Guest Interview with Christine Sleeter

Christine E. Sleeter, PhD., is Professor Emerita in the College of Professional Studies at California State University Monterey Bay, where she was a founding faculty member.  She is currently Immediate Past President of the National Association for Multicultural Education, and previously served as Vice President of Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education) of the American Educational Research Association. Her research focuses on anti-racist multicultural education and teacher education, and currently she is developing a critical family history. With a team of researchers in Victoria University, New Zealand, she recently completed an evaluation study of a Maori professional development program for secondary schools. Dr. Sleeter has published over 100 articles in journals and edited books, such as Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, Disability Studies Quarterly, Teaching and Teacher Education, andCurriculum Inquiry. Her recent books include Power, Teaching and Teacher Education(Peter Lang, 2013), Professional Development for Culturally Responsive and Relationship-based Pedagogy (Peter Lang, 2013), and Creating Solidarity across Diverse Communities (with Encarnación Soriano, Teachers College Press, 2012). Her work has been translated into Spanish, Korean, French, and Portuguese.  Awards for her work include the American Educational Research Association Social Justice in Education Award, the Chapman University Paulo Freire Education Project Social Justice Award, the American Educational Research Association Division K Legacy Award, the California State University Monterey Bay President's Medal, the National Association for Multicultural Education Research Award, and the American Educational Research Association Special Interest Group on Multicultural and Multiethnic Lifetime Achievement Award.