This event at the University of San Francisco School of Education brings together leading scholar-activists doing work at the intersections of human rights and racial justice. Faculty from the International and Multicultural Education program join in dialogue for this event.
Dr. Melissa Ann Canlas is Assistant Professor in International and Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco (USF). Her work focuses on Ethnic Studies, issues of educational equity, critical leadership, critical pedagogies, and human rights, particularly for immigrant and refugees and students of color. She has over fifteen years of work as an educator, and her work experience includes teaching a wide variety of Ethnic Studies and Asian American Studies classes at the undergraduate level, and serving as the director of APALU (Asian Pacific American Leaders United), a social justice leadership development program at City College of San Francisco. Dr. Canlas’s experience also includes working with middle and high school students through federally funded TRIO programs, teaching and serving as a mentor teacher with Pin@y Educational Partnerships (PEP), and building collaborative partnerships between community organizations and educational programs in San Francisco. In addition to teaching with IME, Dr. Canlas teaches undergraduate courses with USF’s Critical Diversity Studies program and the Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good. Read more.
Dr. Monisha Bajaj is Professor of International and Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco. She is the editor and author of eight books and numerous articles on issues of peace, human rights, migration, and education, and is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Human Rights Education. Dr. Bajaj has developed curriculum and teacher training materials—particularly related to human rights, racial justice, ethnic studies, and sustainability—for non-profit and national advocacy organizations as well as inter-governmental organizations, such as UNICEF and UNESCO. In 2015, she received the Ella Baker/Septima Clark Human Rights Award (2015) from Division B of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Dr. Bajaj has contributed guest blogs for educational sites such as Learning for Justice and Edutopia, and her TedX talk can be found on Youtube. Read more.
Dr. Emma Fuentes is chair of the International and Multicultural Education program at the University of San Francisco School of Education. Her research in urban education includes: the educational experiences of Latino students; immigration and education; bilingual education; unequal opportunity and access within US public schools; community organizing for school change; and school and community partnerships. She works at the intersections of: equity-minded school reform; cultural citizenship; race and identity; social and cultural theory; and qualitative approaches to research including participatory action reserach and critical ethnography. Read more.
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