Professional Documents
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Lisa Albrecht, an activist educator and writer, is Emeritus Associate Professor in the
School of Social Work of the University of Minnesota, where she co-founded and
directed an undergraduate program in Social Justice. Previously, she taught writing in
the General College of the University of Minnesota for 19 years. She is the recipient
of the University of Minnesota’s Outstanding Community Service Award, the Josie
Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award, and the Morse-Minnesota Alumni
Association Distinguished Teaching Award.
She co-edited (with Jacqui Alexander, Sharon Day and Mab Segrest) Sing, Whisper,
Shout, Pray!: Feminist Visions for a Just World (2003), and co-edited (with Rose Brewer) Bridges of
Power: Women's Multicultural Alliances (1990), and co-authored (with Rose Brewer & Walda Katz-
Fishman),The Critical Classroom: Education for Liberation and Movement Building (2007). She is
currently working on two writing projects: Beacons in the Storm: White Educator Activists Working for
Racial Justice, and a memoir, Lessons of My Life.
She served for ten years on the Board of Directors of Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty
and Genocide, a national movement building organization based in Atlanta. After Hurricane Katrina, she
worked with the Gulf South Youth Action Corps in New Orleans where she was a consultant for a service
learning summer program for middle school youth, taught by college students. She was on the board of
Minneapolis-based Women Against Military Madness (WAMM), one of the oldest feminist anti-militarist
non-profits in the US. She currently serves on the board of Minnesota Education Equity Partnership
(MnEEP, formerly MN Minority Education Partnership); its mission is to advance racial equity and
excellence by using a race equity lens to transform educational institutions, organizations, and leaders to
ensure that students of color and American Indian students achieve full academic and leadership success.
She was also a member of the founding Leadership Team of SURJ: Showing Up for Racial Justice, a
national network of white people working for racial justice. She is a trained Circle-Keeper, someone who
can help facilitate difficult dialogues, using the Circle process. Most recently, she was part of a team that
started the first GLBT multi-racial and cross-class Caregiver’s group, with a focus on elders with
alzheimer’s. Since retiring, she is working with Meg Wheatley as part of Warriors for the Human Spirit.
Wheatley’s Who Do We Chose to Be?: Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity (2017)
outlines the warrior path: “We need leaders who recognize the harm being done to people and planet
through the dominant practices that control, ignore, abuse and oppress the human spirit. We need leaders
who put service over self, stand steadfast in crises and failures, and who display unshakable faith that people
can be generous, creative and kind.”
She was a member of the Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights for twelve years, and was its Chair from
1997-1999. She writes and speaks about feminist alliance politics, especially linking the fight to end racism
with working for economic justice, and ending homophobia and anti-Jewish/anti-Arab racism. She has
developed and facilitated over a hundred university workshops on feminist and multicultural curriculum
transformation and pedagogies. She has also facilitated hundreds of discussions and given talks in
communities all over the state of Minnesota about human rights and social justice. As an American Jew
who identifies as non-zionist, she has been active in Middle East politics. She has traveled to Israel and the
Palestine and worked with grassroots activists, both Arab and Jew. She also does consultations with non-
profits that are interested in social justice organizational development.
She facilitates an LGBT Caregivers Group through the Wilder Foundation for people who care for loved
ones with Alzheimer’s. She worked on Minnesota’s Legislative Committee that prepared a new report on
Alzheimer’s Disease for state officials.
In her spare time, she swims, gardens, enjoys watching Minnesota Twins baseball and the WNBA
Minnesota Lynx, and has been occasionally seen playing percussion and telling jokes in a women’s
Klezmer band. She lived in Minneapolis with her partner of 25 years, Patricia Rouse until two years ago.
Pat now lives in a residence for people with memory loss and dementia. As a recent retiree, she is thrilled
to be receiving social security, while hoping that the rest of her retirement income will not be gambled
away on Wall Street.
