LaurenIlaMISIASZEK(néeJONES)Room311,YingdongBuilding
FacultyofEducationBeijingNormalUniversity
No.19XinjiekouWaiSt.,Beijing100875P.R.China
CURRENTPOSITIONAssociateProfessor,InstituteofInternationalandComparativeEducation,FacultyofEducation,BeijingNormalUniversity.September2013-present.CURRENTKEYPROFESSIONALLEADERSHIPPOSITIONSecretaryGeneral,WorldCouncilofComparativeEducationSocieties(2016-2019).EDUCATIONPh.D. Education(SocialScienceandComparativeEducation;Specialization:ComparativeandInternational
Education) UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles(UCLA),California(USA),June2009.
Dissertation:Women’sTheologies,Women’sPedagogies:LiberatingPraxesofLatinAmericanWomenEducatorsinElSalvador,Nicaragua,Bolivia,andArgentina,UCLA,June2009.(ProQuest#3401751).Committee:CarlosA.Torres,PhD.(chair),DouglasKellner,PhD.,PeterMcLaren,PhD.(UCLAGraduateSchoolofEducation&InformationStudies)andMaríaCristinaPons,PhD.(UCLACésarE.ChávezDepartmentofChicana/oStudies)
M.A. Education(SocialScienceandComparativeEducation;Specialization:ComparativeandInternational
Education) UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles(UCLA),California(USA),May2007.B.A. Sociology;HispanicStudies(degreeconductedinSpanishlanguage) TheCollegeofWilliamandMary,Williamsburg,Virginia(USA),May2004.Graduatedcumlaude. Universitystudyabroadstudent,UniversitatdeValència,Spain,Fall2002.
FORTHCOMINGPUBLICATIONSMisiaszek,L.I.(undercontract,dueSummer2018).ExploringtheComplexitiesinGlobalCitizenshipEducation:HardSpaces,Methodologies,andEthics.BookSeries:CriticalGlobalCitizenshipEducation:GlobalizationandthePoliticsofEquityandInclusion(CarlosAlbertoTorres,Ed.),Routledge.Misiaszek,L.I.(inpress,expected2018).“Autoethnography.”InTaylor,YvetteandKinneretLahad,FeelingAcademicintheNeoliberalUniversity:FeministFlights,FightsandFailures.London:Palgrave.
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Misiaszek,L.I.(inpress,forthcoming,Fall2018).“EngaginggenderandFreire:fromdiscoursalvigilancetoconcretepossibilitiesforinclusion.”InTorres,CarlosAlberto(Ed.)WileyHandbookofPauloFreire.Boston:WileyBlackwellPublishing.Misiaszek,L.I.(forthcoming,late2017/early2018),OccasionalPaper,CenterofExcellenceforEquityinHigherEducation,UniversityofNewcastle(Australia).PUBLICATIONSUNDERREVIEWMisiaszek,L.I.(underreview,Fall2016).ComparativeEducationMeetsaSociologyofTheology:ReimaginingHolisticDevelopmentthroughWomen’sCommunityWorkintheGlobalSouth.Bookseries:NewDirectionsinComparativeandInternationalEducation(StephenCarney,IrvingEpstein,DanielFriedrich,Eds.),Bloomsbury.
Misiaszek,L.I.(underreview,March2016).“IDreamofthePoetryWorkshops.”TeachinginHigherEducation(SSCI).PUBLICATIONSMisiaszek,G.W.andMisiaszek,L.I.(forthcoming).“CriticalPedagogiesandresearch:transformativeroleofeducationinpovertyeradicationinChina.”InvitedpaperforInternationalSymposiumonChinaPathtowardPovertyEradicationandComprehensiveWell-offSociety(消除贫困与实现全面小康的中国道路”国际学术研讨会),SchoolofMarxism,PekingUniversity,Beijing.
Misiaszek,L.I.(2017).“Onlineeducationas'vanguard'education:anexpertcriticaleducatornavigates‘lesstraditional’highereducationspacesintheUS.”GenderandEducation(SSCI),V.29,issue6,pp.691-708.
Burke,P.J.,Crozier,G.,&Misiaszek,L.I.(2016).ChangingPedagogicalSpacesinHigherEducation:Diversities,InequalitiesandMisrecognition.London:SocietyforResearchIntoHigherEducationBookSeries/Routledge.
Misiaszek,G.W.&Misiaszek,L.I.(May2016).“GlobalCitizenshipEducationandEcopedagogyattheIntersections:AsianPerspectivesinComparison.”AsianJournalofEducation(journalofSeoulNationalUniversitySchoolofEducation),V.17,SpecialIssue,pp.11-37.Misiaszek,L.I.(April2015).“ThesynergisticrelationshipofthehumanitiesandsocialtheoryinCarlosAlbertoTorres’FirstFreire.”InvitedbookreviewsymposiumofCarlosAlbertoTorres’FirstFreire:EarlyWritingsinSocialJusticeEducation(2014,NewYork:TeachersCollegePress).InternationalStudiesinSociologyofEducation,V.25,2,pp.5-9.DOI:10.1080/09620214.2015.1024403.Misiaszek,L.I.(January2015).“‘You’reNotAbletoBreathe’:Conceptualizingtheintersectionalityofearlycareer,gender,andcrisis.”TeachinginHigherEducation(SSCI),V.20,Issue1,pp.64-77,DOI:10.1080/13562517.2014.957267.Misiaszek,L.I.(2013).“Torresprofesor,Torresconsejero,Torrespedagogo:unareflexiónsobreloscomponentesepistemológicosdelasociologíapolíticadelaeducacióndeCarlosAlbertoTorres.”InCésarGeronimoTello(Ed.),Lasepistemologíasdelapolíticaeducativa:enfoquesyperspectivasparaelanálisisdepolíticaseducativas.Campinas,SãoPaulo,Brazil:MercadodeLetras.Jones,L.I.(2012).“Women’sTheologies,Women’sPedagogies:Globalization,Education,andLiberationinNicaraguainacomparativeperspective.”InDavies,Diab,Gross(Eds.),Gender,ReligionandEducationinaChaoticPostmodernWorld(pp.41-53).London:Springer.
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Jones,L.I.(June2012)."LiberatingPraxesofLatinAmericanWomenEducatorsinElSalvador,Nicaragua,Bolivia,andArgentina.”JournalofFeministStudiesofReligion,V.28,issue1,pp.197-214.
Tumosa,Nina,Horvath,K.,Huh,T.,Livote,E.,Howe,J.,Jones,L.I.,andKramer,J.(April2012).“HealthcareWorkforceDevelopmentinRuralAmerica:WhenGeriatricsExpertiseis100MilesAway.”Gerontology&GeriatricsEducation,V.33,issue2,pp.133-151.Jones,L.I.(October2011).“CommunitydevelopmentthroughgrassrootseducationinArgentina:afemalesocialmovementwithCatholicorigins.”UniversityofLondon,InstituteofEducation’sInternationalStudiesinCatholicEducation,V.3,issue2,pp.198-213.Misiaszek,G.W.,Jones,L.I.,&Torres,C.A.(2011).“SellingOutAcademia?HigherEducation,EconomicCrises,andFreire’sGenerativeThemes.”InK.Kempner,S.Marginson,I.Ordorika&B.Pusser(Eds.),UniversitiesBeyondtheMarket:Knowledgecreationandstatebuildingintheeraofglobalization(pp.179-196).NewYork:Routledge.
Portuguesetranslation:Misiaszek,G.W.,Jones,L.I.,&Torres,C.A.(2011).“Vendendoaacademia?Educaçãosuperior,criseeconômicaeumarespostabaseadanostemasgeradoresdePauloFreire.”InAdrianaMoreiradaRochaMaciel(Ed.),Universidadehoje:oqueprecisaserdito?(pp.69-98).SantaMaria,RioGrandedoSul,Brazil:EditoradaUniversidadeFederaldeSantaMaria.
Weldon,P.,Jones,L.I.,Layton,L.,Liu,A.,Misiaszek,G.W.,Quon,A.,Rexhepi,J.,&Torres,C.A.(January2011).“GlobalizationandHigherEducationinSouthernCalifornia:ViewsfromtheProfessoriate.”InCompare:AJournalofComparativeandInternationalEducation(SSCI).V.41,issue1,pp.5-24.Jones,Lauren&Torres,C.A.(2010).TheStruggleforMemoryandSocialJusticeEducation:PopularEducationandSocialMovementsReclaimingLatinAmericanCivilSociety.”InPaulineRose(Ed.),AchievingEducationforAllthroughpublic-privatepartnerships?:Non-stateprovisionofeducationindevelopingcountries(pp.95-106).London:Routledge.
Reprint:Jones,L.I.&Torres,C.A.“TheStruggleforMemoryandSocialJusticeEducation:PopularEducationandSocialMovementsReclaimingLatinAmericanCivilSociety”(June2010).InDevelopmentinPracticeSpecialIssue:AchievingEducationForAllthroughpublic-privatepartnerships?,v.20,issue4-5,pp.567-576.Portuguesetranslation:Jones,L.,&Torres,C.A.(2009).TheStruggleforMemoryandSocialJusticeEducation:PopularEducationandSocialMovementsReclaimingLatinAmericanCivilSociety.InJ.Mafra,J.E.Romão,A.C.Scocuglia&M.Gadotti(Eds.),Globalização,EducaçãoeMovimentosSociais40anosdaPedagogiadoOprimido(pp.37-60).SãoPaulo:EditoraeLivrariaInstitutoPauloFreire.
Jones,L.I.&Arries,J.(February2009).“SearchingforConscientização:MentoringFieldWorkinInternationalServiceLearning.InSpecialissueofReconstruction:FieldworkandInterdisciplinaryResearch,V.9,issue1.Jones,L.I.“Verbete-Libertação”(2008).InStreck,D.,Redin,Euclides,andZitkoski,JaimeJosé(Eds.),DicionárioPauloFreire(pp.243-244).BeloHorizonte:Autêntica.
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OTHERPUBLICATIONSMisiaszek,L.I.(forthcoming,Fall2017),poem:“Justthreemeditationsontime.”In“ConstructingaRadicalWorldofImaginationThroughFeminist(Writing)MethodologiesandPraxis,”OccasionalPaper,CenterofExcellenceforEquityinHigherEducation,UniversityofNewcastle(Australia).Misiaszek,L.I.&WANXinke(2016),“开展性教育的常用方法:倾听圈”(“Developingsexualhealtheducationmethods:listeningcircles”),chapterandrelatedPPT,adaptationofJoeProviser’sAnintroductiontocouncilforeducators:Trainingmanual,inconsultationwithJoeProviser,forforthcomingZiGen-fundedZiGen/BNUCenterforMulticulturalEducation/UNESCOgirlssexualhealthandsecurityruralteacherstrainingmanual.AlltranslationbyWANXinke.Firstadaptionofcouncilcirclemethodology/pedagogyforChinesecontext/inMandarin.Contributor,ContinuingProfessionalDevelopment(CPD)resourcepack:Burke,PennyJaneandGillCrozier(2013)TeachingInclusively:ChangingPedagogicalSpaces.London:TheSocietyforResearchinHigherEducation.Misiaszek,L.I.(Fall2013).“ProfessorHaletospeakatWCCES.”ComparativeandInternationalEducationSociety’sGenderandEducationCommitteenewsletter.
