Venus Evans-Winters

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Dr. Venus E. Evans-Winters holds a Masters degree in School Social Work and a Doctoral degree in Educational Policy Studies, with a specialization in the Sociology of Education from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at Illinois State University in the Department of Educational Administration & Foundations. Her areas of research interests are urban education, urban children and adolescents, feminist theory, and qualitative research methods. She uses sociological and anthropological research methods to analyze educational problems and issues. Her recent book released in April of 2005 is “Teaching Black girls: Resiliency in urban classrooms.” She is also the author and co-author of several journal articles and book chapters.

Topics by Venus Evans-Winters

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Blog entry Who is to blame? Parents, Teachers, Administrators, Students, or Societal Forces
Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 13:14
21 by up-and-up
03/13/2010 - 02:40
Blog entry I Am Every Woman: Images of Black girls and women in the media
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 11:52
0 by Venus Evans-Winters
02/14/2010 - 23:23
Blog entry Race to the Top (of what, a falling infrastructure?)
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 17:41
0 by Venus Evans-Winters
01/21/2010 - 16:41
Blog entry Are Black girls and women the new endangered species?
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 14:24
0 by Venus Evans-Winters
12/15/2009 - 01:10
Blog entry What truthtelling looks and sounds like: Dr. Julia Hare
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 09:17
1 by Venus Evans-Winters
11/07/2009 - 12:19

Replies by Venus Evans-Winters

  • Monday, January 4, 2010 - 16:08

    Hello Dr. Shirley,
    I just wanted to respond to your above posting by wishing you and yours a very happy New Year. You have survived so much over the last year, and you had a very prosperous...

  • Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 12:19

    After listening to and reading the latest news media, one must ask sooner or later, if young Black women are the new endangered species. Compared to other women living in the U.S., African...

  • Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 17:28

    Ditto all of what you said above.

    I actually wonder if the...

  • Monday, September 28, 2009 - 14:25

    Thanks to everyone for contributing wholeheartedly to the strings of discussions above. What stands out for me is the observation that everyone is struggling conscientiously (Sahak above) to...

  • Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 22:03

    Hello JoanTiffany,

    Thank you much for leaving a comment on this post. Again, it so important that Black women be a part of larger societal discourse on the state of Black women in America...

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