In early 2009, photographer John Noltner began interviewing people about their thoughts on peace. The interviews
were recorded digitally and combined with a B&W portrait.The goal is to create a collection of thoughts on peace
from people with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences and to use that collection of interviews to foster a
larger public conversation on the subject. In 2011, Nolter published the book, A Peace of My Mind, in which Lisa
Albrecht is one of fifty-five people profiled.
Education:
Publications:
Books
Katz-Fishman, W., Brewer, R. & Albrecht, L. (2007). The Critical Classroom: Education for
Liberation & Movement Building. Atlanta: Project South.
Alexander, J.,Albrecht, L., Day, S. & Segrest, M. (Eds.). (2003). Sing, Whisper,Shout,
Pray!: Feminist visions for a just world. Menlo Park, CA: Edgework Books.
Albrecht, L. (2018, June 9) An Open Letter to elected officials, planners and developers: More
density is not humane. Please explain why bigger is better. Star Tribune, A7.
http://www.startribune.com/an-open-letter-to-elected-officials-urban-planners-and-
developers/485001721/
Albrecht, L. (2013). Gay Marriage? Not for this lesbian. In L. Albrecht, Blog: Practicing Praxis,
http://lisaalbrecht.blogspot.com/
#Albrecht, L. (2012). Social Class and Gender. In J. Banks (Ed.) Encyclopedia of diversity in
education. (pp. 1974-75). CA: SAGE Publications.
Albrecht, L. (2012) Book Review: Fire in the Heart: How White Activists Embrace Racial
Justice, by Mark Warren. Teachers College Record.
http://www.tcrecord.org/content.asp?contentid=16714
#Noltner, J. (2011). Lisa Albrecht. A Peace of My Mind: interviews and photographs. pp. 102-
03.
#Albrecht, L. (2011, April 13). White Guilt? No It’s About Bigger Things? Star Tribune.
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/otherviews/119803184.html
# Albrecht, L. (2009, Jan.7). It’s not hateful to criticize the Israeli government. Pioneer
Press.
Albrecht, L. (2008). Where is the Color in the Twin Cities?: Looking for reasons why the
Great Battle is so white…with thanks to Betita Martinez Twin Cities Indymedia.
http://twincities.indymedia.org/2008/aug/where-color-twin-cities-looking-reasons-why-
great-battle-so-white%E2%80%A6-thanks-betita-martinez
# Albrecht, L. (2004). Remembering Wendy, Writing on the Edge, V.14, #2, Spring,18/9
# Albrecht, L. (2003). From the 1st Intifada to the 2nd Intifada: Notes from an American Jew. In
L. Albrecht, J. Alexander, S. Day & M. Segrest (Eds.), Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray!:
Feminist Visions for a Just World. Menlo Park, CA: Edgework Books.
* Albrecht, L. & Hugg, N. (2003). For white Allies: How do white people best support people
of color? Symposium Proceedings, Keeping our Faculties: Addressing the Recruitment &
Retention of Faculty of Color, 79-81.
# Albrecht, L. & Craig, J. (2001). The fight for quality public education. Popular
education for movement building: A project south resource guide, Volume II, Ga.: Project
South. 55-61
# Albrecht, L. (2001) A writing syllabus for Paula Rothenberg’s Race, Class and Gender in the
U.S., on Worth Publisher web site, www.worthpublishers.org/raceclassgender/
# Albrecht, L. (2000) Reading radically or radically reading…how I try to get to the root
of things. In W. Bishop (Ed.) The Subject is Reading: Essays by Teachers and
Students (pp 26-32). N.H.: Boynton/Cook.
# Albrecht, L. (1998). A Writing Syllabus for Paula Rothenberg’s Race, Class& Gender in the
U.S. In Teaching Guide for Paula Rothenberg’s Race, Class and Gender in the U.S. (4th
edition). (pp 41-49). N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press.