“AlumniProfile:LaurenIlaMisiaszek”(Writteninterview)(May2013).UCLAGSEISSSCENewsletter,Volume4,No.2.Jones,L.I.(Fall2009).“FeaturedArticle:TeachingattheIntersections:Community,LiberationTheology,andFeminism.”UCLAGSEISSSCENewsletter,Volume2,No.1.
KEYNOTESPEECHESKeynoteSpeaker,“InterweavingCriticalPedagogyandComparativeEducationinCurriculum:ReflectionsonPraxis.”NewEducationAssociation’sInternationalSummitonNewEducation,Zhengzhou,Henan,China,November14,2015.Keynotespeaker,“Desdeelaula:Elgéneroylaspedagogíasdelaeducaciónsuperiorenperspectivacomparada.”InauguralCáfeCientífico,CentrodeInvestigaciones(ResearchCenter),UniversidadProvincialdeCórdoba,Córdoba,Argentina,June18,2013.Plenaryspeaker,“EngagingwithReflexiveCirclesinCommunityParticipatoryResearch:APedagogicalWorkshop.”Aworkshoponthepracticeofcouncilcircles.2013CardiffUniversityCentreforCriticalandCulturalTheorySummerSymposium:“‘Engaged’:PromotingCollaborativeSkillsDevelopmentbyEngagingLocalCommunities:AnInterdisciplinarySymposiumincollaborationwiththeFulbrightCommissionandButetownHistory&ArtsCentre,”ButetownHistory&ArtsCentre,Cardiff,Wales,UK,June6,2013.CONFERENCEPRESENTATIONSInvitedPresenter(onbehalfofWCCES),UIAAssociationsRoundTableAsia-Pacific2017,ChiangMai,Thailand,September21,2017.
Presenter(co-presenter:YvetteTaylor),“Developingcriticalfeministsexeducationinteachertraininginstitutions(ScotlandandChina):adiscussiononour2016/2017GEAFundproject.”GenderandEducationAssociationBiennialConference,London,June22,2017.Presenter,“Autoethnography.”GenderandEducationAssociationBiennialConference,London,June22,2017.
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Chair,MobilitiesofIdeas(double)session.6thBiennialBNU/UCLIOEConference,BNU,Beijing,May12,2017.Presenter,“Ethics,Methodologies,andSensitivities:DoingGCEin‘hardspaces.’”6thBiennialBNU/UCLIOEConference,BNU,Beijing,May12,2017.InvitedPresenter,“ConceptualinterventionsattheLatinAmerica-China/China-LatinAmericaHigherEducationNexus?:Towardscriticalnuancing”andSessionTranslator.HigherEducationintheAmericas:BalanceandProspectsforTransformation–1997-2017.AmericasSymposia(Co-sponsoredbyAERAandtheWorldEducationResearchAssociation),WorldwideEmphasisSession,AERAAnnualMeeting,SanAntonio,Texas,USA,April30,2017.Presenter(co-presenter:GregMisiaszek),“CriticalModelsofGlobalCitizenshipEducationandTeachingEnvironmentalism:Dis/ConnectionsWithintheEasternContexts.”AERAAnnualMeeting,SanAntonio,Texas,USA,April28,2017.
Presenter,“LiminalitiesofGlobalCitizenshipEducationin“hardspaces”:ethics,methodologies,andsensitivities.”Post-foundationalApproachestoComparativeandInternationalEducationSIG,CIESAnnualMeeting,Atlanta,March9,2017.
Invitedpanelist(co-presenter:WANXinKe),“Developingsexualhealtheducationmethods:listeningcircles.”ConferenceofHealthEducationforFemaleAdolescents,hostedbytheChinaZigenRuralEducationandDevelopmentAssociation,ChinaAgriculturalUniversity,Beijing,November21,2016.Invitedpanelist(co-presenter:GregMisiaszek),“CriticalAnalysisofEducationandEconomicJustice:LocaltoGlobalPerspectives,”InternationalSymposiumonChinaPathtowardPovertyEradicationandComprehensiveWell-offSociety(消除贫困与实现全面小康的中国道路”国际学术研讨会),SchoolofMarxism,PekingUniversity,Beijing,October22-23,2016.Presenter(co-presenter:GregMisiaszek),“GlobalCitizenshipEducation(GCE)andEcopedagogyattheIntersections:AsianPerspectivesinComparison.”In“ChallengesandopportunitiesinGCE:thelocal-globaldialectics,”theorganizedpaneloftheInternationalAdvisoryCommitteeoftheUNESCOChairinGlobalLearningandGlobalCitizenshipEducation,WCCESWorldCongress,Beijing,August24,2016.Invitedpresenterandparticipant(co-presenter:GregMisiaszek),“BuildingonChineseuniversities’internationalizationgoals:supportinginternationalprofessors’teaching,research,andissuesbeyondthecampus.”Insession:“HowdoChineseuniversitiesimprovethesystemandmechanismofattractingandmanaginginternationaltalents?”,2016InternationalConferenceonChineseHigherEducation(theme:“HowtoImproveForeignExperts’ExperienceandAchievementinChina”),NorthwestA&F(AgricultureandForestry)University,YanglingCity,Shaanxi,China,June3,2016.
Presenter,“Transformativecourseevaluations,mentoring,and‘sensitivity’:workingthroughethicsina‘smallculture’inChina,”inWERAsymposium,“BorderCrossingsandEthicalPraxis:GlobalEducationalPursuitswithinandacrossCultures,”AERAAnnualMeeting,Washington,DC,April9,2016.
Presenter,“Distanceeducationas'vanguard'education:anexpertcriticaleducatornavigates'lesstraditional'highereducationspacesintheUS.”Post-foundationalApproachestoComparativeandInternationalEducationSIG,CIESAnnualMeeting,Vancouver,March10,2016.InvitedPresenter,“BookLaunch:MuslimsandIslaminUSEducation:ReconsideringMulticulturalism”[Dr.LizJackson,author],CIESAnnualMeeting,Vancouver,March10,2016.
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InvitedPresenter(co-presenter:GregMisiaszek),“EcopedagogyandGlobalCitizenshipEducation:ConnectionsandDisconnectionsbetweenContexts,”UNESCOChairinGlobalLearningandGlobalCitizenshipEducation2016InternationalResearchConferenceonGlobalCitizenshipEducation,GraduateSchoolofEducation&InformationStudies,UCLA,LosAngeles,February8,2016.
InvitedSpeaker,“ApplyingComparativeEducationandCriticalPedagogyinCurriculum:ReflectionsonPraxis,”NewEducationAssociation’s1InternationalSummitonNewEducation,Zhengzhou,Henan,China,November15,2015.
InvitedSpeaker,“IntroducingthePauloFreireInstitute–UnitedKingdomDoctoralandPost-DoctoralNetworkonGender,SocialJusticeandPraxis:theoreticalandmethodologicalunderpinnings.”CentreofExcellenceforEquityinHigherEducation(CEEHE)Seminar,UniversityofNewcastle(Australia),November4,2015.InvitedPresenter(co-presenter:GregMisiaszek),“GlobalCitizenshipEducationandEcopedagogyattheIntersections:AsianPerspectivesinComparison.”16thInternationalConferenceonEducationResearch,Seoul,October15,2015.Presenter,“Cultivatingtransformativecourseevaluationpractices:acasestudyofourworkinaChineseuniversity.”Insymposium:“Developingacross-trajectory,geographicallydiverse,andinterdisciplinarynetworkongender,socialjusticeandpraxis:Reflectionsfromafirstyearofwork,”GenderandEducationAssociationBiennialConference,London,June24,2015.
Presenter,“IntroducingtheNetwork:theoreticalandmethodologicalunderpinnings.”Insymposium:“Developingacross-trajectory,geographicallydiverse,andinterdisciplinarynetworkongender,socialjusticeandpraxis:Reflectionsfromafirstyearofwork,”GenderandEducationAssociationBiennialConference,London,June24,2015.Presenter,“DevelopingaCross-Trajectory,GeographicallyDiverse,andInterdisciplinaryNetworkonGender,SocialJusticeandPraxis,”AERAAnnualMeeting,Chicago,April17,2015.
Presenter,“Masculinitiesandideologicalidentitiesinonlineandentrepreneurialhighereducationcontexts:imaginingmethodologicalandtheoreticalpossibilitiesaroundthesethemes,”CIESAnnualMeeting,Washington,D.C.,March11,2015.Invitedparticipant,SecondUNESCOForumonGlobalCitizenshipEducation(GCED)ontheoccasionofthe70thAnniversaryofUNESCO:“Buildingpeacefulandsustainablesocieties:preparingforpost-2015,”Paris,January28-30,2015.
Invitedworkshopparticipant,UNESCOWorldConferenceonEducationforSustainableDevelopment,Aichi-Nagoya,Japan,November10-12,2014.Invitedpresenter,“Ameetingofthehumanitiesandsocialtheory:areflectiononCarlosAlbertoTorres’FirstFreire.”3rdInternationalSynergyandInnovationForumonLatinAmericanStudiesandCooperationbetweenChinaandLatinAmerica:“WalkingTowardstheFuture:LatinAmericanReformandEducationalInnovation.”Hangzhou,China,October18,2014.InvitedSpeaker,“Theorizingwideningparticipationtohighereducationintimesofincreasedqualityassurancepressures:perspectivesofearlycareeracademics.”Symposium:DynamicsofQualityAssuranceRegime:ChangingRelationshipsamongHigherEducation,AccreditationAgencyandState.ChineseTaipeiComparativeEducationSociety,Taipei,October4,2014.
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Presenter,“Newpedagogicalspaces,newsubjectivities:consideringintersectionsofmasculinities,ideologies,and‘non-traditional’highereducationspaces.”(ChinaComparativeEducationSociety)FifthWorldwideForumforComparativeEducation:GlobalEducationalReform:Internationalization,Regionalization,andLocalization,BeijingNormalUniversity,September27-28,2014.
Presenter,“Masculinitiesandtheirintersectionswithideologicalandnewonline/entrepreneurialidentitiesinhighereducationintimesofcrisis:Resultsfroma2012-2013UnitedKingdomFulbrightScholarstudy.”9thbiennialconferenceoftheComparativeEducationSocietyofAsia,HangzhouNormalUniversity,Hangzhou,P.R.China,May18,2014.
InvitedSpeaker,inauguralacademicpresentationoftheFacultyofEducationInternationalStudentCouncilBoard,“Usingbellhookstoreflectonourownpedagogicalpractices:adialogicalworkshopwithfacultyandstudents.”BeijingNormalUniversity,April29,2014.
