15th Annual Multicultural Education Conference
February 21, 2009
8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
University Union -- Conference Registration and Program Dissemination
Multicultural Vendors (books, cultural, and other novelty items)
Begins at 8:30 a.m.
Time &
Location
University
Ballroom I and
II, 1st Floor
Location
California Suite,
3rd Floor
Camelia Room,
3rd Floor
9:00-10:15 a.m
Welcome by Dr. Sue Heredia, Department Chair.
Keynote Presentation – Youth Rising: Radical Healing and Activism in the Post Civil Rights Era
Dr. Shawn Ginwright, Associate Professor (San Francisco State University)
Session A
10:30-11:30 a.m.
Organizing in the Style of the Obama
Campaign and Cesar Chavez
(Organizing to Change NCLB),
Duane Campbell, Democratic
Socialists of America
Single Subject Showcase (CSUS
Credential Students)
“Living Curriculum Projects”
Session B
11:40 – 12:40
Teaching about Cesar Chavez and Dolores
Huerta, Duane Campbell, CSUS Emeritus
Professor
Session C
12:50 – 1:50 p.m.
The Native American Student
Population: A Miwok Tribal
Perspective, Crystal Martinez, CSUS
Graduate Student
Single Subject Showcase (CSUS
Credential Students)
“Living Curriculum Projects”
Single Subject Showcase (CSUS
Credential Students)
“Living Curriculum Projects”
Critical Literacy Strategies in the
Secondary English Classroom
Patty Nguyen and Laura Bristow
Capital Room,
3rd Floor
2008 Oaxaca BCLAD Summer
Program
Peter Baird, CSUS Associate
Professor
Formative Assessment: An Effective
Instructional Tool for Teaching Diverse
Students (Science Education), Comfort
Ateh, UC Davis Doctoral Candidate
Archive Notions in Education:
Examining Race and Identity Among
African American Students, Toni
Tinker, CSU Graduate Student
Delta Suite, 3rd
Floor
Examining Multicultural Education in
a Private Preschool
Dana Muccular, CSUS Alumna
Pieces to the Puzzle: An Analysis of
Cultural Adaptation Patterns of African
Diasporic Youth in the U.S., Kim Folkes,
CSU Graduate Student
Foothill Suite,
3rd Floor
Efficacious Strategies for Intervention
for Academically Marginalized
African American Students, Forrest
Davis, CSUS Professor and CSU
Students
Fostering Cultural Proficiency as a
Reform Mechanism to Close the
Achievement Gap, Katie Curry,
Principal at Tahoe Elementary School
The Why and How to Start a Freedom
School, Kathy Emery, San Francisco
Freedom School
The Impact of Teacher's Perceptions
on African and Asian American
Female Students in Higher Education,
Temperance Bonner, CSUS Graduate
Student
Teaching Hmong Language and
Culture in High School, Yo Pa Cha ,
CSUS Grad Student
Moving To Culturally Relevant Pedagogy:
Practical Help In The Trenches, Colette
Harris, Professor of Communication
Studies, Cosumnes River College
Tapping into Effort and Desire:
Developing Your Own Personal
Methodology, Grant Adams, Franklin
High School
Green and Gold
Board Room, 3rd
Floor
Successful Strategies for English
Learners: Using CREDE Centers for
Content Integration
Christopher Roe, Assistant Professor,
CSU Stanislaus
Scenes From Mathematical Practices
Across Cultures, Daniel Orey, CSU
Sacramento
Hinde
Auditorium
From Survival To Success: Youth at a
Crossroads
Francisco Reveles, CSUS Professor
Art of the Americas: Where are We
Today?
Exploring Internet Resources in
Multicultural Education, BJ Snowden,
Cosumnes River College
Web 2.0 Tools For Creative Multicultural
Learning, Dr. Chia Jung-Chung, CSUS
Cultures Around Us:
Ethnomathematics in the
Multicultural Classroom, Milton
Rosa, Teacher, Encina Preparatory
High School – San Juan Unified
School District
From Survival To Success: Youth At a
Crossroads
Francisco Reveles, CSUS Professor
Forest Suite, 2nd
Floor
Orchard Suite,
2nd Floor
Rites of Passage and the Obama
Directive: how and why
Redwood Room,
1st Floor
Summit Room,
3rd Floor
Valley Suite, 3rd
Floor
University
Ballroom, 1st
Floor
Melinda Rasul, Tomas Montoya,
Rudy Cuellar, Juanishi Orosco, Royal
Chicano Airforce, 40 Acres Gallery,
R.C.A.F., Centro 2, La Raza Galeria
Posado Bookstore Dr. Francisco
Reveles, Professor
Construction of Adolescent Chicana
Identity in Code-Switched Discourse,
Michel Johnson, UCD Doctoral
Candidate
Understanding the Migrant Student:
A Look into The Past and Working
Towards the Future, Iza Moreno,
Eva Munguia, and
Rosana Chavez , CSUS Staff
Professor
Back on Track: Pathways to Success for
Underrepresented Minority Pre-Medical
Students, Fadia Desmond, UC Davis
Alumna
Addressing Latina/o Students’ Needs: deaf
education, school disengagement, testing,
and college dreams, Noralee Ortis, Yanita
Madrigal, Jessica Rodriguez, Nancy
Acevedo, San Jose State University
Graduate Students and Alumni
Urban Youth Scholars: Success in
Black and White, Kory Martin,
Educational Consultant
Advocacy, Action and Equity: Getting
Into Action with Action Research,
Janet Hesch, Margarita Berta-Avila,
Jose Garcia, James Leu and Connie
Parsons, CSU Faculty and Alumni
How to Integrate Multicultural
Materials Into Your Curriculum
Rob Walters, Sr. Sales Consultant
Heinle Cengage Learning
Advocacy, Action and Equity: Getting Into
Action with Action Research, Janet Hesch,
Margarita Berta-Avila, Jose Garcia, James
Leu and Connie Parsons, CSU Faculty and
Alumni
Dance as a Language, Nathan Jones, CSU
Dance Instructor, and MA student
Reading the World: The Challenges
and Triumphs of Teaching for Social
Justice (1st Year Teacher)
Challenges and Triumphs, Natalie
Hamilton, CSU Alumna
Variation in Asian Educational
Achievement, Chiem-Seng Yaangh
communities must continue the
Dream, Cline Moore, CSUS Grad
Student
Knowledge is Power (KIPP) College
Preparatory Charter School: An
Analysis of Students’ Reading
Perceptions and California
Standardized Test Result, Adrienne
Thompson, CSUS Doctoral Student