* Albrecht, L. (1993). Building future by knowing the past: Reflections on butch/fem lives
and lesbian community. Equal Time, July 2-July 16, p.Q-13.
* Albrecht, L. (1993). For Audre, with love and deep gratitude...and a promise to keep doing
the work. Hurricane Alice, 9 (4), Summer, p.10.
# Albrecht, L. (1993). Shmoozing with Lev Raphael. Evergreen Chronicles, VIII (1),
Winter/Spring, 17-28.
# Albrecht, L. (1993). Audre Lorde remembered. Minnesota Women's Press, 4, (1),
February 10, p 2.
# Albrecht, L. (1993). Winter Eyes: Book Review. Equal Time, February 12-26, 19.
# Albrecht, L. (1992). For Audre Lorde, with love and deep gratitude...and a promise to keep
doing the work. Equal Time, December 4-18, 8. (abbreviated version).
# Albrecht, Lisa (1992). Civil rights in the gay, lesbian and bisexual community: Where are we
in 1992? Minneapolis CityScope Summer, p.6.
# Albrecht, L. (1991). The PC debates: The battle lines are drawn--A report from the
National Association of Scholars Conference. Equal Time, November.
* Albrecht, L., Gerich, J., Hampton, B. & Pilar. (1985). Conditions for Unity & Action: A
Collective Vision, Women's Studies International Forum, 8 (1), 29-36.
Albrecht, L. (1982). Let Me Speak!: Book Review. off our backs, March, 14.
Work-in-Progress
Beacons in the Storm: White Educator Activists Who Work for Racial Justice, collection of
interviews addressing white privilege. (prospectus available)
Lessons of My Life: Teaching, Writing and Working for Social Justice, memoir about teaching as
a feminist and Freirean educator.
In-House Publications
10/09 – present Understanding and Dismantling Privilege, on-line open access journal,
White Privilege Conference, Founding Editorial Board member and
reviewer.
6/90 - 6/91 Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Associate Editor.
1981 -1982 Room of Our Own, annual women's poetry journal, editorial board
member.
Poetry (*=juried)
National/International
3/17 #workshop, “White Followership for Racial Justice & Systemic Change,” with
Jesse Villalobos, White Privilege Conference (WPC), Kansas City.
5/16 #workshop, “White Followership for Racial Justice & Sytemic Change: Centering
People of Color in Cross-Racial Leadership Models – an Update.” With Jesse
Villalobos, 2016 National Conference on Race & Ethnicity (NCORE), San
Francisco, CA.
5/15 #workshop, “White Followership for Racial Justice & Systemic Change -
Centering People of Color in New Models for Cross-Racial Leadership,” with
Jesse Villalobos, 2015 National Conference on Race & Ethnicity (NCORE),
Washington D.C.
3/15 #workshop, Do No Harm: White Followership for Racial Justice, with Jesse
Villalobos, 2015 National White Privilege Conference, Louisville, KY.
5/14 #workshop, “Do No Harm: White Followership for Racial Justice & Systemic
Change,” with Jesse Villalobos, 2014 National Conference on Race & Ethnicity
(NCORE), Indianapolis, IN.
5/14 #workshop, “Building a Social Justice Program at Your Institution for Genuine
Transformation,” 2014 National Conference on Race & Ethnicity (NCORE),
Indianapolis, IN.
4/14 #workshop, “Moving Beyond the Pain Olympics Towards Intersectional Justice-
Seeking Communities,” with Dr. Francie Kendall, 2014 National White Privilege
Conference, Madison, WI,
4/13 #workshop, Class Dismissed!: Privileged Intersections for White People Who
Need to Think About Class. With Dr. Francie Kendall. 2013 National White
Privilege Conference. Seattle, WA.
4/13 #workshop, Where are all the White People?: Strategies for Engaging White
People in Racial Justice, Leadership Team, SURJ: Showing Up for Racial Justice.
