eelatan

I'm applying to PhD programs @ Stanford, UCLA, and Berkeley. My focus is urban education, specifically the ongoing implications for present day perpetuation of cultural anxieties and constructions of race, class, and gender and the ways they impact not only teachers’ subconscious perceptions of students of color, but also those students’ perceptions of themselves and their roles in American society. Background: Teach For America, 1997-99, Rio Grande Valley, TX, 2 years Teacher - Oakland Unified School District, 5 years Co-founder of first New Small Autonomous School in Oakland (International Community School, 2001) Teacher, San Francisco Unified, 1 year Charter school VP/ Instructional Leader, 1 year Teacher, Berkeley Unified, 1 year Administrative Credential through BayCES (Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools) Presented at several Small Schools/ Urban School Redesign conferences Masters in Literature and Critical Race Theory GRE scores are above average (can't remember off hand) and my grad school GPA is a 3.97 I'm not really sure what my chances are since I've only applied to top programs. I've got over a decade of practical experience, as well as quite a bit of experience writing/researching. I think it also helps that I grew up in underserved urban schools myself - a point I definitely highlighted in my applications. Good luck to everyone!! ...holding my breath until results come in....