Michele Malamud Kahn
School of Education

 

Suite 1325
Phone: (281) 283-3549
Fax: (281) 283-3630
E-mail: kahnmm@uhcl.edu

UH-Clear Lake
Box 215
2700 Bay Area Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77058

Educational
Background

2002                                       Doctor of Philosophy

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

                                                Major: Curriculum and Instruction

                                                First Minor: Language and Culture

                                                Second Minor: Foundations of Education

 

1994                                       Master of Arts

                                                Major: Teaching of Languages (Spanish Emphasis)

                                                The University of Southern Mississippi

 

1992                                       Bachelor of Fine Arts

Major: Theatre (Acting and Directing)            

The University of Southern Mississippi

 

Areas of Expertise

Multicultural education

Summary of
Professional Experience

2004- Present                      The University of Houston-Clear Lake

                                                Assistant Professor of Multicultural Education

                                                Department of Studies in Language and Culture

                                                School of Education

                                                Courses taught:

                                                SILC 6030 Foundations of Multicultural Education

                                                SILC 4135 Theories of American Pluralism

 

2002- 2004                           The University of Houston-Victoria

                                                Assistant Professor

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

                                                Courses taught:

C & I 6332 Education in a Multicultural Society

C & I 3323 Instructional Design

C&I 3326 The Professional Educator [On-line]              

C&I 4310 Teaching Diverse Populations

ESE 4307, MSE 4307 & SED 4308 Early, Middle and Secondary School Professional Seminar

FED 6321 Foundations of Educational Research

FED 3321 Educational Foundations of Teaching

LNG 3310 Introduction to Language

                                                LNG 4310 Language and Reading

 

1997-2002                                          The University of Alabama

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

Teacher Intern Supervisor

Taught CSE 493: Diversity Block Seminar and CSE 489: Clinical Experiences in Secondary Schools (Foreign language)

                                                                                                 

1996-1997                            UMS-Wright Preparatory School

Spanish teacher

                                                Mobile, AL

 

1995-1996                            The University of Southern Mississippi

Visiting Spanish instructor

                                                Hattiesburg, MS

                                               

1995                                       Hattiesburg High School

Spanish teacher

                                                Hattiesburg, MS

                                               

1994-1995                            William Carey College on the Coast

Spanish Instructor

                                                Biloxi, MS

 

1994                                       inlingua, international language center

                                                Consultant

                                                New Orleans, LA

 

1993-1994                            Oak Grove Middle School

                                                Foreign Language Exploratory Program (FLEX)

                                                The University of Southern Mississippi

Graduate Teaching Assistant

                                                Hattiesburg, MS

Current Research
Projects and Grants

Teacher dress codes, heterosexism, religious beliefs in education, empathy and prejudice.

Teaching Areas

Multicultural Education

Publications and Presentations

 When the public good and organizational imperative meet: Individual and collective reflections on the faculty academy as a site of struggle and growth (April, 2006) Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) San Francisco, CA

Learning from students’ life altering experiences: Simulating conditions for belief examination and change (April, 2006) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) San Francisco, CA

Love and hate in the diversity class: Can we teach teachers to care? (February, 2006) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies (NAHLS) Baton Rouge, LA

Heterosexual hegemony: Addressing gay and lesbian issues in the multicultural classroom (February, 2006) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies (NAHLS) Baton Rouge, LA

Enabling Empathy: An approach for positive human connection in the multicultural education classroom (November, 2005) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Charlottesville, VA.

The faculty academy: Enhancing scholarship, developing community (October, 2005) Symposium presented with Cheryl Craig, Linda Ellis, Andrea Forster, Catherine Horn, Mimi Lee, Carrie Markello, Susan McCormack, Heidi Mullins, Emma Schorzman, Doris Williams-Smith, and Denise McDonald at the annual meeting of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum (AATC) Austin, TX

World citizenship: How imagination and empathy can help diversity students make global connections (October, 2005) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum (AATC) Austin, TX

Creating emotionally safe and intellectually challenging classroom communities (April, 2005) Workshop presented at the International Conference, “Diversity in an International Context,” organized by the Centre for Intercultural Studies of the University of Verona (Italy) the International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE), The City of Verona and with the cooperation of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Verona, Italy

The importance of empathy in creating world citizens: Stanislavski’s use of action, faith, imagination, memory and communion (April, 2005)  Paper presented at the International Conference, “Diversity in an International Context,” organized by the Centre for Intercultural Studies of the University of Verona (Italy) the International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE), The City of Verona and with the cooperation of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Verona, Italy

                Mujer, levanta la voz! How feminist pedagogy can empower Latinas in school (February 2005) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies (NAHLS) Houston, TX

                Gender and gender equity discourse: Teachers talk about being female (February 2005) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies (NAHLS) Houston, TX

                Engaging education students in diversity issues: Lessons from the theatre (February 2005) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies (NAHLS) Houston, TX

Teachers’ Bodies: Reproduction and Policing of Normative Femininity (November, 2004). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA), Kansas City, MO

Gender equity and the irony of being a female teacher: An exploration into women’s beliefs about gender (April 2004). Paper accepted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) San Diego, CA

Women high school teachers’ gendered lives (April, 2003). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL

Women teachers’ gender role constructions of their students (November, 2002). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA), Pittsburgh, PA

 

Service Activities

Nominations and Elections Committee

Diversity Plan Committee

Teacher Certification Council

Educational Policies and Courses Committee

Faculty Senator

Ed.D. Activities: Course Development and Teaching in the Communications Core, Dissertation Committees

Special Recognition
and Honors

Phi Kappa Phi member (2005)

Outstanding Dissertation Research (2003)

Enron Teaching Award Nominee (2000)

Recommended WWW sites

Human Rights Campaign http://hrc.org/

Anti-Defamation League http://www.adl.org/default.htm

Teaching Tolerance http://www.tolerance.org/index.jsp

Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org

Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html