Christine sleeter biography

Christine Sleeter

American professor and educational reformer

Christine E. Sleeter

Born1948

Oregon, United States

EducationB.A. in political science,
B.A. in secondary education,
M.A. in curriculum and instruction, Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction
Alma materWillamette University,
Central Washington University,
Seattle University,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Occupation(s)Professor emerita, author
Years active1982–present
EmployerCalifornia State University, Monterey Bay
Known forMulticultural education

Christine E. Sleeter (born 1948) is an American professor and educational reformer. She is known as the Professor Emerita in the School of Professional Studies, California State University, Monterey Bay. She has also served as the Vice President of Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education) of the American Educational Research Association, and as president of the National Association for Multicultural Education.[1][2] Her work primarily focuses on multicultural education,[3] prepa

Biography

She is past President of the National Association for Multicultural Education and past Vice President of Division K of the American Educational Research Association. She is also a member of the National Academy of Education, a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, and a Fellow of the National Education Policy Center. Her research focuses on anti-racist multicultural education, ethnic studies, and teacher education. Her publications include over 170 articles in books and journals such as Educational Researcher, Multicultural Education Review, Urban Education, and Teaching and Teacher Education; and 23 books.

Her most recent non-fiction book isCritical Race Theory and its Critics(with F. López, Teachers College Press, 2023), and her most recent social fiction book is Family History in Black and White (Brill). Much of her writing – including her novels — explores teachers as they grapple with improving their ability to reach and teach their diverse students. She has developed several conceptual frameworks and tools to guide educat

Author. Speaker.
Teacher. Activist.

Book Bans

By Christine Sleeter & Francesca López•January 6, 2023

Posted earlier on the Teachers College Press website On November 16, 2022, PEN America released a report that found Missouri schools to have banned nearly 300 books since August, when SB 775, a new law that criminalizes “explicit sexual material,” went into effect. Under that law, providing such material to students in class is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2000 fine. Although the law allows for some exceptions directly related to education, many educators find it intimidating. To be on the safe side, 11 school districts pulled almost 300 books from their shelves. These include books that go far beyond the letter of the law, such as Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale , Gabriella Di Cagno’s Michaelangelo: Master of the Italian Renaissance , Sean Murphy’s Batman: White Knight , and Don Nardo’s Life in a Nazi Concentration Camp . Some of the recent surge of censorship aims to omit hist

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