Elsa Wiehe
K-16 Education Outreach Program, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
Fredrick Pardee School of Global Studies
Elsa Wiehe is licensed K-6 teacher who currently leads the African Studies Center K-16 Education Outreach program at Boston University which has one central mission – to promote African Studies in U.S. schools. Her work as an educator is driven by a commitment culturally responsive teaching in both pedagogical processes and the advancement of critical interdisciplinary content centered on African voices and knowledge. Elsa supports a number of struggles for class, racial and linguistic justice in her home of Mauritius. She holds an Ed.D. in Language, Literacy and culture from Umass Amherst, where she also earned an M.Ed. in Multicultural, Bilingual and E.S.L. Education. Her research focuses on teacher discourse and place-based education in Mauritius, supporting English Language Learners and linguistic justice in policy and practice, and anti-racist teaching practices in teacher preparation.
Areas of Expertise
- Anthropology
- Education
- Race and Ethnicity
- African Studies
Methodology
- Ethnographic Methods
- Interviews
- Qualitative Methods
- Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)
- Critical Discourse Analysis
- Affiliates
- Inaugural - Faculty