Presenter,“You’reNotAbletoBreathe”:Conceptualizingtheintersectionalityofearlycareer,gender,andcrisis.”AERAAnnualMeeting,Philadelphia,April5,2014.Presenter,“Earlycareer,gender,andcrisisinhighereducation:reflectionsonnegotiatingandnavigatingidentityandonpedagogicalexperiences.”CIESAnnualConference,Toronto,March12,2014.Presenter,“Conceptualizingtheintersectionalityofearlycareer,gender,andcrisisinhighereducation,ComparativeEducationSocietyofHongKongAnnualConference,February28,2014.Invitedspeaker,“ReadingMaothroughFreire:historicalandcontemporaryapplications.”InternationalSeminaronMaoandtheModernChina&theWorld,PekingUniversity,Beijing,December7,2013.
Invitedspeaker,“GenderandHigherEducationPedagogiesinComparativePerspective:ResultsfromaFulbrightstudy.”2013InternationalAllianceofLeadingEducationInstitutes(IALEI)ConferenceonAccessPolicyofHigherEducation,FacultyofEducation,BeijingNormalUniversity,Beijing,November1,2013.Invitedspeaker,“SellingOutAcademia?:HigherEducation,EconomicCrisesandFreire’sGenerativeThemes.”InternationalSymposiumoftheDevelopmentofLatinAmerica'sEducationintheEraofGlobalization,InstituteforInternationalandComparativeEducation,FacultyofEducation,BeijingNormalUniversity,Beijing,October26,2013.Presenter,“ViewsfromtheClassroom:ResultsfromaFulbrightScholarProject,‘GenderandHigherEducationPedagogiesinaComparativePerspective.”WCCESWorldCongress,BuenosAires,June25,2013.
Invitedspeaker,“ViewsfromtheClassroom:GenderandHigherEducationPedagogiesinComparativePerspective.”InauguralUS-UKFulbrightCommissionFulbrightScholars’Symposium,London,April26,2013.Presenter,“GenderandHigherEducationPedagogiesinaComparativePerspective.”Inthesymposium,“WideningParticipation:richpedagogicalopportunities,complexchallenges:Findingsfromthe2010-2012HigherEducationAcademyNationalTeachingFellowshipScheme‘FormationsofGenderandHigherEducationPedagogies(GaP)’projectanditsFulbrightexpansion,‘GenderandHigherEducationPedagogiesinaComparativePerspective.’”GenderandEducationAssociationBiennialConference,London,April26,2013.Invitedspeaker,“WideningParticipation:richpedagogicalopportunities,complexchallenges:adisseminationoffindingsfromthe2010-2012UnitedKingdomHigherEducationAcademyNationalTeachingFellowshipScheme‘FormationsofGenderandHigherEducationPedagogies(GaP)’projectanditsUKFulbrightexpansion,‘GenderandHigherEducationPedagogiesinaComparativePerspective.’”PauloFreireInstitute,UCLALectureSeries,LosAngeles,March19,2013.
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Presenter,“GenderandHigherEducationPedagogiesinaComparativePerspective.”CIESAnnualConference,NewOrleans,Louisiana,March13,2013.
Invitedspeaker,“Whysocialjusticeeducationandwideningparticipationmatteracrossthedisciplines.”2013US-UKFulbrightCommissionForum,Cardiff,Wales,UK,January10,2013.Invitedspeaker,“Poets,Pedagogy,andCommunity-BasedResearchinNicaragua:UnderstandingPoetryasaToolforCriticalLiteracyinSchools.”LatinAmericanSIGPre-OpeningLecture,LatinAmericanPerspectivesinEducation(LAPE)'sLatinAmericanCulturalWeek,InstituteofEducation,UniversityofLondon,London,October10,2012.
Presenter,“CreatingaLearningCommunityandWebinarSeriesforCliniciansWorkingwithOlderVeteransinRuralSettings.”Inthesymposium,“UsingDistanceLearningTechnologytoReachCliniciansWorkingwithOlderVeteransinRuralSettings.”AnnualMeetingoftheGerontologicalSocietyofAmerica,Boston,MA,November20,2011.Presenter,“Poets,PedagogyandCommunity-BasedResearchinNicaragua:UnderstandingPoetryasaToolforCriticalLiteracyinSchools,CIESWesternDivisionAnnualConference,Stanford,California,StanfordUniversity,October28,2011.
Presenter,“Theologyasatoolofactionandreflection:WomenPopularEducatorsinElSalvador,Nicaragua,Bolivia,andArgentina.”CIESAnnualConference,Montreal,May2,2011.Presenter,“Theology“ontheMove”:ACriticalSociologyofTheologyfromaFreireanPerspective:ACaseStudyofWomenPopularEducatorsinElSalvador,Nicaragua,Bolivia,andBrazil.”InternationalSociologyAssociationWorldCongressofSociology,Göteborg,Sweden,July15,2010.Presenter,“CriticalSociologyofTheologyinaComparativeContext:AStudyofWomenPopularEducatorsinElSalvador,Nicaragua,Bolivia,andArgentina.”WCCESWorldCongress,Istanbul,June15,2010.Presenter,“InéditosViables,Theology,andPopularEducation:LiberatingPraxesofWomenEducatorsinElSalvador,Nicaragua,Bolivia,andArgentina.”AERAAnnualMeeting,Denver,May3,2010.Presenter,“‘Reimagining’religionandeducationforholisticcommunitydevelopment:a4-countrystudyofLatinAmericanwomeneducators.”CIESAnnualConference,Chicago,March4,2010.
Presenter,“TheRoleofLiberatoryTheologyinHolisticCommunityDevelopment:ACaseStudyofWomenPopularEducatorsinElSalvador,Nicaragua,Bolivia,andArgentina.”AnnualmeetingoftheCIESWesternRegion,LosAngeles,November13,2009.
Presenter,“InternationalService-LearninginNicaragua.”AnnualmeetingoftheInternationalAssociationforResearchonService-LearningandCommunityEngagement,Ottawa,October11,2009.Presenter,“SearchingforConscientização:MentoringFieldworkinInternationalServiceLearning.”InternationalMeetingoftheLatinAmericanStudiesAssociation,RiodeJaneiro,June12,2009.
Presenter,“SearchingforConscientização:MentoringFieldworkinInternationalServiceLearning.”AERAAnnualMeeting,SanDiego,California,April16,2009.Presenter,“TheTheologyofthePeople,theEducationofthePeople:LatinAmericanWomeninReligion,Faith,andSocialMovements.”AERAAnnualMeeting,SanDiego,California,April14,2009.
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Invitedspeaker,“TheStruggleforMemoryandSocialJusticeEducation:PopularEducationandSocialMovementsReclaimingLatinAmericanCivilSociety.”6thInternationalMeetingofthePauloFreireForum,SãoPaulo,September16,2008.Presenter,“TheTheologyofthePeople,TheEducationofthePeople:Religion,Faith,andSocialMovementsinElSalvador,Nicaragua,Argentina,andBrazil."LillyFellowsProgramNationalResearchConferenceatLoyolaMarymountUniversity:“Convivencia:ReligiousIdentitiesintheNewWorld,”LosAngeles,March28,2008.Presenter,“Expressionsoffaithinnewsocialmovements.”CIESAnnualMeeting,NewYorkCity,NewYork,March17,2008.
Presenter,“Expressionsoffaithinnewsocialmovements:thecasesoftheU.S.,Argentina,Brazil,andNicaragua.”WCCESWorldCongress,Sarajevo,September6,2007.Presenter,“Towardsacriticalliberatingtheologyforthenon-poorintheUnitedStates:alookatthereligiousrightthroughthelensofPauloFreire.”CIESAnnualConference,Baltimore,Maryland,February27,2007.CONFERENCECHAIR/DISCUSSANTPOSITIONSChair,“Nationalpoliciesinmultiplecontexts,”AERAAnnualMeeting,Washington,DC,April8,2016.
SymposiumChair(DoubleSessionSymposium),“Developingacross-trajectory,geographicallydiverse,andinterdisciplinarynetworkongender,socialjusticeandpraxis:Reflectionsfromafirstyearofwork,”GenderandEducationAssociationBiennialConference,London,June24,2015.
Chair,“Highereducationinaneraofexpansion”(Session2).9thbiennialconferenceoftheComparativeEducationSocietyofAsia,HangzhouNormalUniversity,Hangzhou,P.R.China,May17,2014.
Chair,“Highereducationinaneraofexpansion”(Session1).9thbiennialconferenceoftheComparativeEducationSocietyofAsia,HangzhouNormalUniversity,Hangzhou,P.R.China,May17,2014.
Invitedhighlightedsessionco-chair,inauguralReligionandEducationSIGHighlightedSession:“Religionandeducation:Policies,practices,andoutcomes.”CIESAnnualConference,Toronto,March12,2014.
Chair,“Povertyreduction,gendermainstreaming,andsexualityeducation:policydebatesandstruggles.”CIESAnnualConference,Toronto,March13,2014.Inviteddiscussant,“CriticalandDialecticalQuestionsonGlobalization,Internationalization,andHigherEducation.”2013AnnualConferenceofSIHRDIHL(SocietyforInternationalHumanResourcesDevelopmentoftheInstitutionsofHigherLearning)2andtheInternationalForumofHigherEducation,PekingUniversity,Beijing,December2,2013.
Sessionchair,WCCESWorldCongress,BuenosAires,June25,2013.
Symposiumcoordinator,“WideningParticipation:richpedagogicalopportunities,complexchallenges:Findingsfromthe2010-2012HigherEducationAcademyNationalTeachingFellowshipScheme‘FormationsofGenderandHigherEducationPedagogies(GaP)’projectanditsFulbrightexpansion,‘GenderandHigherEducationPedagogiesinaComparativePerspective.’”GenderandEducationAssociationBiennialConference,London,April26,2013.
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Symposiumchair,“UsingDistanceLearningTechnologytoReachCliniciansWorkingwithOlderVeteransinRuralSettings.”AnnualMeetingoftheGerontologicalSocietyofAmerica,Boston,MA,November20,2011.Chair,“Diverseperspectivesongender,education,andliberation.”CIESAnnualConference,Montreal,May2,2011.
Chair,“SocialJusticeandEducationintheWorldofGlobalizationandtheInformationKnowledgeSociety.”CIESAnnualConference,Chicago,March2,2010.Chair,“HigherEducation,ServiceLearning,andaPedagogyoftheFuture.”CaliforniaAssociationofFreireanEducators(CAFE)Conference,LosAngelesTradeTechnicalCollege,LosAngeles,May9,2009.
Chair,“Critical,Literacy,Empowerment,andtheSubaltern.”CaliforniaAssociationofFreireanEducators(CAFE)Conference,UCLA,LosAngeles,May15,2008.
Chair,“UsingGenerativeThemestoGeneratePedagogicalPractices.”CaliforniaAssociationofFreireanEducators(CAFE)Conference,UCLA,LosAngeles,May15,2008.CURRENTRESEARCHPrincipalInvestigator,Workingtitle:“Gender-Health-EducationCouncil(GHEC):Globalpedagogiesforpractitioners,”InternationalNetworkonGender,SocialJusticeandPraxisSupportingResearchtoMakeaDifferenceGrantScheme,apeer-reviewedgrantfromtheCenterofExcellenceforEquityinHigherEducation/UniversityofNewcastle(Australia),AU$18,900.00,September2017-present.
