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Who is Antonia Darder ?

 Antonia Darder, Ph.D. (born Priscilla Antonia Darder Aguilo in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico April 16, 1952) is an internationally recognized scholar, artist, poet, activist, and public intellectual. Dr. Darder is currently a professor of Educational Policy Studies and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.



Education

Antonia Darder attended Pasadena City College where she earned a degree in nursing. She later attended Cal State Los Angeles for her bachelor's in Rehabilitation Counseling and received a master's degree from Pacific Oaks College in Human Development. In 1989, she received her doctorate in Education from Claremont Graduate University. [1]

 

Early life

At age three, her mother brought Darder to the mainland during the Operation Bootstrap post-war migration when more than 500,000 Puerto Ricans emigrated [2] to the United States between 1949-1959. [3]
Raised in poverty in East Los Angeles, she was a young mother with three children, when she began her studies at Pasadena City College in 1972.[4] While at PCC, Darder began exploring the realm of cultural differences in U.S. society, as a bilingual peer counselor. Upon completing nursing school, she worked as a pediatric nurse in a hospital and then for the Head Start Program. Her work included developing programs for parents, and providing health education for children and their families. She attended California State University Los Angeles and then Pacific Oaks College, where she earned a master’s degree in Human Development with a specialization in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling.
While earning her degree, Darder worked in a variety of settings as a therapist and clinical supervisor for child abuse and domestic violence programs. During this time, she was active working with the Chicano/Latino movement, focusing on issues of mental health and education in Spanish speaking communities.[5]
From 1982 - 1986, Darder began teaching college seminars that focused on sociopolitical issues and questions of culture, human development, and parenting. In 1986, she joined the faculty at Pacific Oaks where she developed a graduate program in Bicultural Development that was discussed in her first book, Culture and Power in the Classroom. [6] In the late 80's and early 90’s, Darder studied and worked with renowned Brazilian educator, Paulo Freire, whose ideas profoundly influenced the direction of her life's work.[7] Her book Reinventing Paulo Freire: A Pedagogy of Love [8] focused on Freire’s important contributions to education, particularly from the standpoint of oppressed communities. [9] [10]
From 1993-1996, as a recipient of a Kellogg Foundation fellowship and participant in the Kellogg International Leadership Program,[11] her research took her to Peru where she studied the education and culture of indigenous children in the Andes. [12] [13]

 

Recent work

Dr. Darder has taught at California Polytechnic University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was recognized as a Distinguished Professor at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. In 2008, she was recognized as a Senior Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois, where she has taught in the Department of Educational Policy Studies since 2003.[14]
Her work focuses on comparative studies of racism, political economy, education, and society. Her teaching and research examine issues of inequalities and the politics of social exclusions, as these relate to racism, class inequalities, and gendered relations of power. Her work also explores popular culture and the politics of public pedagogy with respect to critical democratic participation. Her most recent research examines the pervasiveness of oppression within the university, as well as issues directly tied to the body, pedagogy, and inequality.
In 2005, working with graduate students and community members, she established the Liberacion! Radio Collective[15] a public affairs radio program, on WEFT 90.1 Champaign that examines politics, art, and struggle through the nexus of local/global connections.[16]

 

Honors and awards

In addition to her recognition as a distinguished professor, Dr. Darder has received several awards and honors for her community and professional work. Along with a national Kellogg Foundation Fellowship, she has also received the Social Justice in Education Award from the University of New Mexico, an Outstanding Book of the Year honor from the American Educational Research Association, and recognition for Outstanding Service to the Latino Community from El Centro de Acción Social, among others. [17]

 

Artistic Endeavors

painting
An early work from the mid-80's exhibited by Darder in Los Angeles[18]

 

Poet

In 1983, Darder's first book of poetry, Each Day I Feel More Free was published.[19] For the next 6 years, she frequently presented her poetry at different cultural events. Over the years, her poetry has been published in a variety of venues, including the Boston Journal of Education. [20] Although somewhat unorthodox, she often includes poetry in her academic speeches and texts.

