Schools. Au’s scholar-activism focuses on critical education theory and practice, specifically high-stakes testing, education policy, anti-racist education, and curriculum studies. His most recent book, with Brown and Calderon, is Reclaiming the Multicultural Roots of U.S. Curriculum (TC Press, 2016), and he is currently co-editing the forthcoming Rethinking Schools’ books on Teaching for Black Lives and Rethinking Ethnic Studies.
Co-Chair
Wayne Au, a former public high school teacher, is a Professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington Bothell, and he is an editor for the social justice teaching magazine and publisher, Rethinking Schools. Au’s scholar-activism focuses on critical education theory and practice, specifically high-stakes testing, education policy, anti-racist education, and curriculum studies. His most recent book, with Brown and Calderon, is Reclaiming the Multicultural Roots of U.S. Curriculum (TC Press, 2016), and he is currently co-editing the forthcoming Rethinking Schools’ books on Teaching for Black Lives and Rethinking Ethnic Studies.
Alison Dover
Communications Co-Chair
Alison G. Dover is a first generation college graduate, a former high school teacher, and an Assistant Professor in the Secondary Education Department at California State University, Fullerton. She's been a member of CESJ since 2010. Alison’s research examines social justice-oriented teacher agency in K-12 and teacher education contexts, with an emphasis on curricular, pedagogical, and activist responses to unjust and restrictive policies. Her recent publications include Preparing to Teach Social Studies for Social Justice: Becoming a Renegade (2016, Teachers College Press),and articles in Teaching and Teacher Education,The Educational Forum, English Journal, and Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. Contact Alison at adover@fullerton.edu
Communications Co-Chair
Alison G. Dover is a first generation college graduate, a former high school teacher, and an Assistant Professor in the Secondary Education Department at California State University, Fullerton. She's been a member of CESJ since 2010. Alison’s research examines social justice-oriented teacher agency in K-12 and teacher education contexts, with an emphasis on curricular, pedagogical, and activist responses to unjust and restrictive policies. Her recent publications include Preparing to Teach Social Studies for Social Justice: Becoming a Renegade (2016, Teachers College Press),and articles in Teaching and Teacher Education,The Educational Forum, English Journal, and Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. Contact Alison at adover@fullerton.edu
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Nini Hayes
Program Co-Chair Nini Hayes is an Assistant Professor in Environmental Education at Western Washington University. Her teaching, learning, and research is centered on equity, justice in education, and the laboring of critical and justice-centered faculty of color, their work both within and beyond the academy. Prior to graduate school, she was a former fifth grade teacher and environmental educator. She has been both a participant and planner for both the CESJ Graduate Student Forum and Early Career Scholars Forum. |
Sosanya Jones
Fiscal Co-Chair
Sosanya Jones is an assistant professor of Qualitative Research Methods and Higher Education in the Department of Educational Administration and Higher Education at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Sosanya currently serves as Co-President of the SIUC Black Staff and Faculty Council. Last year she created a student centered Diversity Symposium which featured student proposals for addressing equity and inclusion for different populations at SIUC. Sosanya’s research interests include governmental policies and practices related to equity and access, the politics of campus diversity, and creating better support, training, and contemplative practice for diversity professionals in higher education.
Fiscal Co-Chair
Sosanya Jones is an assistant professor of Qualitative Research Methods and Higher Education in the Department of Educational Administration and Higher Education at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Sosanya currently serves as Co-President of the SIUC Black Staff and Faculty Council. Last year she created a student centered Diversity Symposium which featured student proposals for addressing equity and inclusion for different populations at SIUC. Sosanya’s research interests include governmental policies and practices related to equity and access, the politics of campus diversity, and creating better support, training, and contemplative practice for diversity professionals in higher education.
