Multicultural Education Scholars Speak out on the "Real Life" Radio Show: Guest Dr. Christine Clark

In celebration of the 20th Anniversary Conference - Nov. 3 - 6, 2010 - of the National Association for Multicultural Education NAME our "Real Life" Radio Show will host several episodes featuring education reform luminaries that have been long time members of NAME. This segment features Dr. Christine Clark, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Senior Scholar for Multicultural Education, and Founding Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Clark is a past executive board member of NAME. Her research focuses on: white antiracist identity development in teacher preparation; dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline; and, multicultural curriculum transformation. Clark was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in México and Guatemala through which she conducted research with graduate students on the theme "Violencia en Espacios Escolares" (Violence in Schools). Dr. Clark is on the Editorial Board for the NAME's journal, Multicultural Perspectives, the Associate Editor for the Higher Education section of Multicultural Education, and on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Diversity Management, the Journal of Praxis in Multicultural Education, and a regular reviewer for the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education and the Journal of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Dr. Clark is also an active member of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Our interview with Dr. Clark will focus on the NAME Conference Theme "Empowering Children and Youth: Equity, Multicultural Responsive Teaching and Achievement Gaps."