2013 National White Privilege Conference,. Seattle, WA.
6/12 #luncheon keynote – White Women’s Racial Justice Institute, 2012 Women of
Color Network National Call to Action, St. Paul, MN
9/11 #workshop, The Legacies of White Privilege & Racism in Higher Education: Is
racial justice possible as we practice civic engagement?. Imagining America:
2011 National Conference, Minneapolis/St. Paul.
3/11 *workshop, Social Justice Pedagogies: How can white educators teach about
white supremacy and NOT re-center whiteness? Critical Ethnic Studies & the
Future of Genocide Conference, University of California, Riverside.
3/11 #workshop, “I’m a Better Anti-Racist Then You: White Women, Ego and
Humility,” with Francie Kendall, National White Privilege Conference,
Minneapolis, MN.
8/10 #workshop, “Racism & White Privilege in the Child Welfare System,” Color of
Child Welfare Summit, Milwaukee, WI.
4/10 #panel, “Palestine 101: Occupation, Racism & Apartheid – Palestinian & Jewish
Perspectives,” with Sameh Shabanah, & Smadar Lavie, National White Privilege
Conference, LaCrosse, WI.
4/10 #workshop, “I’m a better anti-racist than you: White Women, Ego, &
Humility,” with Francie Kendall, National White Privilege Conference, LaCrosse,
WI.
5/09 *workshop “The Critical Classroom: Education for Liberation and Movement
Building, with Rose Brewer, Pedagogy of the Oppressed Conference,
Minneapolis, Mn.
4/09 #workshop, “What does racism and anti-semitism have to do with Israel &
Palestine,” with Penny Rosenwasser, National White Privilege Conference,
Memphis, Tn.
11/07 *paper, “White Privilege and Racism: Needed Education for White Social
Workers.” Conference on Social Work Education National Convention, San
Francisco. Ca.
10/07 *paper, “Beacons in the Storm: White Educator Activists Working for Racial
Justice,” Peace and Justice Association National Conference, Elizabethtown, Pa.
10/07 *workshop, “The Critical Classroom: Education for Liberation and Movement
Building”. Peace and Justice Association National Conference, Elizabethtown,
Pa.
7/07 *workshop, The Critical Classroom: Education for Liberation and Movement
Building. U.S. Social Forum, Atlanta, Ga.
4/07 *Workshop, White Anti-Racist Summit, 8th Annual White Privilege Conference,
Colorado Springs, Co.
3/04 *speaker, “Her Words and Ours: A Celebration on the Life of Wendy Bishop,”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, Texas.
6/03 *speaker, “Fighting Racism: White Feminist Stories,” National Women’s Studies
Association Conference, New Orleans, La.
3/03 *Chair, “To Transform & Sustain: Themes for Community Literacy Projects,”
Conference on College Composition & Communication, N.Y., N.Y.
3/02 #featured speaker, “Working for Social Justice in Composition and Rhetoric: 21st
Century Paradigms for Social Change,” Conference on College Composition and
Communication, Chicago, Il.
4/02 #featured speaker, “Feminist Pedagogies for Social Justice: New Paradigms,”
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference, Toledo, Ohio.
6/00 *panelist, “How to Start a Center for Popular Education: The Freire Center,”
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Conference, Minneapolis, Mn.
4/00 *panelist, “Affirmative Action Summit,” Conference on College Composition and
Communication, Minneapolis, Mn.
3/99 #keynote address, “Taking Back Feminist Activism: Women’s Studies and
Social Transformation for the New Century,” Women’s History Month
Keynote Address, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Mn.
2/99 #workshop, “Popular Education and Alliance Building,” with Rose Brewer,
Commonfire Conference: Coming Together Across Issues and Borders for
Economic, Environmental and Social Justice, North American Alliance for
Popular and Adult Education, Tucson, Az.
2/98 #workshop leader, “Teaching about Social Justice and Equality Across the
Disciplines, with Rose Brewer and Sandra Tutwiler, The Collaboration for
the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning, Bloomington, Mn.
