Laura Jiménez
Brown v Board of Education: “We Need Another Moment for Our Time”
Seventy years ago, on May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, which outlawed racial segregation in public schools. Acknowledging that the previous “separate but equal” doctrine was inherently unequal, Brown v. Board laid the groundwork for students of all races to learn alongside each other […]
4 Ways Educators Can Be More Inclusive
There have long been tensions between well-intentioned teaching and the unintentional replication of oppressive practices in education, like privileging communication styles typical of the white upper-middle class or inadvertently retraumatizing students of color when discussing racist violence. But while many anti-oppression researchers and advocates have focused on specific forms of oppression like racism or ableism, […]
Leading an Antiracist Classroom
Critical race theory. Over the past two years, the term has made its way into the mainstream, popping up in political campaigns, on cable news programs, and at school board meetings. Furor over the alleged teaching of critical race theory in America’s public schools has thrust a graduate-level field of study into the national lexicon. […]
Books Are Being Banned Across the Country. What’s Really at Stake?
I do not enjoy pumpkin spice lattes. I know this seems off topic, but go with me here for a minute. I don’t understand who hates coffee this much. I cannot overstate how much olfactory offense I take whenever this cloying combination of sweet spice mixed with the pungent bitterness of coffee wafts over the […]
Literature That Reflects the World
When Laura M. Jiménez finally learned to read at age 11—she’d been held back by dyslexia—she was smitten. She devoured Judy Blume, the Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew, who “was always getting conked on the head,” as Jiménez recalls. “I worried she was going to get a concussion.” “I had a not great childhood,” says Jiménez, […]
Laura Jiménez Honored for Literacy Advocacy
BU Wheelock’s Laura M. Jiménez, associate dean of equity, diversity & inclusion, was recently awarded the Divergent Award for Excellence in Literacy Advocacy. The award, given by the Initiative for Literacy in a Digital Age, honors individuals for their use of digital spaces to advocate for literacy, students, and equity in all facets of academia. […]
BU Wheelock Announces Fall Faculty Award Winners
Five BU Wheelock faculty members were recently honored for their scholarly contributions and excellence. Edward H. Ladd Award for Academic Excellence & Service: Amie Grills Amie Grills, associate dean of faculty affairs & research, and professor of counseling psychology & applied human development, received the Edward H. Ladd Award for Academic Excellence and Service, which […]