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A Kogi village in Colombia, featured in a film documentary by 2009 conference speaker Alan Ereira. |
Globalization, Diversity, and Education Conference
The fifth annual conference held in Spokane,
Washington, on Feb. 26-28, 2009 was a wonderful
success! This year, the Conference drew approximately
150 representatives from 16 States, Canada, the United
Kingdom, and New Zealand. Thank you to all
involved!
This conference provides a forum for conversation on
the interrelationships among cultural pedagogies,
ecopedagogies, meaning making, contemporary identity
shaping, postcolonial global issues, sustainability,
cosmopolitanism, media literacy, social theory, and
social justice. We welcome participation of
researchers, educators, students, teachers, and
community members.
We sincerely wish to thank our sponsors and look
forward to welcoming new collaborators and partners.
Our generous sponsors were:
- Washington State University: College of Education, College of Liberal Arts, Extension, Education Graduate Organization, Division of Student Affairs, Equity and Diversity, The Center for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach
- Gonzaga University: College of Education
- University of Idaho: College of Education
- Cambria Press: Amherst, New York
Interested folk are encouraged to visit the conference website at our networking/announcement Facebook site .
2009 participant comments
- “Thank you – keep up the wonderful work.”
- “Fabulous conference. Special thanks to the committee chairs and committee members.”
- “My thanks to the entire conference team for a great job accomplished. Bravo! I will promote the conference among colleagues and graduates students and try to bring in a couple of panels next year!”
- “The conference was great this year. I think that people really enjoyed the opportunity for true dialogue since the sessions were not stuffed with presenters.”
- “I thoroughly enjoyed the conference! Thank you.”
Exciting plans for the 2010 conference
- Extend our partnerships with other universities and organizations
- Host the conference at the WSU Riverfront Center to lower costs and have food catered by local community and slow food groups
- Develop an online organization to enable networking and collaborative synergies
- Create a peer-reviewed journal in connection to the organization
For more information and potential partnerships
Please contact the Conference Coordinators, Holly Lengacher or Ashley Herridge: diversityconf@wsu.edu or conference chairs Michael Hayes, mthayes@wsu.edu, or Pauline Sameshima: psameshima@wsu.edu