Co-PrincipalInvestigator(withProf.YvetteTaylor,UniversityofStrathclyde,UK),Workingtitle:“Developingcriticalfeministsexeducationinteachertraininginstitutions(ScotlandandChina),”2016-2017GenderandEducationFund.Blog:http://www.genderandeducation.com/issues/developing-critical-feminist-sex-education-in-teacher-training-institutions-scotland-and-china/Facultyadvisor/teammember,ChinaZigenRuralEducationandDevelopmentAssociationgirls’sexualhealthandsecurityeducationresearchandtrainingprogramdevelopment,QinglongManchuAutonomousCounty,HebeiProvince,andYulongNaxiAutonomousCounty,YunnanProvince,China.CollaborationbetweenZigen,theBNUResearchCenterforMinorityEducationandMulticulturalStudies,andtheUNESCOInternationalResearchandTrainingCentreforRuralEducation.Trainingmanualforthcoming.FundedbyZigenandanationalChinesegrant,April2015-present.Co-PrincipalInvestigator,“SustainingpraxisthroughtheNetworkonGender,SocialJustice,andPraxis(NGSJP):acasestudyofatrajectory,geographically,anddisciplinarydiverseresearchnetwork.”(InternationalCo-PI:ProfessorPennyJaneBurke(RoehamptonUniversity).Co-investigator:ZHANGLili(InstituteforEducationalTheories,BeijingNormalUniversity).FundedbytheBeijingNormalUniversitySeedFundingProgrammeforCollaborativeResearchgrant,70,000RMB.October2014–December2015(workongoing).Co-Investigator,“EducatingtheGlobal,EnvironmentalCitizen:InternationalPerspectivesontheconnectionsbetweenGlobalCitizenshipEducationandEcopedagogy.”FundedbytheBeijingNormalUniversitySeedFundingProgrammeforCollaborativeResearchgrant,70,000RMB.October2014–December2015(workongoing).FoundingMember,August2016-present;Co-FounderandDirector,May2013-August2016,InternationalNetworkonGender,SocialJusticeandPraxis.PartnerinstitutionsincludeBeijingNormalUniversity,UniversityofNewcastle(Australia),GhanaInstituteofManagementandPublicAdministration(GIMPA),UCLA(USA),SudaneseKnowledgeSociety(Sudan),UniversityofStellenbosch(SouthAfrica),UniversityofKwaZulu-Natal(SouthAfrica),andtheProvincialUniversityofCórdoba(Argentina).TheNetworkaimstobuildcapacityof,
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mentoranddrawonnewinsightsofresearchersdedicatedtoresearchandpraxisofsocialjusticeineducation(andinothersocialcontextssuchassocialworkandhealthcare,forexample).Itemphasizesthecreationanddisseminationofinclusivepedagogicalworkbycross-trajectory,university–communityrelationship–centeredteamsofexperiencedandearly-careeracademics.NetworkisfundedbytheUniversityofNewcastle(Australia)atAUD$150,000(2016-2019).
Co-Convener,MeetingoftheInternationalDoctoralandPost-DoctoralNetworkonGender,SocialJusticeandPraxis,UniversityofKwaZulu-Natal(UKZN),fundedbytheCentreofExcellenceforEquityinHigherEducation(DirectorProf.PennyJaneBurke;Co-DirectorProf.GeoffWhitty),withadditionalsupportfromUKZN,Durban,KZN,SouthAfrica,August8-12,2016.Meetingobjectivesincludepreparingcollaborativejournaleditions,holdingapublicsymposiumandworkshoparoundSouthAfrica’sNationalWomen’sDay,andpreparinglarge-scalecollaborativegrantstosustaintheworkoftheNetwork.
PrincipalInvestigator,“GenderandHigherEducationPedagogiesinaComparativePerspective.”FulbrightScholarAwardresearchproject.ResearchprojectfundedbytheCentreforEducationResearchinEqualities,PolicyandPedagogy,DepartmentofEducation,RoehamptonUniversity,London,September2012-June2013.Thisprojectfocusesonparticipationinhighereducationacrossfivecountrycontexts-theUnitedKingdom,Italy,Spain,andPortugal,andtheUnitedStates.ThisisanexpansionresearchprojectoftheUnitedKingdom’s2010-2012HigherEducationAcademyNationalTeachingFellowshipSchemeProject,“FormationsofGenderandHigherEducationPedagogies”(GaP).TheaimofconductinganinternationalexpansionoftheGaPprojectisthree-fold1)toexaminegendersensitiveandinclusiveteachingpracticesacrossfivecountrycontexts;2)fromtheresultsofthisexamination,todevelopanagendaforresearchonhighereducation(HE)pedagogiesandgenderwithinalargeinternationalnetwork[thePauloFreireInstitute(PFI)network]andtoexpandandstrengthenthisareaofresearchintheUnitedKingdom,Europe,andtheUnitedState;and,morebroadly3)withthisagendatopromotethedevelopmentofgender-sensitiveandinclusivepedagogiesinHEwiththegoalofexpandingthesestudies---criticaltoexpandthefieldofcomparativesocialjusticeeducation---withintheUK,Europe,andtheUnitedStatesandbeyond.Inaddition,participationinGaPdisseminationactivitieshasincludedthedevelopmentofapolicybriefing,academicandnewspaperpressreleases,awebsitearticle,materialsforacontinuingprofessionaldevelopmentresourcepack,andthecoordinationofasuccessfulsymposiumsubmission.Associate,PauloFreireInstitute-UnitedKingdom,CentreforHigherEducationandEquityResearch(CHEER)attheSchoolofEducationandSocialWork,UniversityofSussex,Brighton,UnitedKingdom,September2012-June2013.WorkedwithDirectoronlarge-scalegrantapplications,developmentofconferencesandworkshopsinUK(includingcontributingtothe2015GenderandEducationAssociationBiennialConference),andcollaborationwithotherPauloFreireInstitutes.Co-Researcher(withProfessorJonathanArries),“Poets,PedagogyandCommunity-BasedResearchinNicaragua:UnderstandingPoetryasaToolforCriticalLiteracyinSchools.”DepartmentofModernLanguagesandLiteratures,CollegeofWilliam&Mary,Virginia,UnitedStates,August2011-present.PartiallyfundedbytheWilliam&MaryPhilpott-PerezStudent-FacultyResearchFunding($2500).Includesinterviewswithpoets,educationalleaders,formervolunteerteachersoradultlearnersinvolvedinliteracycampaignsconductedinNicaraguabetween1980and2000.Rationale:AlthoughthedesignandimplementationoftheNicaraguanliteracycampaignof1980hasbeenwelldocumented,leadingfiguresinthatcampaignhavearticulatedverydifferentopinionsaboutthepreciserolethatpoetryplayedasatoolforcombatingilliteracy.Theinterviewsofleadingpoetsandtheeducationalleadershipfromthatperiodwillrevealtheiropinionastotherelativeimportanceofpoetryasapedagogicaltoolcomparedtootherteachingstrategiessuchastheaterordirectinstructioninphonemicawareness.Inaddition,thevalueoftheoutcomesofNicaraguanliteracycampaignshasbeenthesubjectofdisputeformanyyears;U.S.governmentofficialsandaffiliatedagenciesclaimthattheSandinistagovernment'sclaimsofsuccesswerefraudulent,whileUNESCOgrantedNicaraguatheKrupskayaAwardforliteracysixtimesbetween1980and2000.InterviewswithteachersandadultlearnersfromthelocalschoolcommunitywhoparticipatedinthosecampaignswilladdtheperspectiveoftheaverageNicaraguanto
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theliteratureaboutthevalueofthosecampaigns.ApplicationoftheNicaraguanexperienceasitrelatestotheutilizationofpoetrytoconfrontilliteracyintheUnitedStateswillalsobeanalyzed.ProgramManager,GeriatricScholarsProgram,GeriatricResearch,EducationandClinicalCenter,UnitedStatesVeteransHealthAdministration,UnitedStatesDepartmentofVeteransAffairs(VA),LosAngeles,CA(Full-time).Design,implementation,andanalysisofprogramassessment-includingparticipants’learningplansandpost-testsfornationaladulteducationprogram.FundedbyagrantfromtheVAOfficeofRuralHealthandadditionalgrantfromtheVAOfficeofPrimaryCare,fundedin2012-2013at$4.1million.TheprojecthasbeenhonoredatthehighestlevelsoftheVA.LosAngeles,November2009-September14,2012.SeeProgramManagementforadditionaldetailsandAppendix1forfulljobdescription.Dissertation:Women’sTheologies,Women’sPedagogies:LiberatingPraxesofLatinAmericanWomenEducatorsinElSalvador,Nicaragua,Bolivia,andArgentina,UCLA,June2009.
Researchassistant,GraduateSchoolofEducationandInformationStudies,UCLA,2007-2009.Researchassistant,PauloFreireInstituteEcopedagogyProject,BrazilandArgentina,September2009.DoctoralCognateResearch:SOC285B:BrazilianSociology(taughtinPortuguese);SPAN281:ContemporaryIssuesofChicanas(taughtinSpanish);UrbanPlanning235B:NGOsinInternationalDevelopment,September2007-June2008.Researcher,pre-fieldworkforPhD.dissertation.BuenosAires,Córdoba,SanJuan,Salta,Jujuy,andMardePlata,ArgentinaandSãoPaulo,Brazil,June-July2007.Researchassistant,DepartmentofSociology,TheCollegeofWilliamandMary.AssistedindesignandimplementationofstudytoinvestigateneedsoflocalsuburbanLatinocommunityaswellasthequalityoftheirsocialservices.Conductedandtranscribedinterviews.Usedasaneeds-assessmentforlocalsocialserviceorganizations.NominatedforPresident’sAwardforCommunityServiceattheCollege.Williamsburg,Virginia,August2003-May2004.Scholar,YouthTheologicalInitiative,CandlerSchoolofTheology,EmoryUniversity.Programfocusesonecumenicalexplorationoftheologyandsocialjusticewithadditionalresearchopportunitiesafterward,withsuchteachersasArchbishopDesmondTutuandmonkswhoworkedwithMartinLutherKing.Oneof64studentsselectedinU.S.forthe1999cohort.Atlanta,GA,Summer1999-May2002.TEACHINGBeijingNormalUniversity.September2013-present.(Master’sandDoctorallevelstudents)
Currentcourses(yearly):• “ComparativeEducationResearchMethodologies.”InternationalPhDProgramin
EducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation)corecourse.• “EducationalPolicyAnalysis:InternationalPerspectives.”InternationalPhDPrograminEducational
LeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation)corecourse.• “PoliticsofEducationinGlobalPerspective.”InternationalMA/PhDPrograminEducational
LeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation)course.• “MARIHE17:ReformsinHigherEducation.”ErasmusMundusMastersinResearchandInnovationin
HigherEducationcourse.3
3TheInstituteforInternationalandComparativeEducation,FacultyofEducation,BeijingNormalUniversityisthefirstChinesepartnerinanErasmusMundusprogram.Seehttp://www.marihe.eu/index.php?id=1formoreinformationabouttheprogram.