5/96 #keynote speech, “To Teach Is To Learn,” Twin Cities Regional Summit on
Ethics and Meaning, with Michael Lerner.
3/95 *paper, "Stonewalling, Name Calling & Troubling the Waters: Multicultural
Education & The Profession," Conference on College Composition &
Communication Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
3/95 #keynote speaker, "The what if/could have been/same old story blues:
Another Case of Racism...but this time in Queer Studies," Outwrite: The
5th National Gay & Lesbian Writers Conference, Boston, Ma.
11/94 #keynote speaker with Rose Brewer, "Democracy, Difference & Women's
Multicultural Alliances," International Women's Congress on Democracy &
Difference, Berlin, Germany.
3/94 *moderator and respondent, "Writers' Series Featuring Minnie Bruce Pratt,
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Nashville, Tn.
5/93 #presenter, "Alliance Building into the 21st Century: Reflections on Gay
and Lesbian Politics Four Days Before the 1993 March on Washington,"
keynote address, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
3/93 *presenter, "Gay and Lesbian Concerns in the Profession: Life on the
Job Market and Beyond," Conference on College Composition and
Communication Annual Conference, San Diego, Ca.
3/93 *facilitator, "Including Lesbian and Gay Issues in Our Pedagogies," part
of post-conference half day session, Conference on College Composition
and Communication Annual Conference, San Diego, Ca.
6/89 *paper presented, "Women's Alliances for Social Change," with Rose
Brewer, National Women's Studies Association Annual Conference,
Towson, Md.
6/88 *panelist, "Partners in Publishing: Lesbians & Gay Men Doing it in Print," with
co-editors of Evergreen Chronicles, National Women's Studies Association
Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Mn.
6/87 *paper presented, "Women Locked Up: Reaching to Touch the Lives of
Working Class Women in Prison," National Women's Studies
Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
6/83 *moderator, roundtables, "The Woman Writer Empowered, I & II, with
8 published feminist women writers, National Women's Studies
Association Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio (funded, in part, by
Ohio Council of Arts).
3/13 #panelist, “Telling Our Stories – On being white,” Hamline University, St. Paul.
11/12 *presentation, “How Can White People Work for Racial Justice?” Overcoming
Racism Conference, St. Paul.
11/11 *workshop, “SURJ: Showing Up for Racial Justice – Re-framing how white
people can work collectively for racial justice.” Overcoming Racism Conference,
St. Paul.
8/11 #workshop, “Working for Social Justice: Power and Privilege,” Urban Students
Empowered for Change, St. Paul.
1/11 #panelist, “Palestine to Minnesota: Gaza on Our Minds,” Break the Bonds
Campaign and Al-Madinah Cultural Center, U. of M.
10/10 *workshop, “White Privilege & Racism: Is racial justice possible in higher
education?,” with Social Justice Minor students, Overcoming Racism Conference,
St. Paul.
2/10 #workshop, “White Privilege,” Black Student Union, Black History Month, U. of
M.
10/09 #panelist, Palestine 101 – Occupation, Racism & Apartheid – Palestinian &
Jewish Perspectives, Overcoming Racism in Minnesota Conference, Facilitating
Racial Equity.
10/09 #panelist, Responding to Keith Boykin, “Social Justice in the Obama Era,”
Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota
4/09 #speaker, “Israel & Palestine – what does it mean to identify as an anti-zionist
Jew?” Middle East Peace Now, Twin Cities
2/09 #speaker, “Israel & Palestine – what does it mean to identify as an anti-zionist
Jew?” Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Twin Cities.
4/08, 4/09 *workshop, “What’s Love Got To Do With It?: A Workshop for White Teachers
Working for Racial Justice.” Minnesota Chapter – National Association for
Multicultural Education, St. Paul, Mn.
5/08 *workshop, “What’s Love Got To Do With It?: A Workshop for White Social
Workers Working for Racial Justice.” Minnesota Chapter – National Association
for Social Workers, St. Paul, Mn.
