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Dr. 塔拉J. Yosso, Inaugural Distinguished Scholar in Residence

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The Institute for Emancipatory 教育 在康尼饭店. 卢里学院
教育 at San José State University presents Dr. 塔拉J. Yosso as our Inaugural Distinguished Scholar in Residence for the 2021-2022 academic year.

塔拉J. Yosso examines access to educational opportunities for Students of Color at critical transition points in their schooling trajectories (e.g. high school to community college, baccalaureate 博士学位). Her research seeks to recover counternarratives of race, schooling, inequality, and the law. Her extensively cited publications examine the ways People of Color utilize community cultural wealth to survive and resist racism and other forms of subordination.

She is a first generation college student, a Professor in the Graduate School of 教育 at the University of California Riverside, and this year has been appointed as the Inaugural Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Institute for Emancipatory 教育 在康尼饭店. 卢里学院 教育 at San José State University.

Emancipatory 教育 from Theory to Praxis Webinar

Dr. Yosso conducted a webinar on October 25, on Zoom for her webinar "Emancipatory 教育 from Theory to Praxis: 社区 Cultural Wealth, Counterstorytelling, and Critical Race Media Literacy."

This mini-seminar was conducted for 菠菜网lol正规平台 students, faculty, and staff interested in moving the concept of emancipatory education from theory to praxis. 塔拉J. Yosso discussed three areas of her work: community cultural wealth,  counterstorytelling, and critical race media literacy. Together, we identified points of praxis for our 自己的工作.