Social justice
Research on the equitable distribution and access to the same economic, political and social rights, and opportunities.
Nina Asher Nina Asher
- Professor
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- 612-624-1357
- nasher@umn.edu
In the mid-1980s, armed with my master’s degree in social work (from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Bombay, India), I began working as a research assistant on intervention projects focused on improving the educational achievement levels…
Blanca Caldas Chumbes Blanca Caldas Chumbes
- Associate Professor
- bcaldasc@umn.edu
Blanca Caldas is an assistant professor in Multilingual Education and Elementary Education—College of Education and Human Development at The University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She completed her Ph.D.
Lesa Clarkson Lesa Clarkson
- Associate Professor
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- 612-626-9243
- covin005@umn.edu
The foundation of my research agenda is mathematics in urban classrooms. This interest evolved from my initial study which examined a middle school reform mathematics curriculum to determine if mathematics achievement, as determined by the state…
Justin Grinage Justin Grinage
- Assistant Professor
- grin0060@umn.edu
The focus of my research centers on analyzing processes of racialization in school and classroom spaces through several areas of inquiry including critical whiteness studies, Black education, neoliberal multiculturalism, and critical literacy.
Jeff Henning-Smith Jeff Henning-Smith
- Senior Lecturer
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- henni143@umn.edu
Jeff Henning-Smith is a Senior Lecturer in the Elementary Education and Social Studies program areas.
Mary Hermes Mary Hermes
- Professor
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- 612-624-3082
- mhermes@umn.edu
Mary Hermes' research focuses on language revitalization and how it can connect people to the land and the planet. She explores different ways of knowing and being through feminist and indigenous lenses.
Bic Ngo Bic Ngo
- Professor, Rodney S. Wallace Professor for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
- 612-625-7520
- bcngo@umn.edu
My research and teaching interests focus on culturally relevant pedagogy, urban and multicultural education in general, and immigrant education in particular.
Angelica Pazurek Angelica Pazurek
- Teaching Associate Professor
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- 612-625-0320
- pazur003@umn.edu
I have a very personal appreciation for the empowering potential of education and am interested in leveraging learning technologies, especially online learning affordances and mobile technologies, to improve access to education and learning…
Abigail Rombalski Abigail Rombalski
- Lecturer
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- romba005@umn.edu
Abby Rombalski works to cultivate university-community partnerships and opportunities for public scholarship that work towards racial justice in education with youth at the center.
Susan Staats Susan Staats
- Professor
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- 612-625-7820
- staats@umn.edu
As a cultural anthropologist with research and teaching responsibilities in mathematics, my academic pathway is varied and unusual.
Ramon Vasquez Ramon Vasquez
- Assistant Professor
- vasquezr@umn.edu
Dr. Vasquez is an Assistant Professor of Critical Elementary Education. Before working in higher education, he served as an elementary school teacher in California.
Cynthia Zwicky Cynthia Zwicky
- Senior Lecturer
- zwicky@umn.edu
Cynthia Zwicky has been an educator for more than 25 years. In this time she has worked as a classroom teacher, a mentor to new teachers, and as a coordinator for various programs and initiatives, primarily with Minneapolis Public Schools.
