Dr. Greg William Misiaszek, Ph.D.
Tohoku University
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Dr. Greg William Misiaszek, Ph.D. Tohoku University
Dr. Greg William Misiaszek, Ph.D. Tohoku University
Number of Extended Learning Opportunities: 5
Number of Extended Learning Opportunities: 5
Focus Area Preference:
Focus Area Preference:
~ Applied Research;
~ Applied Research;
Transportation: None - opportunity is virtual
Transportation: None - opportunity is virtual
Greg William Misiaszek, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor at Tohoku University's Graduate School of Education after being an Associate Professor at Beijing Normal University’s Faculty of Education. He holds the position of Associate Director at the Paulo Freire Institute, UCLA. He is the Chief Editor of the Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Environmental Education; Executive Editor of the Teaching in Higher Education journal, and Bloomsbury Book Series Editor of Freire In Focus (with Carlos Alberto Torres). His work focuses on ecopedagogy, comparative/international studies, adult/higher education, socio-environmental justice, planetary sustainability, Freirean scholarship, anti-anthropocentrism, migration, technologies, (eco)linguistics, and Indigenous/Southern epistemological diversity through (post)critical theories of globalizations, citizenships, race, gender, and postdigitalism, among others. His latest solo-authored books include Ecopedagogy and the Global Environmental Citizen: Critical Issues, Trends, Challenges and Possibilities (2025, Routledge) and Freire and Environmentalism: Ecopedagogy (2023, Bloomsbury). His latest edited books include the Palgrave Handbook on Critical Theories (Springer, 2023, with Abdi) and Handbook of Ecological Civilization (2025, with Peters, Green & Zhu). He has four solo-authored books, six edited books, and over 70 other publications. Dr. Misiaszek holds a Ph.D. from UCLA in Comparative Education, an M.S. in education (University of Southern California (USC)), and a B.S. in Environmental Studies (USC).
1. Global and Comparative Education
Engage with scholarship in comparative and international education through the lens of critical theories of globalization, citizenship, race, gender, migration, and postdigitalism.
2. Ecopedagogy and Socio-Environmental Justice
Explore the intersections of education, environmentalism, and sustainability.
3. Critical Pedagogies and Higher Education
Examine the application of Freirean scholarship and postcritical approaches to adult and higher education. This area highlights the use of critical pedagogy to address issues of equity, technologies, (eco)linguistics, and the evolving responsibilities of educators in a globalized, postdigital context.
Extended Learning Opportunities
Extended Learning Opportunities
Number of Extended Learning Opportunities: 5
Number of Extended Learning Opportunities: 5
Description of the Opportunity:
Description of the Opportunity:
1. Global and Comparative Education
Engage with scholarship in comparative and international education through the lens of critical theories of globalization, citizenship, race, gender, migration, and post-digitalism.
2. Ecopedagogy and Socio-Environmental Justice
Explore the intersections of education, environmentalism, and sustainability.
3. Critical Pedagogies and Higher Education
Examine the application of Freirean scholarship and postcritical approaches to adult and higher education. This area highlights the use of critical pedagogy to address issues of equity, technologies, (eco)linguistics, and the evolving responsibilities of educators in a globalized, post-digital context.
Extended Learning Contact Name:
Greg William Misiaszek, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor at Tohoku University's Graduate School of Education
Extended Learning Mentee(s):
Extended Learning Mentee(s):
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