 

Visual Artist

In 1984, Darder traveled to visit a friend in the Coyoacán neighborhood of Mexico City and there discovered the museum La Casa Azul (the Blue House) which was the residence of renown painters Frieda Kahlo and Diego Rivera. During her visit, Darder experienced such inspiration from her daily afternoon sojourns to the Blue House, that she began painting immediately after returning home from Mexico City. Since then, she has exhibited her work in a variety of venues including Self-Help Graphics[21] and Plaza De La Raza[22] in Los Angeles and continues to create new works.[23]

 

Songwriter

Darder first performed and wrote songs in the mid-1980s for Canto Jibaro, a Los Angeles community musical ensemble of Chicano and Puerto Rican activists, whose music carried a revolutionary message. Later she began learning to play the guitar and with Guido Nuñez del Prado,[24] a Peruvian folk musician, she co-edited an anthology of articles on music of the Andes, Seminario de Musica de la Region.[25] Writing and performing in English and Spanish, Darder has penned over 20 folksongs of love, struggle, and freedom.[26]

 

Bibliography

 

Books

Dr. Darder's first book Culture and Power in the Classroom (Bergin & Garvey) was released in 1991. The book was recognized by The Nation in 1992, as "a significant tool for democratic schooling in the 20th century."[27] Her follow-up book, Reinventing Paulo Freire: A Pedagogy of Love (Westview, 2001), was named one of the outstanding books in curriculum for 2001-2002 by the American Educational Research Association.[28][29] She is co-author with Rodolfo Torres of After Race: Racism After Multiculturalism, and is the editor of Culture and Difference (Bergin & Garvey, 1995). She has co-edited Latinos and Education (Routledge, 1996), The Latino Studies Reader: Culture, Economy and Society (Blackwell, 1997), and The Critical Pedagogy Reader (Routledge, 2002/2008).[30] As a scholar of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute[31] she authored The Policies and the Promise: The Public Schooling of Latino Children (1993).[32] She has also served as an Associate Editor and Advisory Board Member for the journal Latino Studies.[33]

 

Film

In 2009, Dr. Darder's documentary, Breaking Silence: The Pervasiveness of Oppression, was awarded the second place prize at the Central Illinois Women’s Film Festival. The film was produced with a team of graduate students and community members involved in the Diversity and Technology for Engaging Communities research team,[34] a study examining issues of power, privilege, and racism on the UIUC campus.[35]

 

News Editorials and Columns

  • Darder, A. (2008) "1968/2008: Making Power for Change" Public I, Urbana, IL[36]
  • Darder, A. (2008) "Pedagogy of the Oppressed Revisited" Public I, Urbana, IL
  • Darder, A. (2008) "Making Sense of the Iraq War with Boricua Eyes" Public I, Urbana, IL
  • Darder, A. (2007) "Vernon Bellecourt: A Life of Struggle for Indian Rights" Public I, Urbana, IL
  • Darder, A. (2007) "UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples" Public I, Urbana, IL
  • Darder, A. (2007) "Imagining Justice: Politics, Love, and Dissent" Public I, Urbana, IL
  • Darder, A. (2007) "Elvira Arellano:Inspiring the Immigrant Rights Struggle" Public I, Urbana, IL
  • Darder, A. (2006) "Colonized Wombs: Politics of Sterilization" Public I, Urbana, IL
  • Darder, A. (1993) "Reflections on El Centro de Accion Social" Star News, Pasadena, CA
  • Darder, A. (1987) "Hunger: A Legacy of Colonial System" Star News, Pasadena, CA
  • Darder, A. (1987) "Schools Lag Behind People They Serve" Star News, Pasadena, CA
  • Darder, A. (1987) "Looking Deep to Find the Roots of Racism" Star News, Pasadena, CA
  • Darder, A. (1986) "Minorities and Family Planning" Star News, Pasadena, CA
  • Darder, A. (1986) "When Drugs Entered in the Mainstream" Star News, Pasadena, CA.
  • Darder, A. (1986) "Freeway Destruction to Minority Communities" Star News, Pasadena, CA.
  • Darder, A. (1986) "Minority Leadership" Star News, Pasadena, California.
  • Darder, A. (1986) "Bilingual Education: An Old Tradition" Star News, Pasadena, CA.
  • Darder, A. (1983) "Fair Community Representation" Star News, Pasadena, CA.

 