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Othersessions:• “MajorIssuesofEducationalReform:InternationalPerspectives.”Sessions:
ProfessionalizationofTeachersandTeachers'EducationalReform(2013,2014,2016,2017);Internationalization,RegionalizationandLocalizationofHigherEducation(2013,2014,2017).InternationalPhDPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation)course.
• “GenderandEducation.”Session:GenderandHigherEducationPedagogy.InstituteforEducationalTheoriescourse,Fall2013.
Lecturer,PauloFreireInstituteSummerProgram(11thEdition),anintensiveinternationalmonth-longprogramdesignedforgraduatestudents,teachers,professors,andresearchersworldwidewhoareinterestedinbroadeningtheirscholarshipinthefieldsofsocialsciencesandcomparativeeducation.AccreditedbyUCLAExtension,UCLA,LosAngeles.
• “Whatdoesitmeanto‘reinvent’Freireinourownwork?Acreativeexplorationandameta-reflection.”ComparativeEducationcourse,July18,2017.
• “Self-ActualizationinHigherEducation:thePerspectiveofbellhooks.”PoliticsofEducationcourse,July19,2017.
Lecturer,“ExploringtheliminalitiesofGCE:ethics,methodologies,andsensitivities,”InternationalInstituteonGlobalCitizenshipEducation,cohostedbytheUNESCOChairinGlobalLearningandGlobalCitizenshipEducation,UCLA,LosAngeles,July26,2016.
Lecturer,PauloFreireInstituteSummerProgram(10thEdition),anintensiveinternationalmonth-longprogramdesignedforgraduatestudents,teachers,professors,andresearchersworldwidewhoareinterestedinbroadeningtheirscholarshipinthefieldsofsocialsciencesandcomparativeeducation.AccreditedbyUCLAExtension,UCLA,LosAngeles.
• “Self-ActualizationinHigherEducation:thePerspectiveofbellhooks.”PoliticsofEducationcourse,July26,2016.
• “Whatdoesitmeanto‘reinvent’Freireinourownwork?Acreativeexplorationandameta-reflection.”ComparativeEducationcourse,July25,2016.
InvitedLecturer,“ImportedTrainingtoImproveInternationalizedProfessionalismforTeachersandManagement:aUniversityofMassachusettsTeacherLeadershipcourse,”hostedbytheEducationCommitteeofChaoYangDistrict,theBeijingInstituteofEducation,ChaoYangbranch,andCERNETEducationDevelopment(Beijing),December7,9,14,16-17,2015.AyearlycontinuingprofessionaldevelopmentcourseoninternationalissuesforprimaryandhighschoolteachersandadministratorsfromBeijingandInnerMongolia;32hoursoncriticalpedagogyandcomparativeanalysisinteachingandleadership;Freireanpedagogyandleadership;peaceeducation;GlobalCitizenshipEducation.Lecturer,PauloFreireInstituteSummerProgram(9thEdition).AccreditedbyUCLAExtension.UCLA,LosAngeles.
• “Centeringahooksianunderstandingof“self-actualization”withinhighereducation:reflectionsonpersonalandgroupethicsinandoutsidetheclassroom.”PoliticsofEducationcourse,July28,2015.
• “Whatdoesitmeanto“reinvent”Freireinourownwork?Acreativeexplorationandameta-reflection.”ComparativeEducationcourse,July29,2015.
InauguralGuestLecturer,“ResearchMethodology,”AcademicStudyGroup,SchoolofSocialDevelopmentandPublicPolicy(SSDPP),BeijingNormalUniversity,November24,2014.
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Invitedlecturer,“Doing”criticalpedagogy:Whatdoesthislooklike?Ashortreflectionactivity,”SociologyofEducation(undergraduateclass),NTNU,Taipei,October1,2014(2sessions).Lecturer,PauloFreireInstituteSummerProgram(8thEdition).AccreditedbyUCLAExtension.UCLA,LosAngeles.
• “Centeringahooksianunderstandingof“self-actualization”withinhighereducation:reflectionson
personalandgroupethicsinandoutsidetheclassroom.”PoliticsofEducationcourse,July23,2014.• “Confrontingdeficitthinkingandmicro-aggressionsinplace:applyingTuhiwaiSmith’sDecolonizing
Methodologiesinthecommunitiesinwhichweliveandwork.”ComparativeEducationcourse,July24,2014.
Convener,TownHallSeries,PauloFreireInstituteSummerProgram.AccreditedbyUCLAExtension.LosAngeles,UCLA,July15-August9,2013.Lecturer,PauloFreireInstituteSummerProgram(7thEdition).AccreditedbyUCLAExtension.UCLA,LosAngeles.
• “CouncilCircles:LivingOutCriticalPedagogy,”TownHalllecture,August7,2013.• “AppliedEthicsinComparativeEducationResearch:EngagingwiththeIssues,”ComparativeEducation
course,July25,2013.• “Ifyouscratchatheory…,”TownHalllecture,July17,2013.• “PoliticsandEducation:PerspectivesfromtheUnitedStatesandLatinAmerica,”PoliticsofEducation
course,July7,2013.
FulbrightInter-CountryLecturer,FulbrightInter-CountryLecturingProgramme,DepartmentofEducation,FacultyofPhilosophy,UniversityofNiš,Serbia.LecturingtripsponsoredbytheUSDepartmentofState'sBureauofEducationalandCulturalAffairsinBelgrade(andWashington,DC)toenableEuropeanFulbrightrecipienttotraveltoandlectureinaEuropeancountryoutsideofherresearchcontext.LecturedonPoliticsofEducationandResearchonGenderandHigherEducation,conductedmeetingwithresearchersinterestedingrantcollaboration,andvisitedcommunitygroupsfocusedongenderandsocialjusticeissues,May3-12,2013.
InvitedLecturer(FulbrightScholar),RoehamptonUniversityEducationDepartment,London,September2012-June2013.Lecturedonphilosophyofeducation,methodology(includingfeministmethodologies),genderandhighereducation,dissertationwriting.
• “GenderandHigherEducationPedagogiesinaComparativePerspective:resultsfromanexpansionoftheHigherEducationAcademyNationalTeachingFellowshipSchemeProject,“FormationsofGenderandHigherEducationPedagogies”(GaP)(CentreforEducationResearchinEqualities,PolicyandPedagogyInternalLectureSeries),May22,2013.
Taughtonthefollowingcourses(degreeprograms):
• EducationPhD[CentreforEducationResearchinEqualities,PolicyandPedagogy,DepartmentofEducation,RoehamptonUniversitydoctoralstudentreadinggroup].“Exploringethicsinthedissertationprocess:reflectionsonaqualitative,comparativedoctoralstudy.”January28,2013.
• PhilosophyofSocialScienceResearchModule(Master’sandPhD–levelcourse).November14
andDecember5,2012.
Lecturer,“TeachingandResearchingInternationalServiceLearning,”PauloFreireInstituteSummerProgram(6thEdition).AccreditedbyUCLAExtension.UCLA,LosAngeles,August8,2012.
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Guestlecturer,“TeachingandResearchingInternationalServiceLearning”and“Experiencesconductingandpublishingcomparative,narrativeinquiry-centeredresearch.”“EducationalIssuesinGlobalPerspective”course,CaliforniaStateUniversity-LongBeach,April25,2012.Guestlecturer,“TeachingandResearchingInternationalService-Learning.”“Cohortcourse”forSocialScienceandComparativeEducationMaster’sstudents(EDU288),UCLA,LosAngeles,February16,2012.Guestlecturer,dialoguewithstudent-rundiscussionsectionaboutexperiencesintheclassroomandadviceforgraduateschool.“AcademicSuccessinUndergraduateExperience”course(EDU92F),UCLA,LosAngeles,October26,2011.
Instructor,CollegeofWilliamandMary’s“ModernLanguageandLiteraturesSummerInstituteinNicaragua.”Co-developed(withProfessorJonathanArries)threeweekcourseforESLandEFLeducatorsbasedonservicelearningandcriticalpedagogyinManaguaandMasaya,Nicaragua.Studentsfromwiderangeofdisciplines:government,appliedlinguistics,education,HispanicStudies,andLatinAmericanstudies.Livedwithstudentsforentiretrip,facilitatingclosementoring.Supervisedclassroominstruction,teachselectedreadingsandarticles;guidedconstructionofhypotheticalactionplanwithhostschoolandcolleagues;evaluatedclasswritingduringandaftertimein-country,coordinatedrelatedresearchprojects(See“Research”).ManaguaandMasaya,Nicaragua,August2007,2008,and2011.Lecturer,“PoliticsandEducation.”UCLA,LosAngeles,SummerSession:June-August,2010and,June-July2011.Guestlecturer,“ComparativeEducation.”“PauloFreireInstituteSummerProgram.”UCLA,LosAngeles,July21,2011.Guestlecturer,“QualitativeMethodologyandtheDissertationProcess.”“ResearchApprenticeshipCourse”(EDU288),UCLA,LosAngeles,November18,2009.
Guestlecturer,“FeminismandFreire.”“PoliticsandEducation”course(EDUC207),November10,2009.Instructor,ESL,PauloFreireInstituteSummerProgram(3rdEdition).Developed3-weekESLcoursetaughtconcurrentlyandinconjunctionwithIssuesinComparativeEducationandPoliticsofEducation.FocusedonacademicwritingandpresentationsinEnglishandonconversationalEnglishwithinthecontextofLosAngeles.UCLA,LosAngeles,July2009.Guestlecturer,“Women,socialmovements,andtheologyinLatinAmerica.”“PoliticsandEducation”course(EDUC207),UCLA,LosAngeles,July22,2009.Instructor,“CurrentProblemsinContemporaryEducation:TeologíaFeminista,TeologíadelaLiberación”(EDUC253A).DesignedandmarketednewgraduatecoursewithCarlosA.Torresbasedonmydissertationresearch.CoursetaughtinSpanishandopentocommunitythroughUCLAExtension,UCLA,LosAngeles,April-June2009.
Guestlecturer,“Multiculturalismo.”“SemanadaPedagogia”[EducationWeek]Conference,FaculdadesIntegradasTorricelli,Guarulhos,SãoPaulo,September26,2008.