8/07, 8/08, 8/09 *workshop, “White Privilege and Racism: A Workshop for
SocialWorkers,” CEU’s on a Stick, School of Social Work.
3/07 *workshop, “Racism and White Privilege,” Leveraging Literacy For Access
Conference, Minnesota Campus Compact, Minneapolis, Mn.
11/06 *paper, “Update – Beacons in the Storm: White Educator Activists Working for
Racial Justice, “ College of Education and Human Development Diversity
Dialogues.
10/06 *workshop, “White Privilege and Racism: Let’s Get to Work,” Minnesota
Campus Compact Annual Conference – Campuses are Citizens: What’s Your
Story?, Minneapolis, Mn.
3/06 #keynote speaker, Why is this so hard to do? Breaking the Chains of Poverty. St.
Stephen’s Church, Minneapolis, Mn.
11/05 #retreat facilitator, White Privilege and Power, Plymouth Congregational Church,
Minneapolis, Mn.
3/03 #reader, Book Reading – Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray!: Feminist Visions for a Just
World, Hamline University, Women’s Studies Dept., St. Paul, Mn.
3/03 #reader, Book Reading - Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray!: Feminist Visions for a Just
World, Amazon Women’s Book Store, Mpls., Mn.
2/02 #speaker, “The Quest for Peace: Women and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict,
Voices Beyond the Borders: International Women’s Perspectives Series, St.
Cloud State University.
1/01 #keynote lecture, “Working for Social Justice: 21st Century Education for Social
Change,” Diversity and Multiculturalism in Higher Education Lecture Series,
College of Education, U. of M.
11/00 #speaker, “A Jewish Perspective on the 2nd Intifada: Teach-in on the Middle East
Conflict,” U. of M.
11/00 #speaker, “Weaving Common Threads for Human Rights: Why We Need to
Work Together,” Anishinaabe Center, Detriot Lakes, Mn.
8/00 #workshop leader, “Multicultural Education for the 21st Century: Theories and
Practices in our Classroom,” Teaching Enrichment Series, Center for Teaching
and Learning Services, U. of M.
5/00 #workshop leader, “Who is Paulo Freire?,” International Study and Travel Center,
U. of M.
3/00 #workshop leader, “Knowing Where We Come From Means Knowing Where
We’re Headed: Building Social Movements for the New Century,” Family &
Children’s Service Community Leadership Development Series.
3/00 #speaker, “One, Two, Three, Four – What are we marching for?,” GLBT Studies
Community Forum Series, U. of M.
2/00 #speaker, “Knowing Your Civil Rights,” Soup and Substance Luncheon for Civil
Service Workers, U. of M.
6/99 #speaker, “The Freire Center and Popular Education,” U. of St. Thomas Critical
Pedagogy Ed.D. Program.
1/95 #speaker, "Hanan Ashrawi's lecture: The Challenges of Peace & Nation
Building," Hillel, U. of M.
1/95 #speaker, "A Friendly Introduction to Women's Studies for Both Men &
Women," University Scholars Annual Retreat, U of M.
5/94 #speaker, "Feminist Alliance Politics in the 1990's," with Rose Brewer and
Gloria Anzaldua, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Mn.
3/94 #workshop leader, "Journal Writing in the Work World," Family Business
Institute, University of St. Thomas, Mpls., Mn.
4/93 #panelist, "The Classroom as Social Space," Bush Faculty Development Program
on Excellence and Diversity in Teaching, University of Minnesota.
5/91 #slide presentation & discussion, "Women's Peace Brigade to Israel &
Occupied Territories," Women's Studies Dept., U of M.
5/91 #slide presentation & discussion, "Women's Peace Brigade to Israel &
Occupied Territories," Amazon Bookstore, Mpls., Mn.
