Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings

The Citizen Scientist Project and the CSUB Teacher Education Department hosted a virtual keynote address by distinguished teacher education scholar, Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, on October 24 from 10am-11am.

Her keynote address, "Educating Past Pandemics," explored the pandemics of COVID-19, anti-Black racism, climate change, and economic crises through the lens of a Native American concept, which views pandemics as portals that separate old worlds from new.

Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings is professor emerita and former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor in Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and was a faculty affiliate in the Departments of Educational Policy Studies, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis and Afro American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the current president of the National Academy of Education. She was the 2005--2006 president of the American Educational Research Association. Ladson-Billings’ research examines the pedagogical practices of teachers who are successful with African American students. She also investigates critical race theory applications to education. Dr. Ladson-Billings is also the author of the critically acclaimed books, “The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children,” “Crossing over to Canaan: The Journey of New Teachers in Diverse Classrooms” and “Beyond the Big House: African American Educators on Teacher Education.”