Teaching Race and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America

Kristin Haltinner is a graduate student and instructor at the University of Minnesota where she teaches courses on race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and social justice. She also works as an adjunct instructor at Century College and St. Catherine University, teaching courses on contemporary social problems. Her work centers on social justice including the ways in which race, gender, sexuality and class inform and shape (or are shaped by) social movements. She has several projects under review at Sociological journals or in development including "Dissention on the Right: Gender in the Minuteman Civil Defence Corps" and "Rehab's Dysfunctional Family: Challenges of Race in Drug Rehabilitation Centers" (with Dr. Teresa Gowan). Her dissertation is on the construction of race, gender, class and sexuality in right wing social movements and is expected to be completed by December 2012. She also has a published book chapter entitled Vigilante Groups in Battleground: Immigration. Edited byKristin Haltinner is a graduate student and instructor at the University of Minnesota where she teaches courses on race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and social justice. She also works as an adjunct instructor at Century College and St. Catherine University, teaching courses on contemporary social problems. Her work centers on social justice including the ways in which race, gender, sexuality and class inform and shape (or are shaped by) social movements. She has several projects under review at Sociological journals or in development including "Dissention on the Right: Gender in the Minuteman Civil Defence Corps" and "Rehab's Dysfunctional Family: Challenges of Race in Drug Rehabilitation Centers" (with Dr. Teresa Gowan). Her dissertation is on the construction of race, gender, class and sexuality in right wing social movements and is expected to be completed by December 2012. She also has a published book chapter entitled Vigilante Groups in Battleground: Immigration. Edited byJudith