Research Areas:
Multicultural Education, curriculum theory, and the intersections of culture, race, ethnicity, teaching, and learning.

Activities & Honors:
Geneva Gay is the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award, presented by the Committee on the Role and Status of Minorities in Educational Research and Development of the American Educational Research Association and the first Multicultural Educator Award presented by the National Association of Multicultural Education. Her book Culturally Responsive Teaching received the 2001 Outstanding Writing Award from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). She received the 2004 W.E.B. DuBois Distinguished Lecturer Award presented by the Special Interest Group on Research Focus on Black Education of the American Educational Research Association and the 2006 Mary Anne Raywid Award for Distinguished Scholarship in the Field of Education, presented by the Society of Professors of Education. She also is a member of the authorship team of the Scott Foresman New Elementary Social Studies Series.

Selected Publications:
• Gay, G. (2007). Teaching Children of Catastrophe. Multicultural Education, 15(2), p. 55-61.
• Gay, G. (2005). Politics of Multicultural Teacher Education. Journal of Teacher Education, 56(3), p. 22. • Baker, J. A., Cookson, P., Gay, G. Hawley, W., et al (2005). Education and Diversity. Social Education, 69(1), p. 36.
• Gay, G. (2004). Beyond Brown: Promoting Equality through Multicultural Education. Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 19(3), p. 193.
• Gay, G. (2004). The Paradoxical Aftermath of Brown. Multicultural Perspectives, 6(4), p. 12.
• Gay, G. (2003). The Importance of Multicultural Education. Educational Leadership, 61(4), p. 30.
• Gay, G. (2003). Developing Cultural Critical Consciousness and Self-Reflection in Preservice Teacher Education. Theory into Practice, 42(3), p. 181.
• Gay, G. (20020. Preparing for Culturally Responsive Teaching. Journal of Teacher Education, 53(2), p. 106.
• Banks, J. A., Cookson, P., Gay, G., Hawley, W. D., et al. (2001). Diversity Within Unity: Essential Principles for Teaching and Learning in a Multicultural Society. Banks, Peter Cookson, Geneva Gay, Willis D Hawley, et al. Phi Delta Kappan, 83(3), p. 196.
• Gay, G. (Ed.) (2003). Becoming Multicultural Educators: Personal Journey Toward Professional Agency. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Gay, G. (2000). Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice. New York: Teachers College Press.
• Gay, G. and Howard, T. C. (2000). Multicultural Teacher Education for the 21st Century. The Teacher Educator, 36(1), p.1.
• Gay, G. and Hanley, M. S. (1999). Multicultural Empowerment in Middle School Social Studies through Drama Pedagogy. The Clearing House, 72(6), p. 364.