5/91 #slide presentation & discussion, "Middle East Peace Mission Report,"
New Jewish Agenda, Mpls, Mn.
1/91 #speaker, "An Update from Israel & the Occupied Territories," Persian
Gulf War Teach-in, U of M.
10/90 #panelist, "Seeing Double: Talking About Peace in the Middle East,"
discussion following San Francisco Mime Troupe performance,
Minneapolis, Mn.
2/89 #panelist, "Lesbian Writing: Searching for Reflections of Self," The Loft,
Minneapolis, Mn.
3/86 #talk, "The Writer: Her Language, Her Process, Her Place," with Sally
McConnell-Ginet, Lillian Bridwell-Bowles, & Shirley Garner, University
of Minnesota, English Dept.
11/81 #talk, "The Writing Process & Program: University Learning Center
Instruction," Writing in Colleges & in Careers Conference, Buffalo, N.Y.
10/78 #writer & rater, Basic Competency Exam in Writing, State Board of
Education, Albany, New York.
2/75 #workshop, "Focus: The Process of Seeing & the Process of Writing,"
with Lee Odell, SUNY/Buffalo Writing Conference, Buffalo, N.Y.
Consulting: Feminist/Multicultural Curriculum Transformation & Pedagogies, and
popular education/social justice organizing/strategic planning
11/11 – 12/12 #trainer, Strategic Planning, with Sam Grant, Waite House, Minneapolis, Mn.
9/08 #workshop leader, “White Privilege and Racism,” Unity Unitarian Church, St.
Paul, Mn.
3/09 – 5/09 #workshop leader, “White Privilege and Racism,” St. Paul Central Touring
Company, a theatre of the oppressed program at St. Paul Central H.S.
1/06 – 1/07 *program designer and trainer, Gulfsouth Youth Action Corp/Operation Reach,
development of 8 week middle school service learning based curriculum (culture,
media, environmental justice) for summer program for middle school youth in
New Orleans. Trainer of college students who taught the curriculum.
7/03 #facilitator, Understanding Social Class, Center for Family Crisis, Grand Marais,
Mn.
7/02 – 7/03 #facilitator, anti-racism training, Hamline University, Creative Writing Program.
1999- 2001 co-founder and Chair of Board, The Freire Center: A Popular Education Center
for Democratic Social Change, Minneapolis, Mn.
1999-2000 #program designer and trainer, Assessment tool for organizational development
for social justice organizations, Headwaters Fund, Minneapolis, Mn.
Reviews: (*=solicited)
*Reviewer, Accountability & White Antiracist Organizing, Ed. Bonnie Cushing, Crandall, Dostie
& Douglass Pub., Fall, 2010.
*Selection Committee Reviewer, Norcroft: A Writing Retreat for Women, 2002 season.
*Reviewer, Negotiating Discursive Authority: What Beginning Adult Women Students Can
Teach Us About Learning to Write. N.H.: Heinemann-Boyton Cook.
*Reviewer, Myra Marx Ferree & Patricia Yancey Martin text on feminist organizations, Ma.:
Unwin-Hyman.
*Reviewer, Rachel Josefowitz Siegel & Ellen Cole (Eds.) Jewish Women in Therapy: Seen But
Not Heard, N.Y.: The Haworth Press, 1990.
*Reviewer, Sandra Eagleton, (ed.), Women in Literature: Life Stages Through Stories, Poems,
and Plays, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1988.
*Reviewer, Mary L. Kennedy & Hadley M. Smith, Academic Writing: Working with Sources
Across the Curriculum, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1986.
Grants Awarded:
Spring, 2005 CHE Service Learning Grant, U. of M., “The Social Justice Minor:
Service Learning and Community Partners,” $500.
Spring, 2005 Academy of Distinguished Teachers Grant, U. of M., “The Social Justice
Minor and Community Partnerships,” $5,000.
Spring, 2004 Career and Community Learning Center Service Learning Fellowship, U.
of M., “Developing and Implementing a New Undergraduate Minor in
Social Justice Activism,” $5,000.
