Community and Difference

Contents: Marsha D. Harrison: Foreword - Roberto A. Peña: Water Is Clear like Me: A Story about Race, Identity, Teaching, and Social Justice - Kristin Guest: From the Outside In: A Journey toward Justice - Lawrence Y. Matsuda: A Professor, Not a Porter - Althe Allen: Portray Me in Silence: Teaching for Justice - Jacque Ensign: A Story of Complexity: Identity Development, Difference, and Teaching for Social Justice - Katherine Nell McNeil: The Guardian of the Dream: A Journey through Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder to the Other Side of Me - Cleo Molina/Hutch Haney: Teaching Social Justice in Partnership - Roberto A. Peña/Kristin Guest/Lawrence Y. Matsuda: Conclusion: Claims Made - Claims Revisited.

The Editors: Roberto A. Peña earned his B.A. in English and his B.S. in secondary education from Buffalo State College and the State University of New York College at Buffalo respectively. Peña obtained his Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Following work as an English teacher and administrator in Buffalo, New York, he was a professor in higher education, and currently teaches at Seattle University in the College of Education's Educational Leadership program.
Kristin Guest earned her B.A. in speech and French and her B.S. in secondary education from the University of Minnesota, and her M.A. in speech communications and her Ph.D. in school psychology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Following work as a school psychologist in Wisconsin and New Hampshire, she has taught for over twenty-five years at Seattle University.
Lawrence Y. Matsuda earned his B.A. in speech education, his M.A. in educational administration, and his Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Washington. He has been a junior high school language arts teacher, a university counselor, a state level administrator, school district administrator, K-6, middle school, and K-8 principal, and an assistant superintendent in the Seattle public schools. Matsuda is currently Visiting Professor in the College of Education at Seattle University and an independent educational consultant working in the areas of school remodeling and student assignment.