Faculty Profile
Kevin Kumashiro, Department Chair
Educational Policy Studies
Mailing Address: 1040 W. Harrison M/C 147 Chicago IL 60607
Email: kevink@uic.edu
Office Phone: 312-996-8530
EDUCATION
2000 - Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Educational Policy StudiesRESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Dr. Kumashiro researches approaches to teaching and teacher education that challenge different forms of oppression in schools and society, and is currently examining the politics of contemporary education policy initiatives. He has authored or edited six books and is the founder and director of the independent Center for Anti-Oppressive Education.SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2008 - The Seduction of Common Sense: How the Right has Framed the Debate on America's Schools (Routledge).
2007 - Six Lenses for Anti-Oppressive Education: Partial Lenses, Improbable Conversations. Co-edited by Dr. Bic Ngo. (Peter Lang)
2004 - Against Common Sense: Teaching and Learning toward Social Justice (Routledge)
2002 - Troubling Education: Queer Activism and Antioppressive Pedagogy (Routledge)
2001 - Troubling Intersections of Race and Sexuality (Rowman & Littlefield)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2003 - Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (Troubling Education, 2002, Routledge)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Interim Co-Director, Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy
Director, Center for Anti-Oppressive Education