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International Scholars, Practitioners, and Students of Multicultural Education
ISSN: 1559-5005
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Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education

THIS ISSUE
(SPRING 2004: vol. 6, no. 1)
Theme: Multicultural Education Curriculum for Social Studies

ARTICLES:
 Gallavan & Putney • Halgao • Mule •  Ndura & Lafer •  Porfilio & McClary

INSTRUCTIONAL IDEAS:
Betts • Kidney-Cummins

REVIEWS:
Art • Books • Multimedia

CONTRIBUTORS

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Previous Issues
Call for Papers
Call for Reviewers
Issue Themes
Acknowledgments
About EMME
About the Editors

Heewon Chang, Ph. D.
Editor-in-Chief
Christopher Bittenbender, Ph. D.
Copy Editor
  Hwa Young Caruso,  Ed. D. &  John Caruso, Jr. , Ph. D.
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CONTRIBUTORS
(alphabetically listed)

Brenda Betts is Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education, California State University, Stanislaus.  She teaches courses in social studies methods and diversity in the teaching credential program.  Her research interest is the social construction of identity and knowledge in educational settings.  She is a board member of the California Council for the Social Studies and a former Spanish-English bilingual teacher from Los Angeles.  She received a Ph. D. from the University of Southern California. (You may contact the author at bbetts@toto.csustan.edu; and the editors of EMME at emme@eastern.edu.)

Nancy Gallavan, Ph. D. is a teacher educator specializing in social studies and multicultural education. Active with ATE, NAME, and NCSS, she has more than 40 books, chapters, and articles in publication.  (You may contact the author at nancygallavan@smsu.edu; and the editors of EMME at emme@eastern.edu.)

Patricia Halagao, Ph. D., is Assistant Professor at the University of Hawai‘i, College of Education.  Her teaching and research interests are in social studies and multicultural education with a special focus on Filipino curriculum and pedagogy.  (You may contact the author at phalagao@hawaii.edu; and the editors of EMME at emme@eastern.edu.) 

Patricia Kidney-Cummins is a graduate student completing M. Ed. in Early Elementary Education at Northern Kentucky University and a faculty member of St. Philip’s School.  She has worked in the field of educational technology for four years providing workshops on integrating technology into the curriculum.  (You may contact the author at MsTCummins@aol.com; and the editors of EMME at emme@eastern.edu.)

Stephen Lafer is Associate Professor specializing in secondary school English education. His background in literary studies and the teaching of writing led to an interest in multicultural and socio-cultural studies. (You may contact the author at lafer@unr.edu; and the editors of EMME at emme@eastern.edu.)

Glen McClary, Assistant Professor of Education in D’Youville College, is interested in teacher mentoring, action research, and philosophical foundations of science education. (You may contact the author at vbdoc@adelphia.net ; and the editors of EMME at emme@eastern.edu.)

Lucy Mule  is Assistant Professor in the Department of Education and Child Study, Smith College. Her research interests are multicultural education as it relates to teacher education. She teaches a variety of courses in education, including comparative education, multicultural education, literacy in cross-cultural perspective as well as a teaching methods seminar for student teachers. She is a co-director of the Urban Education Initiative at Smith College. She also taught high school in Kenya for six years. (You may contact the author at lmule@smith.edu; and the editors of EMME at emme@eastern.edu.)

Elavie Ndura is Assistant Professor of multicultural education in the Department of Educational Specialties, College of Education, at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research interests are multicultural teacher education and immigrant acculturation. (You may contact the author at ndura@unr.edu; and the editors of EMME at emme@eastern.edu.)

Brad Porfilio is Assistant Professor of Education at D’Youville College in the United States. His research interests include transformative multicultural education, gender and technology, and Action Research. (You may contact the author at Porfilio16@aol.com; and the editors of EMME at emme@eastern.edu.)

LeAnn Putney, Ph. D., is Associate Professor of educational psychology, whose teaching focuses on qualitative research and classroom assessment. Her research focuses on how classroom participants construct responsible and equitable communities. (You may contact the author at putneyl@unlv.nevada.edu; and the editors of EMME at emme@eastern.edu.)