Guestlecturer,“Liberationtheology.”PoliticsandEducationcourse(EDUC207/C125).PauloFreireInstituteSummerProgram(2ndEdition).UCLA,LosAngeles,July7,2008.TeachingAssistant,“PoliticsofEducation”(EDUCC207/C125).Combinedgraduateandundergraduatecourse.Providedregularguidancetostudentsaboutcoursepresentationsandpapersthroughofficehours.Developedthemesforandevaluated7shortwritingtopicsdesignedtohelpstudentscreatefinalpapers.Lecturedon
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coursereadings;debriefedstudentsafterfieldworkexperiences.Evaluatedfinalpapers,UCLA,LosAngeles,March-June2008.Guestlecturer,“Liberationtheology.”“PoliticsofEducation”(EDUCC207/C125),UCLA,LosAngeles,April14,2008.Guestlecturer,“Liberationtheology.”“IntellectualTraditionsinLatinAmerica”(CS111),DepartmentofChicana/ChicanoStudies,UCLA,LosAngeles,November13,2007.Englishteacherandguidancecounselor,InstitutoCentralCarlosVegaBolaños,apublichighschoolwith3500students.ThroughtheFoundationforSustainableDevelopment.Masaya,Nicaragua,August-December,2005.
Fellow,SharpeCommunityScholarsProgram:ServiceLearningandHispanicStudies,CollegeofWilliamandMary.Civilrenewalprogramdesignedtoengagefirstyearstudentsinservicelearningandstructuralchangeprojects.Actedasteachingassistantandmentorto15freshmanselectedfortheprogram.Helpedruntheirfreshmanseminar,editedandadvisedstudentsonwritingassignments,andmonitoredandparticipatedwiththeirworkinthecommunity.SupervisedtheircreationofanESLparents´resourcecenterinthepublicschools.Williamsburg,Virginia,August2003-May2004.Teachingassistant,HispanicStudiesDepartment,TheCollegeofWilliamandMary.AssistedprofessorinthecreationoffirstESLconversationclassincity.Classservedapproximately30LatinoadultsandbeginningcollegeSpanishstudentsfor8weeks.Helpeddesigncurriculumandpromoteandfacilitateclasses.Programhasbeenon-goingsincethen,anddevelopedintoCPALS(CommunityPartnershipforAdultLearners),astudent-runorganizationthatoffersfreeEnglishlanguageclassesforthelocalcommunity.Williamsburg,Virginia,May-August2003.
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AssistantDirector,PauloFreireInstitute,GraduateSchoolofEducation&InformationStudies,UCLA.ConsultonandparticipateindevelopmentofInstituteactivities,particularlygrantsandconferences.RepresentPFIatinternationalconferences.ServeasliaisonbetweenPFI,UCLAandotherPFIs.June2011-present.ProgramManager,GeriatricScholarsProgram,GeriatricResearch,EducationandClinicalCenter,VeteransHealthAdministration,UnitedStatesDepartmentofVeteransAffairs(VA).Fulltime(40hours/week)hub-sitemanagerfornationaladulteducationprogramforcliniciansseekingtoimprovecareofoldermilitaryveteranslivinginruralareas.Asthefirstpersontoholdthisposition,myresponsibilitiesincluded:managementofintensivegeriatricmedicineandQualityImprovementcourses,conferences,onlineLearningCommunity,andindividualizededucation(onlinecourses,Webinars,toolkits,in-personpractica).FundedbyagrantfromtheVAOfficeofRuralHealthandadditionalgrantfromtheVAOfficeofPrimaryCare,fundedin2012-2013at$4.1million.TheprojecthasbeenhonoredatthehighestlevelsoftheVeteransHealthAdministration.LosAngeles,November2009-September14,2012.SeeResearchforadditionaldetailsandAppendix1forfulljobdescription.ProgramOfficer,PauloFreireInstitute,UCLA,August2009-June2010;June2007-September2008;Member,2006-present.Coordinationofmonthlymeetingsandonlinecorrespondence;coordinationoftheEducatingtheGlobalCitizenproject,a20countrystudyoftheeffectsofglobalizationonP-20andadulteducators;coordinationofforumswithinternationaleducationspecialistsandvisitingscholars;coordinationofannualCalifornianAssociationofFreireanEducators(CAFE)conferenceforcommunityeducators,students,andfacultyinLosAngeles;consultanttointernationaleducatorslookingforaccesstovariousacademicresourcesrelatedtoPauloFreire;preparationofinternalandexternalgrants.
Coordinator,CollegeofWilliamandMary’sModernLanguageandLiteraturesSummerInstituteinNicaragua(withProfessorJonathanArries).Responsibilitiesincludedhealthandsafety,communicationwithstudents’
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families,in-countrytrips,allnecessarytranslation,disciplinaryissues,programbudgets(includingtransferoffunds),onlinebloggingproject,Nicaragua,August2007,2008,and2011.OutreachCoordinator,Cross-OverMinistry.Coordinatethe3satelliteclinicsofCross-OverHealthCenter.Clinicsitesprovidegeneralmedical,OB/GYN,anddentalcare.Dutiesincludemanagementoffrontofficeresponsibilities,managementofvolunteers,socialworkforpatients,andSpanishandPortuguesetranslation.Richmond,Virginia,January2006-September2006.Foundingteammember,NuevaOla.Assistedindesignandtrainingfornewcurriculumfor5thgradestudentsinCiudadSandino,Managua,Nicaragua.Teachescommunicationtechniquesdesignedtopreventdomesticviolenceandteenpregnancy.Nicaragua,October2004-May2006.Fellow,FoundationforSustainableDevelopment(FSD),Nicaragua.AsGradCorpFellow,assistedinthecoordinationofshort-termacademicstudy-abroadprograms,servicetrips,andshortandlong-termindividualinternandacademicprogramsforindividualsages18-65;wastheFoundation’sfirstGradCorpFellow(thepositionevolvedintoanAssistantDirectorpositioninthe10citiesin6countriesinwhichFSDworks);supervisedstudentsdailyworkandgrantwritinginnumerousNicaraguanmicro-credit,health,andeducationNGOs,Nicaragua,October2004-December2005.
Co-leader,FSDservicetripforUNC-ChapelHillandtheUniversityofMassachusetts.Tripfocusedoneducationanddevelopment.Nicaragua,March12-20,2005.ProgramAssistant,FSDacademictripforUC-Berkeley,St.Mary’sUniversity,andtheUniversityofSanFrancisco.Tripfocusedonsustainabledevelopmentprojectsinthecoffeetrade,theenvironment,education,andhealth.Nicaragua,December30,2004-January22,2005.
Intern,CrossOverHealthCenter,amulti-siteclinicprovidingover45,000annualpatientvisitsforpatientswhoareuninsured.Inconjunctionwithphysicianmentorandclinicstaff,coordinatedaprogramforCrossOverandothercommunitymedicalstafftoprovideregularcareatCARITAS(thelargestproviderofhomelessservicesintheMetroRichmondarea).AlsoworkedinSpanish-Englishmedicaltranslationandinthefrontoffice,Richmond,Virginia,September1999-June2000(InternshipledtoapaidfrontofficepositionfromJune-August,2000).
OTHERINTERNATIONALNON-PROFITIntern,IxchenMasaya,anationalwomen’sclinicspecializinginlegal,psychological,andmedicalcareforvictimsofdomesticviolence.ThroughtheFoundationforSustainableDevelopment.Masaya,Nicaragua,February-May2005.Intern,HospitalCiudadSandino(DepartmentofSocialWork;Epidemiology;emergencyroom).ThroughtheFoundationforSustainableDevelopment.CiudadSandino,Managua,Nicaragua,October-December2004.Workshopleader,CasadeLasMujeres.Assistedwithworkshopsthatteachpolitical,social,andeconomicrightsanddomesticviolenceprevention.Organizedwomenbehind“Laleydeigualdadyoportunidaddelosderechosdelasmujeres”toprepareforpresentationofthisreformtotheNicaraguangovernment.Matagalpa,Nicaragua,August-September2004.Intern,HabitatforHumanityNicaragua-Matagalpa.Workedoncommunitydevelopmentprojects,includinganeeds-assessmentofruralMatagalpafordonorsgivingtoHabitatprojectsandontheorganizationoflocalandinternationalvolunteers.Matagalpa,Nicaragua,July-September2004.
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Alumna,HabitatforHumanity’sGlobalVillageProject:Nicaragua,CollegeofWilliam&Mary.Year-longproject(withweeklycommitments)atWilliam&Marythatcumulatedinweek-longprojectinMatagalpa,NicaraguainMarch2004.August2003-May2004.OTHERDOMESTIC(USA)NON-PROFITTranslator(Spanish/Portuguese)/staff,multiplecommunityorganizationsincludinglegalaid/paralegalwork,WomenInfantsandChildrenSupplementalNutritionProgram,literacyprograms,2000-2006.Multipleyouthprogramcounselinganddirector(part-timeandfull-time)positions,YMCA,2001-2003.Co-President,StudentsAgainsttheDeathPenalty,CollegeofWilliam&Mary,2002-2003.
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Featuredalumna,UCLAGSEISSSCENewsletter,May2013.Recipient,FulbrightInter-CountryLecturingProgramme,DepartmentofEducation,FacultyofPhilosophy,UniversityofNiš,Serbia,USDepartmentofState'sBureauofEducationalandCulturalAffairs,BelgradeandWashington,DC,January2013.Recipient,researchgrant,LondonPauloFreireInstitute,CentreforEducationResearchinEqualities,PolicyandPedagogy(CEREPP),DepartmentofEducation,RoehamptonUniversity,London,£6000,September2012-June2013.Recipient,FulbrightScholarAward,RoehamptonUniversity,UnitedKingdom,£20,475/9months,September2012-June2013,http://www.fulbright.org.uk/about/meet-our-fulbrighters/lauren-ila-jones-/276.HonoraryFounder(named),PauloFreireInstitute,UCLA,May2010.Recipient,GraduateStudentScholarship,annualmeetingoftheInternationalAssociationforResearchonService-LearningandCommunityEngagement(IARSLCE),Ottawa,Canada,2009.Recipient,DistinguishedTeachingAssistantAward,UCLAGraduateSchoolofEducationandInformationStudies,2008-2009(1of2awardsannuallyindepartmentofover300graduatestudents).Recipient,WorldCouncilofChurchesScholarship(Geneva,Switzerland),CHF$10,000,2008(onlyawardtoUSscholarthatyear).
Recipient,CIESNewScholaraward,2008.Recipient,UCLAGraduateStudentAssociationofEducationtravelgrant,2008.Recipient,GraduateSchoolofEducation&InformationStudiesFellowship,UCLA,$11,000,2007-2008.
Recipient,GraduateSchoolofEducation&InformationStudiestravelgrant,UCLA,2007and2008.Recipient,U.S.DepartmentofEducationForeignLanguageandAreaStudiesscholarshipinPortuguesewithsupportfromUCLAGraduateSchoolofEducationandInformationStudies,$40,000,2007.
