{"id":8372,"date":"2015-08-18T11:31:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T15:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/?p=8372"},"modified":"2017-07-28T15:27:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T19:27:09","slug":"congratulations-libra-visiting-professor-dr-christine-sleeter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/2015\/08\/18\/congratulations-libra-visiting-professor-dr-christine-sleeter\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations! Libra Visiting Professor  Dr. Christine Sleeter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/christinesleeter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Christine-Sleeter.jpg\" alt=\"Christine Sleeter\" width=\"266\" height=\"399\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congratulations Dr. Christine Sleeter&nbsp;our College&#8217;s Libra Visiting Professor for the 2015-2016 academic year!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sleeter is Professor Emerita, University of California at Monterey Bay, is recognized nationally and internationally as a leading authority on multicultural education and diversity. Her area of specialization is preparing effective teachers for an increasingly diverse PreK-12 student population. This has two dimensions: (1) preparing white, middle class teachers to be more aware of the needs of and more effective in teaching students from diverse racial and ethnic groups and\/or from lower income families; and (2) promoting more social and cultural diversity in the teacher workforce. Dr. Sleeter has written and spoken extensively on these and related topics, and has been a leader of the National Association for Multicultural Education and the American Educational Research Association with respect to multicultural education initiatives. See the attached short bio for further information about Christine&#8217;s background and accomplishments. You can also learn more about Christine from visiting her blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/christinesleeter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">christinesleeter.org<\/a> (Note: I wrote a guest blog for her blog this summer.)<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sleeter will be visiting UMaine for two weeks during the coming academic year: Monday through Friday, Nov 16-20, and Thursday through Wednesday, March 31 through April 6. The Libra proposal calls for Christine to speak to and interact with a variety of students, faculty, staff, and community people. We look forward to meeting you!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations Dr. Christine Sleeter our College&#8217;s Libra Visiting Professor for the 2015-2016 academic year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Congratulations! 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