Lisa Albrecht
Director of Social Justice Undergraduate Major
Associate Professor
Office: 283 Peters Hall
Phone: (612) 624-3669
E-mail: lalbrech@umn.edu
Mailing address: 105 Peters Hall
Degrees & Institutions
Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, State University of New York at
Buffalo, 1984
M.A., Humanities, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1975
B.A., English, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1972
Interest Areas
Feminist, Multicultural and Social Justice Education; Feminist Alliance
Politics; Antiracist and Cross-class Organizing.
Current Research
Beacons in the Storm: White Educator Activists Working for Racial
Justice - collection of interviews
Recent Publications
Albrecht, L. (2008). Where is the Color in the Twin Cities?: Looking for reasons why the Great Battle is so white … with thanks to Betita Martinez Twin Cities Indymedia.
Katz-Fishman, W., Brewer, R. & Albrecht, L. (2007). The Critical Classroom: Education for Liberation & Movement Building. Atlanta: Project South.
Albrecht, L. (2005) Syposium on Whiteness Studies: Actions Speak Louder Than Words. Rhetoric Review. Vol. 24, #4. 399-404.
Albrecht, L. (2004). Remembering Wendy, Writing on the Edge, V.14, #2, Spring,18/9
Albrecht, L. D. (2003). From the first Intifada to the second Intifada: Notes from an American Jew. In M. J. Alexander, L. D. Albrecht, S. Day, & M. Segrest (Eds.). Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray!: Feminist Visions for a Just World. Menlo Park, CA: Edgework.
Albrecht, L. D. & Hugg, N. (2003). For white allies: How do white people best support people of color? Symposium Proceedings, Keeping our faculties: Addressing the recruitment & retention of faculty of color. 79-81.
Albrecht, L. D. (2003). Is class eclipsed by other considerations of identity? Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship & Pedagogy Vol. XIV, 2, Fall, 144-46.
Albrecht, L. D. (2002). For the Love of Peace: Feminist Peace
Organizing in Israel and Palestine. Kiosk,
January/February, 4-5.
Board Positions & Community Service
1999- present Board of Directors, Project South: The Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide, Atlanta, GA
1997 - 99 Board of Directors, Evergreen Chronicles: A Journal of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Cultures.