Kari Kokka
Co-Chair
Kari Kokka is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Pittsburgh. She studies Social Justice Mathematics, STEM teacher activism, and retention of STEM teachers of color in urban schools. Prior to her doctoral studies, she was a math teacher for 11 years in Title I public high schools. Kari completed her doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and earned her M.A. and B.S. at Stanford University. She is co-founder of the Creating Balance in an Unjust World Conference on STEM Education and Social Justice and a core member of the People’s Education Movement Bay Area.
Co-Chair
Kari Kokka is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Pittsburgh. She studies Social Justice Mathematics, STEM teacher activism, and retention of STEM teachers of color in urban schools. Prior to her doctoral studies, she was a math teacher for 11 years in Title I public high schools. Kari completed her doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and earned her M.A. and B.S. at Stanford University. She is co-founder of the Creating Balance in an Unjust World Conference on STEM Education and Social Justice and a core member of the People’s Education Movement Bay Area.
Beth Sondel
Fiscal Co-Chair
Beth Sondel is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the Center for Urban Education at the University of Pittsburgh. Sondel’s research, teaching, and activism is concerned with the socio-political context of teaching, social justice pedagogy, and privatization. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin and her M.Ed. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to her doctoral work, Beth was a Middle School Language Arts and Social Studies teacher and the Director of an Arts and Science Summer Camp.
Fiscal Co-Chair
Beth Sondel is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the Center for Urban Education at the University of Pittsburgh. Sondel’s research, teaching, and activism is concerned with the socio-political context of teaching, social justice pedagogy, and privatization. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin and her M.Ed. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to her doctoral work, Beth was a Middle School Language Arts and Social Studies teacher and the Director of an Arts and Science Summer Camp.
Shantá R. Robinson
Program Co-Chair
Shantá R. Robinson began her professional career as a high school history teacher in Charlotte, NC. She earned her PhD in educational studies at the University of Michigan, where she specialized in the sociology of education, qualitative methodologies, and issues of race, class, and access in secondary schooling. Her research interests include the role of social identity in marginalized students’ educational experiences, aspirations, and outcomes; empirical investigations of marginalized student achievement and underachievement; inequities in the distribution of educational resources; and the history, culture, and social organization of K-12 educational institutions. Her most recent work focuses on the educational experiences and occupational aspirations of adolescents experiencing homelessness.
Program Co-Chair
Shantá R. Robinson began her professional career as a high school history teacher in Charlotte, NC. She earned her PhD in educational studies at the University of Michigan, where she specialized in the sociology of education, qualitative methodologies, and issues of race, class, and access in secondary schooling. Her research interests include the role of social identity in marginalized students’ educational experiences, aspirations, and outcomes; empirical investigations of marginalized student achievement and underachievement; inequities in the distribution of educational resources; and the history, culture, and social organization of K-12 educational institutions. Her most recent work focuses on the educational experiences and occupational aspirations of adolescents experiencing homelessness.
Carolina Valdez
Communications Co-Chair
Carolina Valdez taught elementary school in Los Angeles while completing her Ph.D. in Urban Schooling at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research interests include critical ethnic studies pedagogy in the elementary classroom and teacher organizing. She organized in Los Angeles in several grassroots organizations, and helped found the People’s Education Movement (People’s Ed) in 2012, an organization for critical educators of color. Now an Assistant Professor at California State University, Fullerton, Carolina prepares elementary educators for social justice teaching and continues to support the development of People’s Ed chapters across the nation. Contact Caro at cavaldez@fullerton.edu
Communications Co-Chair
Carolina Valdez taught elementary school in Los Angeles while completing her Ph.D. in Urban Schooling at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research interests include critical ethnic studies pedagogy in the elementary classroom and teacher organizing. She organized in Los Angeles in several grassroots organizations, and helped found the People’s Education Movement (People’s Ed) in 2012, an organization for critical educators of color. Now an Assistant Professor at California State University, Fullerton, Carolina prepares elementary educators for social justice teaching and continues to support the development of People’s Ed chapters across the nation. Contact Caro at cavaldez@fullerton.edu
Many thanks to past Board members for their hard work and dedication!
