My
long-term involvement in international education is evident through my
two years' of teaching as a senior lecturer in Nigeria, under a Fulbright
Hays fellowship, a semester of teaching at Hangzhou University in the People's
Republic of China, a semester on sabbatical in Quito, Ecuador at the Universidad
de San Francisco, a consultancy with Teacher Corps in Micronesia, a summer
studying ESL in Mexico, as well as teaching for the U.S. schools for seven
years in Germany and Japan. More recently, I participated in a Fulbright-Hays
study seminar in South Africa.
At
CSULB, I have directed the University's study-abroad programs; helped establish
and implement the Global Education Program in Southern California through
a statewide grant; helped coordinate the International Student Teacher
Exchange Program in England, Wales, and Mexico; and have been actively
involved in the all-university effort to internationalize the curriculum,
including study/ work abroad, and international service learning opportunities.
Currently,
I am a faculty member in the department's Social and Multicultural Foundations
option of the Master's program - in particular, the concentration in International/Global
Education. However, as the former director of the department's Educational
Psychology Clinic, I have worked in the areas of learning disabilities,
counseling, and human development.
Research:My
overall area of research interest is human diversity in its multiple dimensions,
particularly in the field of educational anthropology - cultural transmission/social
reproduction. Secondarily, I focus on helping teachers to understand
their responsibility as change agents for social justice. I am also
involved in researching the rights of women in economically emerging countries.
Teaching:
I have a career-long interest in both the complexity and joys of the teaching/learning
process.
I
currently teach courses in social justice issues as they impact the education
sector in both the domestic and international realms.
