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“The Miseducation of Multiculturalism”

2011 Symposium Keynote Speakers

 

 

 

Gary Younge, author and columnist for The Guardian (UK)

“Multiculturalism in Europe:
 The Fictions We Fear and the Facts We Celebrate”

Gary Younge is an author and award-winning Chicago-based columnist for The Guardian who has reported from all over Europe, Africa, the US and the Caribbean.  He also writes a monthly column, “Beneath the Radar,” for The Nation magazine and is the Alfred Knobler Fellow for The Nation Institute.  He has written three books, Who Are We—And Should it Matter in the 21st century?, Stranger in a Strange Land: Travels in the Disunited States, and No Place Like Home: A Black Briton’s Journey Through the Deep South.

 

 

Gary Y. Okihiro, professor of international and public affairs, Columbia University

“Multiculturalism and Ethnic Studies: Divergent Origins and Future Prospects”

Gary Okihiro is one of the founders of the fields of Asian American and comparative ethnic studies. He is author of 10 books, most recently Island World: A History of Hawai’i and the United States (2008) and Pineapple Culture: A History of the Tropical and Temperate Zones (2009). After receiving his Ph.D. in African history from UCLA, Professor Okihiro taught in and directed comparative ethnic studies programs at Humboldt State University and Santa Clara University. He later developed the Asian American Studies Program at Cornell University before joining the faculty at Columbia and establishing the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race there. He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Studies Association, received an honorary doctorate from the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, and is a past president of the Association for Asian American Studies.

 

Geneva Gay, professor of education, University of Washington-Seattle

“Principle Achievements and Persistent Challenges to Culturally Responsive Teaching”

Geneva Gay is an award-winning professor whose research on multicultural education and general curriculum theory has brought her national and international attention.  Her scholarship examines curriculum design, staff development, classroom instruction, and the intersections of culture, race, ethnicity, teaching, and learning.  She is the author of At the Essence of Learning: Multicultural Education (1994) and Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Practice, & Research (2000) and editor of Becoming Multicultural Educators: Personal Journey Toward Professional Agency (2003), as well as numerous articles and book chapters.

 

 

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