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GradCorpsFellow,FoundationforSustainableDevelopment(FSD),Nicaragua.Firstrecipient(worldwide).October2004-December2005.Recipient,AmericanAssociationofTeachersofArabicSummerArabicLanguageIntensiveScholarship(AIMS),Tangier,Morocco,2004.Recipient,fullscholarship,SummerYouthCourse,St.George´sCollege,Jerusalem,July2000.TwoweekcourseinPalestineandIsrael.Recipient,BrotherhoodSisterhoodYouthAward,InterfaithCouncilofGreaterRichmond,June2000.Recipient,VirginiaAttorneyGeneral’sofficescholarship(oneoffivestatewide),June2000.CURRENTINTERNATIONALADVISORYBOARDAPPOINTMENTSMember,GlobalLearningandGlobalCitizenshipEducationInternationalAdvisoryCommitteemember,UnitedNationsEducation,Scientific,andCulturalOrganization(UNESCO),UNESCOChairinGlobalLearningandGlobalCitizenshipEducation,2014-present.CURRENTPROFESSIONALASSOCIATIONPOSITIONS-ELECTEDWorldCouncilofComparativeEducationSocieties(WCCES)
SecretaryGeneral,August2016-present.
CURRENTPROFESSIONALASSOCIATIONPOSITIONED-APPOINTMENTSWorldCouncilofComparativeEducationSocieties(WCCES)
AssistantSecretaryGeneral,February-August2016.Chair,FinanceStandingCommittee,August2015-August2016.Member,December2014-August2016.Liaison,TaskForceonPeaceEducation–Bureau,April2016-August2016.Member,SpecialProjectsStandingCommittee,September2013-August2016.
CURRENTPROFESSIONALASSOCIATIONS
Member,ChinaComparativeEducationSociety,September2013-present.Member,FulbrightAssociation,September2012-present.Member,GenderandEducationAssociation,February2012-present.Member,AmericanEducationalResearchAssociation,August2007-present.Member,WorldCouncilofComparativeEducationSocieties,July2007-present.
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Member,ComparativeandInternationalEducationSociety,January2007-present.Member,Post-foundationalApproachestoComparativeandInternationalEducationSIG,March2015–present.(Pastmember,GenderandEducationCommittee;TeachingComparativeEducationSIG;ReligionandEducationSIG.)
Member,PauloFreireInstitute,September2006-present.Member,ComparativeEducationSocietyofAsia,May2014-2015.Member,ComparativeEducationSocietyofHongKong,February2014-2015.SELECTCONFERENCEORGANIZATION
Convener,8thInternationalMeetingofthePauloFreireForum,UCLA,LosAngeles,September19-22,2012.Over500hoursof(volunteer)workfromSeptember2011-September2012.Chair,PauloFreireInstitute(PFI)CalifornianAssociationofFreireanEducators(CAFE)10thanniversaryconferencepre-conferenceprofessionaldevelopmentworkshop,“TeachersasCulturalWorkersintheMidstoftheCaliforniaEducationalCrisis.”UCLA:LosAngeles,April1,2011.SupportedbyaUniversityofCaliforniaInstituteforResearchonLabor&Employmentgrant.Over100hoursofvolunteerworkfromSeptember2010-April2011.Coordinator,numerousmeetings,conferences,practica,seminars,etc.forVeteransAdministration.SeeAppendix1forfulljobdescription.November2009-September2012.Coordinator,PFICAFE.UCLAandLosAngelesTradeTechnicalCollege:LosAngeles,May8-9,2009.Over200hoursofvolunteerworkfromSeptember2008-May2009.Coordinator,PFICAFE.UCLA:LosAngeles,May14-15,2008;May20and22,2010.Over200hoursofvolunteerworkfromSeptember2007-May2008,andSeptember2009-May2010.Conferencechair,PFICAFE.UCLA:LosAngeles,February9-10,2007.Over200hoursofvolunteerworkfromSeptember2006-February2007.
EDITORIALANDJOURNALREVIEWSERVICE(bi-weekly)Member,EditorialBoard,TeachinginHigherEducation(SSCI).November2013-present.EDITORIALANDJOURNALINVITEDREVIEWSERVICE
Reviewer,GenderandEducation(SSCI),April2016-present.Reviewer,SpecialIssue:HistoryandAdministrationofHigherEducation,JournalofEducationalAdministrationandHistory,April2016.
Reviewer,RevistaLatinoamericanadeEducaciónComparada(JournaloftheArgentineComparativeEducationSociety(LaSociedadArgentinadeEstudiosComparadosenEducación)),May2014-present.
Reviewer,RivistaEncyclopaideia-JournalofPhenomenologyandEducation(DepartmentofEducation-UniversityofBologna,Italy).December2012-present.Reviewer,AsiaPacificJournalofEducationalDevelopment(APJED)(JournaloftheNationalAcademyforEducationalResearch,Taiwan(R.O.C.)),June2014-December2014.
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Reviewer,Religions,2012-2013.RECENTCONFERENCEREVIEWSERVICEReviewer,CIESAnnualMeeting,SIG-HigherEducation;SIG–EastAsia;GeneralPool,November2014.
Reviewer,AERAAnnualMeeting,DivisionG-SocialContextofEducationSection4:SocialContextofEducationalPolicy,Politics,andPraxis;DivisionJ-Section4:Faculty,Curriculum,andTeaching,June2014-September2014.Reviewer,CIESAnnualMeeting,SIG-ReligionandEducation;GenderandEducationCommittee,November2013.Reviewer,AERAAnnualMeeting,DivisionG-SocialContextofEducationSection4:SocialContextofEducationalPolicy,Politics,andPraxis;SIG-Service-Learning&ExperientialEducation;SIG-PauloFreire,CriticalPedagogy,andEmancipation,June2013.
OTHEREXTERNALPROFESSIONALSERVICEInvitedReviewer,bookpre-publicationpeerreview,PalgraveMacmillan,June2017.DissertationWorkshopMentor(GlobalCitizenshipandHumanRightsEducation),CIESAnnualConference,Atlanta,March7,2017.
InvitedReviewer,bookpre-publicationpeerreview,PalgraveMacmillan,May2016.Member,Fulbright-HaysDoctoralDissertationResearchAbroad(DDRA)ReviewCommittee,UCLA,April2015,April2016.DissertationWorkshopMentor,CIESAnnualConference,Vancouver,March7,2016.InvitedReviewer,BookProspectus,FreireHandbook(CarlosAlbertoTorres),Wiley-BlackwellReferenceBooksSeries,June2015.DissertationWorkshopMentor(CitizenshipEducationworkshop),CIESAnnualConference,Washington,D.C.,March9,2015.
DissertationWorkshopMentor,CIESAnnualConference,Toronto,March11,2014.Member,DoctoralThesisDefenseCommittee,DepartmentofSociologyandSocialAnthropology,UniversityofValencia,Valencia,Spain,December2014(1student).
INTERNALPROFESSIONALSERVICE
Editor/Consultant,SchoolofContinuingEducationandTeacherTraining,FOE,BNU,May2016-present.EditorialAdvisor,IICE,FOE,BNU,January2015-present.Weeklyadvisementof5-personteamofChinese-EnglishprofessionaltranslatorsonIICEwebsitecontent(InstituteNewsandLectureNews).(OccasionalconsultancyonIICEvirtualandwrittencommunications,October2013-present).FacultyFacilitator,eventsoftheBNUResearchCenterforMinorityEducationandMulticulturalStudies,December2013-present.
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• Consultant,WeForYou(为好优女生职业发展中心),awomen’scareercenterinBeijing,May2015–
present.• Women’sProfessorForum:InternationalWomen’sDayevent,March19,2015.• “女德馆(Nüdeguan)(Women’smoralsschools),workshoponGenderEquality,November4,2014
(student-led).• “女汉子(Nühanzi),”ThirdSalonoftheCenter,aneventforInternationalWomen’sDayweek.March4,
2014(student-led).http://news.bnu.edu.cn/xysh/74075.htm• Discussant,ZHANGLili’sundergraduateChinese-languagegenderstudiescourse,FOE,BNU,June3and
10,2014.
Member,Master’sThesisDefenseCommittees,InternationalMasterPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation),FOE,BNU,May24,2017(8students).Member,DoctoralThesisDefenseCommittee,InternationalPhDPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation),FOE,BNU,May23,2017(2students).Reviewer,OnlineMaster’sThesisReview,InternationalMasterPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation),FOE,BNU,May10,2017(1student).Reviewer,OnlineMaster’sThesisReview,InternationalMasterPrograminHigherEducation&StudentAffairsAdministration,FOE,BNU,May10,2017(1student).
Member,DoctoralThesisProposalDefenseCommittee,InternationalPhDPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation),FOE,BNU,May9,2017(3students).
Member,DoctoralThesisPre-DefenseCommittee,InternationalPhDPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation),FOE,BNU,March14,2017(3students,includingmyadvisee).Member,DoctoralThesisProposalDefenseCommittee,InternationalPhDPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation),FOE,BNU,December6,2016–(ongoingmentoring)(3students,includingmyadviseeandco-advisee).Member,Master’sThesisProposalDefenseCommittee,InternationalMasterPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation),FOE,BNU,November28,2016–present(ongoingmentoring)(4students).
Reviewer,ThematicGroup1(GlobalizationandLocalization),WCCES2016Congress,April2016.Member,DoctoralThesisProposalDefenseCommittee,InternationalPhDPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation),FOE,BNU,April5,2016(1student).Member,DoctoralThesisProposalDefenseCommittee,InternationalPhDPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation),FOE,BNU,November2015-present(ongoingmentoring)(4students).
Member,Master’sThesisDefenseCommittee,InternationalMasterPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation),FOE,BNU,May19,2015(4students).InternalReviewer,Master’sThesis,InternationalMasterPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation),FOE,BNU,May2015(3students).
Editor/Consultant,Writing,communication,andconferenceprojectsoftheDean’sOffice,FOE,BNU,April2015–May2015.
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Host,ForeignExpertvisits,InstituteforInternationalandComparativeEducation,FacultyofEducation,BeijingNormalUniversity.
• ProfessorMassimilianoTarozzi(UniversityofBologna),October5-November4,2014.
Hostinginvolvesaformalnominationofandfundingcoordinationforexpert’svisit,aswellasplanningandexecutionof18hoursoflectures,workshops,andmeetingswhileexpertisinresidence.
Member,DoctoralThesisProposalDefenseCommittee,InternationalPhDPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation),FOE,BNU,October2014–May2015(ongoingmentoring)(4students).
Member,Master’sThesisProposalDefenseCommittee,InternationalMasterPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation),FOE,BNU,October29,2014–May2015(ongoingmentoring)(4students).
Member,foreignfacultyrecruitmentinterviewcommittee,FOE,BNU,June19,2014.
Member,Master’sThesisDefenseCommittee,InternationalMasterPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation),FOE,BNU,May2014(4students).
Chair,Master’sProposalDefenseCommittee,InternationalMasterPrograminEducationalLeadershipandPolicy(ComparativeEducation),FOE,BNU,November2013(4students).
OTHERINTERNALPROFESSIONALSERVICE:STUDENTSUPERVISIONBNU(December2013-present).
o Currentsupervision(allreceivingfullChineseGovernmentScholarships):o PhD
§ LanceSamuelMunyaradziBungu(PhD,ExpectedJune2018).Workingtitleofdissertation:DoingCitizenshipEducationinaPostcolonialContext:theCaseofZimbabwe.
