SEMINARS 2004 - 2005

Over the course of the 2004-2005 academic year
you will hear from the following scholar/activists:

James Anderson .................. September 27
Chair, Educational Policy Studies
Professor of Education and History
University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign

Topic: Crosses to Bear and Promises to Keep:
The Jubilee Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

Location: Charles Street AME Church
551 Warren Street, Boston
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Geoffrey Cohen .......................... October 13
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Yale University

Topic: A Barrier of Mistrust: How Negative Stereotypes
Affect Cross-Race Mentoring and Teaching

Location: Orchard Gardens Pilot School
906 Albany Street, Roxbury
For directions, go to
www.boston.k12.ma.us/schools/profiles
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Patricia Gandara .................... November 10
Associate Director, UC Linguistic Minority Research Institute
Professor of Education
University of California-Davis

Topic: Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices
and Latino Student Achievement

Location: Boston Children’s Museum
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Janet Helms .............................. December 2
Director, Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture
Professor of Counseling Psychology
Boston College

Topic: Racial Identity Development and African American School Achievement: What the Research Tells Us

Location: Northeastern University
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Sau-Fong Siu ............................. February 23
Professor of Social Work, Wheelock College

Desiree Qin
Postdoctoral Fellow, New York University

Topic: Complicating our Understanding of Chinese American School Achievement

Location: Wheelock College
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Gloria Ladson-Billings .................... March 4
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Wisconsin Center for Education and Research
University of Wisconsin Madison , Wisconsin

Topic: Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices and African American School Achievement

Location: Lesley University
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Theresa Perry
Symposium Chair................................................... April 6
Vice President for Community Relations, Wheelock College

Topic: Models of Educational Excellence for African American and Latino Students

Presenters will be teachers, principals and program directors who have been able to create educational environments that normalize high academic achievement for African American and Latino children and youth.

Location: Boston College
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Biographies:

Gloria •
Ladson- Billings

Theresa •
Perry

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