Literary Publications

  • Darder, A. (2008) "The Great Mother Wails" Public I (November)
  • Darder, A. (2007) "Al Amanecer/At Dawn" Multicultural Education Journal (Spring)
  • Darder, A. (1996) "Sobreviviendo: Notes on Poetry and Grief" Women Who Don’t Sell Out L. Fulani (ed.) New York: Carrillo International
  • Darder, A. (1993) "rican-woman-madness is just another word for love" The California Sociologist: Culture and Conflict in the Academy G. Romero and L. Arguelles (eds.). Vol. 26.
  • Darder, A. (1992) "desenterandote" Si Se Puede M. Baca, et al. (eds.) Special Edition: Dia de la Raza Santa Barbara, California, October
  • Darder, A. (1991) "The unexpected reappearance of don quixote" Journal of Education: Crossing Borders, Building Bridges: Bilingualism in the 90’s D. Macedo (ed.). Boston U. Press
  • Darder, A. (1991) "of struggle and reflection" Journal of Education, Crossing Borders, Bridging Worlds: Bilingualism in the 90’s (special issue). D. Macedo (ed.). Boston University Press
  • Darder, A. (1991) "a bicultural riddle" Journal of Education, Crossing Borders, Bridging Worlds:Bilingualism in the 90’s (special issue), D. Macedo (ed.). Boston University Press
  • Darder, A. (1989) "the woman with many hearts" Canto Jibaro Press
  • Darder, A. (1985) "i want to feel good" The Southern California Anthology M. McLaughlin and C.Westphal (eds.). Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California
  • Darder, A. (1984) "when she reads this i hope she feels the love" The Southern California Anthology J. Woetzel, et al. (eds.) Santa Barbara, CA: Ross-Erickson Publishers
  • Darder, A. (1983) "you say you’ve got a program?" Chismearte M. Gamboa and L. Rodriguez (eds.) Los Angeles, CA: Concilio Arte Popular

 

References

  1. ^ UIUC Faculty page http://www.lls.illinois.edu/faculty_staff/Antonia_Darder.html
  2. ^ Puerto Rican Emigration: Why the 1950s? http://lcw.lehman.edu/lehman/depts/latinampuertorican/latinoweb/PuertoRico/1950s.htm
  3. ^ Ocampo, Anthony. The Puerto Rican Exodus: Media Representations of the Great Migration, 1945-1955 http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/0/5/5/2/p105521_index.html
  4. ^ Faculty Profile http://education.illinois.edu/frp/d/adarder
  5. ^ Blankenship, Matt Forging Identity http://www.wiu.edu/fye/blog/index.php/2007/09/26/forging-identity-by-professor-antonia-darder
  6. ^ Darder, Antonia Culture and Power in the Classroom ISBN 0897892399
  7. ^ Lang, Peter Critical Pedagogy Primer ISBN 082047262X
  8. ^ Darder, Antonia Reinventing Paulo Freire: A Pedagogy of Love ISBN 0813339685
  9. ^ Conversation With Radical Educator Antonia Darder http://uprisingradio.org/home/?p=2608
  10. ^ http://www.freireproject.org/content/antonia-darder
  11. ^ Kellogg Foundation (KILP) http://www.kfla.org/about/?p=ak&c=29
  12. ^ http://benhooks.memphis.edu/darder.html
  13. ^ http://faculty.ed.uiuc.edu/adarder/dardercv.doc
  14. ^ Dept of Educational Policy Studies http://education.illinois.edu/EPS
  15. ^ Liberacion! Radio Collective, http://www.radioliberacion.org
  16. ^ WEFT Program Listing http://weft.org/program/radio-liberacion
  17. ^ http://faculty.ed.uiuc.edu/adarder/dardercv.doc
  18. ^ Goldman, Shifra - Department of Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Santa Barbara http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/collections/cema/pdf/shifragoldmanPreliminaryGuide.pdf
  19. ^ Beyond Baroque Archive http://www.beyondbaroque.org/archive/index.htm
  20. ^ Poem a bicultural riddle WE LEARN June 2007 Newsletter http://www.litwomen.org/news/07june.pdf
  21. ^ Self-Help Graphics community visual arts center http://www.selfhelpgraphics.com
  22. ^ Plaza De La Raza Culture Center for the Arts and Education http://www.plazadelaraza.org
  23. ^ Artist Gallery http://www.darder.org/gallery/index.html
  24. ^ Mendoza, Zoila Creating Our Own: Folklore, performance, and identity in Cuzco, Peru ISBN 0822341522
  25. ^ List of published works http://www.darder.org/books.html
  26. ^ Original song performed by Dr. Darder http://www.darder.org/video/ArtNight2.mov
  27. ^ Spetempber 19, 1992 The Nation special issue "The Attack on Public Schools"
  28. ^ AESA http://www.aera.net
  29. ^ http://www.freireproject.org/content/antonia-darder
  30. ^ The Critical Pedagogy Reader (second edition) ISBN 0415961203
  31. ^ Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, http://www.trpi.org/
  32. ^ TRPI education publications http://www.trpi.org/update/education.html
  33. ^ Latino Studies journal http://www.palgrave-journals.com/lst/about.html
  34. ^ DTEC Research Team http://dtec.ed.uiuc.edu/researchers.html
  35. ^ Independent Media Center Film Festival http://www.imcfilmfest.org/node/53
  36. ^ Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center's Public I http://publici.ucimc.org



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