Education

Ph.D. in Education, Univ. of TN, Knoxville; M.A. in International Development Studies; B.A. Hons. in Sociology and Russian.

Areas of Expertise

Social Foundations of Education, Cultural Studies in Education, School Reform, Race, Anti-racism, and Multicultural Education.

Interests

Sociology of Education, Reading, listening to music, dancing, scrabble, and gardening.

Sidonia Alenuma

Education

Dr. Sidonia Alenuma comes from Duori, a small town in Ghana, Africa. She has a B.A. honors degree in Sociology and Russian Language from the University of Ghana, Legon. She left Ghana in 1989 and has since pursued further studies. Sidonia Alenuma has a Masters degree in International Development Studies from St. Mary's University, Halifax, Canada. She has been living in the US since 1992. In 2005, she graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with a Ph.D. in Education. Courses that she has ever taught include Cultural Studies 400, Human Relations 398, Students Needs 390 and Social Foundations of Education 230. Her academic and research interests include social foundations of education, multicultural and anti-racist education theory and pedagogy, cultural studies in education, social justice, social difference, international development studies and sociology of education. Her most recent publications include "Race, Urban Schools, and Educational Reform (co-authored with Handel K. Wright), in Joe Kincheloe and Kecia Hayes (eds.). (2007). Teaching City Kids. Understanding and Appreciating Them. (pp.212-221). New York: Peter Lang;The Relevance and Rationale of an Ethnography of a Downtown Elementary School (DES) in Paris International Conference on Education, Economy and Society Proceedings. (2008); Inter-Subjectivity in Research: The case of an Ethnographic Study of an Inner-City School (absract) in Hawaii International Conference on Education Proceedings (2009); Downtown Elementary School (DES): The Unique School that Juxtaposes both Magnet and Professional Development School Programs (abstract) in Hawaii International Conference on Education (2009) -full text available in US-China Education Review, 6(7), July 2009, pp. 1-17; Making Some Modest Strides: The Story of Downtown Elementary School (DES), in International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education (IEJEE) v. 1(3), June 2009, pp. 101-123. Dr. Alenuma's new book, entitled, Race and Educational Reform in America: History, Strategies and Ethnography, was published in October, 2009.

Contact Information

Education
Gustavus Adolphus College
800 West College Avenue
Saint Peter, MN 56082

Phone: 507-933-7451
E-mail: salenuma@gustavus.edu

Courses Taught

• Human Relatns in Edu
• Social Foundatns Edu
• Student Needs

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