Gustavus Adolphus College

Assistant Professor
Education

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

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.). (2006). Teaching City Kids. Understanding and Appreciating Them. (pp.212-221). New York: Peter Lang.

Areas of Expertise

• Social Foundations of Education
• School Reform
• Race
• Anti-racism
• Multicultural Education
• etc.

Interests

• Sociology of Education
• Reading
• listening to music
• dancing
• scrabble
• garderning.