What is your educational background? I am very proud to be a first generation college student within the United States. One of the major reasons for this feeling is recognizing that my educational trajectory was only possible due to the determination and heart work of my mother. My parents immigrated to this country from Mexico
The Attallah College of Educational Studies sent a multitude of students and faculty to the recent California Association of School Psychologists (CASP) Convention in Garden Grove held October 5-7, 2017. This year’s theme was equity. See below for a list of Attallah College presenters and workshop leaders: Chapman Ph.D. Student and EdS alum Joe Rubio
Photo provided by Dr. Golden from CEE. Pictured from left to right: Tim San Pedro of Ohio State University, Dr. Golden , Anne Elrod Whitney of Pennsylvania State University (moderator of the panel), Tonya Perry of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Jenell Igeleke Penn, doctoral student at Ohio State University. By Cala Gin
Dr. Peter McLaren, a world-renowned scholar and activist, is one of the early architects of Critical Pedagogy and has made enormous contributions to Marxist analysis in education and liberation theology. He is widely recognized in Latin America where his work has informed social movements, grassroots organizing, and teaching. He has personally worked with workers’ unions,
Dr. Peter McLaren was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Critical Media Literary presented by the Critical Media Literacy Conference at Georgia Southern University in Savannah, GA on Saturday, February 25. This multidisciplinary conference aimed to assist current educational leaders, future teachers, youth, and other concerned citizens in their understanding of the mass media
College of Educational Studies Professor Michael Hass was honored with the California Association of School Psychologists (CASP) highest award during a reception in Newport Beach on October 28. The Sandra Goff Memorial Award is the organizations Lifetime Achievement Honor that recognizes career-long distinguished service to the profession of school psychology in California and beyond. “I
Professor Lilia Monzó, of the College of Educational Studies, hosted three key speakers of the International Marxist Humanist Organization (IMHO) in “Marx for Today,” a special session of her Freshman Foundations Course (FFC) Revolution and Education on October 20th. Speakers included Kevin Anderson from UC Santa Barbara, author of numerous Marxist texts, including Marx at
Dr. Suzanne SooHoo, professor in the School of Education, was honored with the inaugural Transformative Educator Award from the La Fetra College of Education at the University of La Verne on October 14, 2016 during their Homecoming Alumni Reception. SooHoo is the Endowed Hassinger Chair in Education and the co-director of the Paulo Freire Democratic
Guest Blog By Dr. Marie Nubia-Feliciano On September 24 during the annual International Society of Black Latinos Awards Gala, Dr. Anaida Colón-Muñiz received an award. It was in recognition of her being a champion for “promoting cultural awareness, strengthening leadership, and community building.” She was one of four recipients that evening. Some of you may
It’s difficult grasp the full import of this historic event because there exists a prevailing assumption that a Communist country such as China would not be interested in an approach to pedagogy that is founded on the development of critical consciousness and social transformation. And yet, that’s precisely where we, Peter McLaren and Suzanne SooHoo