§ SamsonMaekeleTsegay(PhD,ExpectedJune2018).Workingtitleofdissertation:TheroleofEritreanDiasporaacademicsinpromotinghighereducationinEritrea:Opportunitiesandchallenges.
• 2015-2016BeijingNormalUniversityYearlyAwardforOutstandinginternationalDegreeStudents
§ HouariaBouchentouf(PhD,ExpectedJune2019).Topic:EthnicminoritiesandmulticulturalisminChina.
§ ShereeWilson(PhD,ExpectedJune2019).Topic:CommunitycenterfacilitationofhighereducationalopportunitiesforteenmothersinJamaica.
o PhD–coadvisement§ RassidyOyeniran(PhD,ExpectedJune2018,co-advisement).Workingtitleof
dissertation:Anexploratorystudyofwomenprincipals’livedexperiencesandperceptionsoftheirpracticestowardsstudentandschooltransformationinCôted’Ivoire:AcasestudyoftwoprimaryschoolsoftheDistrictofAbidjan.
o MA§ LidiaIvoneNhamirreIsac(MA,ExpectedJune2018).Topic:Intersectionalityofgender,
language,andissuesofpowerinMozambique.
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o Graduatedstudents(allreceivingfullChineseGovernmentScholarships):o PhD
§ JoelJonathanKayombo(PhD,June2016).Dissertationtitle:Earlycareeracademics’professionalexperienceswithinaneo-liberalcontext:AcasestudyoftheUniversityofDaresSalaam,Tanzania.
• AssociateDeanandLecturer,FacultyofEducation,UniversityofDaresSalaam,Tanzania
• The2016BNUExcellentInternationalGraduateawardo MA
§ TamaraMwanza(MA,June2017).Thesistitle:Towards“Researchthatmakesadifference”inZambianhighereducationinstitutions.
§ SabrinaEliyaMsangi(MA,June2016).Thesistitle:DevelopingWomenSocialMovementActivistsinTanzania:ContributionsofDichotomousSecularandTheologicalEducationPedagogies.
§ SamsonMaekeleTsegay(MA,June2015).Thesistitle:TheRoleofHigherEducationintheProductionofSkilledHumanResourcesinEritrea:NurturingGlobalCitizenship.
• 2013-2014BeijingNormalUniversityYearlyAwardforOutstandinginternationalDegreeStudents
§ SydellPoyoeGoll(MA,June2015).Thesistitle:TheVoicesUnheard:ACriticalLookattheMis/recognitionofYoungPeopleinLiberia.
• 2016MandelaWashingtonFellowshipforYoungAfricanLeaders(theflagshipprogramofPresidentObama’sYoungAfricanLeadersInitiative)
• GraduatedasanHonoureeatBNU• 2015BeijingNormalUniversityBestThesis/Research,FacultyofEducation
InternationalStudentsResearch
• Unofficial:o WAN,XinKe(BA,June2017;AA2016-2017,RA2015-2017)
§ Referee,6MAapplications• UniversityofBritishColumbiaGraduateEntranceScholarship,MasterofArtsin
HumanDevelopment,LanguageandCultureo ZHANG,Wenchao(MA,June2016;myTA/RA2014-2016).
§ Referee,7PhDapplications• Recipient,2016-2019ChineseScholarshipCouncilscholarship,PhDinEducation,
Queen’sUniversity,Belfast,NorthernIreland,UK.• Unofficial:1additionalinternationalPhDstudentineducationinChina
LANGUAGES
• Spanish:non-nativefluency.Speakersince1996,nearlydailyprofessionalandacademicworksince1999.
• Portuguese:advanced.Speakerandregularprofessionalandacademicworksince2005.• Mandarin:beginner-intermediate;upperHSK3.Dailystudyofspeaking,reading,characterwritingand
twice-weeklyworkwithone-on-onetutor,2013-present.• Italian:beginner-intermediate.Equivalenttooneyearofregularstudywithtutorandcommunityclass,
2005,2012-2013.Experiencesconductingresearch.• French:beginner.Regularself-study,Fall2012,January2015-present.• Other:Arabic:beginner.Onefullyearuniversitystudy,CollegeofWilliamandMary,2001,2003.
Occasionaltutoring,2005,2009-2010.
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APPENDIX1:
ProgramManagerGeriatricScholarsProgramGreaterLosAngelesGeriatricResearch,EducationandClinicalCenter(GRECC)VAGreaterLosAngeles(GLA)HealthcareSystemOverviewThekeyactivitiesforthepositionincludeprojectmanagement,coordination,andevaluationatthehubsiteofanationaleducationalprogramfortrainingVAstaff.Thehubsitecoordinatesactivitiesamong10collaboratingGRECCs.JobdescriptionTheprogrammanagerwill:
• Manageanationalworkforcedevelopmentprogram,including:
o CoordinateallcoursesconductedundertheGeriatricScholarsProgram:1)4-dayintensivecoursesatLosAngeles,Boston,NewYork,Madison,St.LouisandSanAntonio,2)clinicalpracticaatLosAngeles,NewYork,LittleRock,Portland,Madison,SanAntonio,Boston,3)RuralInterdisciplinaryTraining(RITT)at10ruralCBOCsperyear,4)atleast2newdistancelearningprograms/yearandallestablishedprogram,5)programplanningandstaffdevelopment
o Designorre-designofprogramelementsbasedonevaluationofsuccessinmeetinglearninggoalsandobjectives
o Coordinatenationalaccreditationactivitiesassociatedwiththeprogramo Advise,instruct,andprovideinformationaccordingtoVApolicy,asneeded,to
committee,participants,andVISN(network)officersandtravelclerkso Developanddisseminateneweducationalproductsinconjunctionwiththe
GRECCsandotherpartnerso Manage,providedirectionandfollow-uptovariousGeriatricScholarsProgram
components(e.g.mandatorycourses,qualityimprovement(QI),practicum,RITT,enduringeducationalmaterials,webinars)
o Implementestablishedprotocolforprogramoperationso CommunicatewiththeScholarsastheirmainpointofcontacttoprovide
informationandcoordinateactivities(e.g.Scholarsbeforetravel-coordinatingcommunicationbetweenScholarandcollaboratingGRECConissuessuchaslocalhotelavailability),tofacilitateproblem-solving(e.g.workingwithfacilitiesonpolicyrelatedtotravel)
o Creatematerialsrelatedtovariousprogramcomponentsincludingmanagementofpre/postproductionanddisseminationofproduct(e.g.box-setofwebseminarDVDs;QIDVDset,programbrochure,coursebinder,webseminarflier)
o Manage,organize,implementyearly3-dayclinicalpracticumattheGLAGRECCforupto10participants,includingallpre-conferencecoordinationwithparticipantsandfaculty,logistics(e.g.roomreservations,cashfundtopayvolunteerpatientswhowillparticipate,purchaseorderforcaterer),andallfacilitationduringconference(e.g.introductionofspeakers,technologicaltrouble-shooting,facilitationoftravelbetweenfacilities/buildingsforvarioustalksandpracticalexperiences,generalassistancetoparticipantsduringtheirstayinLosAngeles)
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o Manage,organizeannualqualityimprovementprograminLosAngeleso Fiscalrequestsofthreeprogrambudgetsandmultiplefundcontrolpoints
• Superviseaprogramassistanttaskedwiththecoordinationandfollow-upoftrainingandevaluationforVAclinicianslocatedinupto300ruralfacilities,plusprimarycarecliniciansatallotherVAfacilities.Theassistantistaskedwith:o Coordinatingtrainingactivities,includingtravelandattendanceata5-day
educationalprogramateitherLosAngeles,NewYork,Boston,Madison,St.Louis,andSanAntonio;practicumon-sitetrainingatupto10GRECCs,andatotherconferences
o Trackingparticipants’QIprojectsasdisplayedonREDCap.
o MaintainingalearningcommunityfortheprogramparticipantsusingMicrosoftSharePoint(intranetsite).
• Coordinatedesignandcontentofnewdistantlearningcomponentsinconsultationwitheducationaltechnologyexpertsandalsowitheducationandclinicalcontentexperts.
• Design,facilitate,coordinate,andevaluatealearningcommunityfortheprogramparticipantsusingMicrosoftSharePoint;maintainanadministrativeSharePointsiteforprogramcoordinationamongthe10GRECCs,includingregularcleaning,updating,andtrainingforusers.
• Coordinateandfacilitatemeetingsandactivitiesofnationalfacultyforprogram,
includingatleastonein-personmeeting,LiveMeeting,telephoneorvideoconferencing.
• Designorrecommendmixed-methodevaluationstrategiesforvariousprogram
components;analyzeevaluationdata,forinstance,usingmethodologicalstrategiesacceptedineducationsocialresearch.Experiencewithimplementationofcurriculumevaluationforadultlearnersisdesirable.
• Re-assessevaluationpointsandcreatenewsurveyswhenneededinconsultation
withtheprogram’sevaluationsub-committee.• Coordinateanannualprofessionaldevelopmentwebseminarseriesinconsultation
withtheprogram’swebinarsub-committee.• Participateindevelopingamanuscriptontheimpactofthisprogramforapeer-
reviewjournal,includingpreparationoftablesandfigures,writingand/orreviewingoriginaltext,providingsupportfortheeditorialprocesswiththemultipleco-authorsandthetargetedjournal(s)
RequiredSkills
• Master’sdegreeinarelatedfield
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• Excellentoralandwrittencommunicationskills.ThisjobcallsforconsiderablecommunicationwithVAclinicians,VISN(network)officers,andfacility-leveltravelclerks.
• Demonstratedsuccesswithconstant,complexin-person,email,andphonecommunicationwith20-personprogramcommittee,200+programparticipants,andnumerousVAofficers(e.g.attimes,80-90emailsperdayrequiringactionstocoordinate).Communicationsrangefrommultipletimes/daywithsomepeopleinvolvedintheprogram(e.g.aparticipantpreparingtotraveltoacourse,acommitteememberrequestingfunding)tosingleinteractionswithothers(e.g.aVAnetworkdirector).
• Demonstratedsuccessmulti-taskingundertightdeadlines
• ExcellentskillsusingMicrosoftOffice,especiallyExcelanddataanalysisinthis
spreadsheetapplication.
• Experienceamelioratingawiderangeofprogrammanagementissues
• Demonstratedhigh-levelofpersonalinitiative
• Demonstratedabilitytothriveinnewinstitutionalsettings
DesiredSkills
• PhDinarelatedfield• Minimumof2-3yearsinaprogrammanagementposition• Experienceworkingwithaprogramcommitteeonlong-termplanning
OpportunitiesThisisanexpanding,multi-faceted,nationalprogram.Withintheprogram,plentyofopportunitiesexistforcreativityandlearningthatcanbetailoredtoacandidate’sinterestasitrelatestothejobdescriptionabove.Opportunitiestopresentatlocal,regional,andnationalconferencesalsoexist.WithintheGRECCsetting,therearenumerousregularopportunitiesforlocaloron-lineGRECCcontinuingeducationprograms(e.g.monthlyGLAGRECClectures,nationalaudio-conferences,andnationalwebseminars).