Spring, 2004 Center for Teaching and Learning Multicultural Education Grant, U. of
M., “Developing and Implementing a New Undergraduate Minor in Social
Justice Activism,” $1,500.
Fall, 2003 Single Semester Leave, U. of M., Beacons in the Storm: White Educator
Activists Working for Racial Justice book
Winter, 2000 Civic Engagement Task Force, “Sustaining the Momentum: Phase Two of
“Designing Research for Change Conference,” with Cathy Jordan, Naomi
Scheman and Susan Gust, $7,500.
Spring, 1999 Sisters of St. Joseph Partners in Justice Fund, Freire Center start-up,
$30,000.
March, 1996 McKnight Arts & Humanities Fund for International Travel Grant,
to go to Guatemala to do writing residency, $571.
Spring, 1988 "The Heritage Series: Women Writers & Leaders," Seven
Workshops sponsored by the Minnesota Humanities
Commission in Conjunction with the National Women's Studies
Association Annual Conference, University of Minnesota,
$10,000, with Lori Graven & Sally Gordon.
Professional Affiliations:
Courses Taught:
College Writing, Advanced College Writing, Research Writing, Tutor Training for Writing Lab
Center.
Poetry Workshop, Feminist Writing Workshop, Women in Contemporary Society, Fiction &
Non-fiction Workshop, Women's Literature.
Advising Activities:
2004 – present advisor,/dissertation chair, M.S.W. and Ph.D. Social Work students;
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies.
1994 - present undergraduate advisor and senior paper reader, Women's Studies
1988 - 2000 advisor, University College
Service:
General College
9/85 - 10/85 facilitator, "Tutor Training," Reading & Writing Center Graduate
Teaching Assistants, General College, University of Minnesota.
Women's Studies
Composition Program
2/89 – 9/2000 Advisory Board member and consultant for Center applicant
grant writers
University
2004 member, Josie Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award
Committee
Professional
9/09 – 2011 Local Co-Chair, National White Privilege Conference, Twin Cities, April,
2011
11/00 – 11/01 Chair, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) College Forum
Committee
8/00 – 12/00 member, 2001 Scholars for the Dream Travel Awards Committee,
Conference on College Composition and Communication
2014 – 2016 Team Member, GLBT Caregivers Support Group with Wilder Foundation
2008 – 2015 Founding Leadership Team – Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ),
national network of white people working for racial justice
2010 – 2011 Local Co-Chair, National White Privilege Conference, Twin Cities,
1999- 2008 Board of Directors, Project South: the Institute for the Elimination of
Poverty and Genocide, Atlanta, Ga.
1999 - 2002 co-founder & co-coordinator, Freire Center: A Popular Education Center
for Democratic Social Change, Minneapolis, Mn.
5/01 Josie R. Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award, U. of M., $1,000.
Honors:
2010 Featured podcast & interview on John Noltner’s A Peace of Mind Documentary
Project
http://www.apeaceofmymind.net/A_Peace_of_my_Mind/Peace_Podcast/Peace_P
odcast.html
3/08 Single Semester Leave Award (for Fall, 2008) to begin work on new book,
Beacons in the Storm: White Educators Who Work for Racial Justice
1/07 – 12/07 James P. Shannon Leadership Institute, Amherst Wilder Foundation, year-long
program for personal and professional renewal for experienced leaders of
philanthropic, civic and community service organizations.
11/02 nominated for Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching (international
competition, Baylor U., $200,000 award.)
8/95 writing residency, Norcroft: Writing Retreat for Women, Lutsen, Mn.
two week residency, all expenses paid.
11/94 Certificate of Recognition, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Transgender Programs
office.
1/91 "People Who Made a Difference," Equal Time, one of sixteen people
profiled.
Fall, 1988 Single Quarter Leave to work on book, Bridges of Power: Women's
Multicultural Alliances.