Cynthia Robinson

Education
Ph.D. Curriculum & Instruction, University of Illinois at Chicago

M.Ed. in Instructional Leadership, University of Illinois at Chicago

B.A. in Psychology, The University of Chicago

Courses Taught EDCI 355: Teaching and Learning in the K-12 Classroom

Research Interests

• C urriculum Studies
• Social justice
• Dropouts
• Culturally relevant pedagogy
• Teacher education
• Race, class, and gender
• Philosophy of education
• Black feminism and womanism

Books  

Robinson, Cynthia Cole. (2007). From the classroom to the corner: Female dropouts' reflections on their school years. Peter Lang: New York, NY.

Awards/Honors

PUC 2008 Faculty Summer Research Grant, Building Bridges between Teacher Education Programs and Schools.
Senate Faculty Development Grant 2004-5, Teaching in a Culturally Diverse Society. National-Louis University.
Dean's Merit Award, Most Outstanding Doctoral Thesis. The University of Illinois at Chicago, 2004.
University Fellowship. The University of Illinois at Chicago, 2001-2002.

Professional Memberships

SAGE Race,Ethnicity and Education, Reviewer for Editorial Board

American Education Research Journal on Social Institutional Analysis

American Education Research Association

Curriculum Studies, Teaching and Teacher Education, Social Context of Education, Critical Examination of Race, Class and Gender, Research Focus on Black Education

National Network of Pathways Scholars