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University
Station
Mailcode
D6200
Austin,
TX
78712‐0379
Kevin Michael Foster, Ph.D.
kmfoster@mail.utexas.edu
512‐471‐1784
(o)
512‐799‐1107
(c)
DEGREES AWARDED
Ph.D. in Anthropology;
University
of
Texas
at
Austin;
May
2001.
Dissertation:
Success on Whose
Terms? Academic Achievement, Status Production and the Black Student Community at Research
University.
M.A. in Anthropology;
University
of
Texas
at
Austin;
December
1994.
Thesis:
Dry Bones Gonna' Rise: Black Thought and The African Burial Ground of New York City.
B.A. in Anthropology and in Economics;
College
of
William
and
Mary;
May
1991.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor;
Department
of
African
and
African
Diaspora
Studies,
University
of
Texas
at
Austin
(2005‐present).
Courtesy
appointment:
Department
of
Curriculum
and
Instruction
(2010‐
present);
Department
of
Anthropology
(2010‐present);
Department
of
Educational
Administration
(2008‐present).
Assistant Professor;
Department
of
Curriculum
and
Instruction,
University
of
Texas
at
Austin
(2005‐2010).
Assistant Professor;
Black
American
Studies
and
Anthropology,
Southern
Illinois
University,
Carbondale.
2001‐2005.
Assistant Instructor;
Center
for
African
and
African
American
Studies,
University
of
Texas
at
Austin.
Fall
2000.
Assistant Instructor;
Center
for
African
and
African
American
Studies,
University
of
Texas
at
Austin.
1995–1997.
Teaching Assistant;
Center
for
African
and
African
American
Studies,
University
of
Texas
at
Austin.
1992–1995.
ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Founding Director;
ICUSP
(Institute
for
Community,
University
and
School
Partnerships),
University
of
Texas
at
Austin
2006‐present.
American
Association
for
the
Advancement
of
Science
(AAAS),
Science
and
Technology
Policy
Fellow.
Assigned
to
the
National
Science
Foundation
Math
and
Science
Partnership
Program
(2009‐2010).

Director;
LEAP,
Leadership
Enrichment
Arts
Program.
Austin,
TX.
1997.
PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES IN DEVELOPMENT:
Foster, K.M.,
Campos,
Emmet
and
Welton,
A.J.
(in
process).
From
context
to
structure
‐
building
student
responsive
programs
in
schools.
Foster, K.M. and Kasun, S. (under
review) Dreaming
in
Context:
micro‐
and
macro‐
transformations
in
an
age
of
testing
and
accountability
(Anthropology
and
Education
Quarterly)
Foster, K.M. and Chao, Theodore (in
process).
Brain‐science
and
Education:
What
interdisciplinary
studies
may
tell
us
about
cognitive
engineering
in
socially
stratified
American
Education.
PEER‐REVIEWED ARTICLES
Foster, K.M., Bergin,
K.,
McKenna 
 A.,
Millard,
A.,
Perez,
L.,
Prival,
J.,
Rainey,
D.,
Sevian,
H.,
VanderPutten,
E.,
and
Hamos,
J.
(2010)
Partnerships
for
STEM
Education.

Science 329:906‐907.
Foster, K.M.
(in
press,
2010).
On
the
Road
to
Tenure
via
Community
Engaged
Scholarship.

(Journal
of Community Engagement and Scholarship).
Kraehe,
A; Foster, K.M., Blakes,
T.
(in
press,
2010).
Through
the
Perfect
Storm:
From
the
Challenges
of
Black
Education
to
Contextually
Responsive
Solutions.
Souls: A Critical Journal of
Black Politics, Culture, and Society 12:3
(232‐257).
Foster, K. M.,
Blakes,
T.
&
McKay,
J.
(2009).
Documenting
Tragedy
and
Resilience:
The
importance
of
Spike
Lee’s
When the Levee’s Broke.
Contemporary Literary Criticism.
Vol.
281,
edited
by
Jeffrey
William
Hunter,
(p.198‐202).
Detroit:
Gale.
(reprint)
Foster, K. M. (2008).

Careful
What
You
Ask
For:
Tales
of
parent
involvement
in
schools.
Practicing Anthropology
30(4):33‐36.
Foster, K. M.
(2008).
Black
Greeks
and
Underground
Pledging:
Public
debates
and
communal
concerns.
Transforming Anthropology 16(1):3‐19.
Foster, K. M.,
Blakes,
T.
&
McKay,
J.
(2008).
Documenting
Tragedy
and
Resilience:
The
importance
of
Spike
Lee’s
When the Levee’s Broke.
Urban Education. Urban Education
43(4):488‐496.
Foster, K. M.
(2007).
Katrina’s
Kids
or
Ours:
The
Experience
of
displaced
New
Orleans
students
in
their
new
schools
and
communities.
Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society
9(1):45‐52.
Foster, K. M.
(2006).
Austin
Shelter
Notes.
Transforming Anthropology 14(1):26‐30.
Foster, K. M.
(2006).
Bridging
Troubled
Waters:
Principles
for
teaching
in
times
of
crisis.

Perspectives in Urban Education
4(2):1‐12.
Foster, K. M.
(2005).
How
Do
You
Ensure
the
Fair
Consideration
of
a
Complex
Ancestor?
Multiple
approaches
to
assessing
the
legacy
and
work
of
John
Uzo
Ogbu.
International Journal of
Qualitative Studies in Education 18(5):559‐564.
Foster, K. M.
(2005).
Narratives
of
the
Social
Scientist:
Understanding
the
work
of
John
Ogbu.
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 18(5):565‐580.
Foster, K. M.
(2005).
Gods
or
Vermin:
Alternative
readings
of
the
African
American
experience
among
African
and
African
American
college
students.
Transforming Anthropology 13(1):34‐46.
Foster, K. M.
(2005).
Diet
of
Disparagement:
The
racial
experiences
of
Black
students
at
a
predominantly
White
university.
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
18(4):489‐505.
Foster, K. M.
(2004).
Coming
to
Terms:
A
discussion
of
John
Ogbu’s
cultural‐ecological
theory
of
minority
academic
achievement.
Intercultural Education 12(4):369‐384.
Foster, K. M.
(2003).
Panopticonics:
The
control
and
surveillance
of
Black
female
athletes
in
a
collegiate
athletic
department.
Anthropology and Education Quarterly
34(3):300‐323.
Foster, K. M.
(2003).
Contours
of
Community.
Race, Ethnicity and Education
6(3):265‐281.
Foster, K. M.
(1997).
Vindicationist
Politics:
A
foundation
and
point
of
departure
for
an
African
Diaspora
Studies
paradigm.
Transforming Anthropology 6(1&2):2‐9.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Foster, K. M.
(2008).
Forward
Looking
Criticisms:
Critiques
and
enhancements
for
the
next
generation
of
cultural
ecological
theory,
(p.577‐592).
In,
Minority Status, Identity, and Schooling
(John
U.
Ogbu,
ed.).
Lawrence
Erlbaum
&
Associates.
Foster, K. M.
(2008).
Katrina’s
Kids
or
Ours:
The
experience
of
displaced
New
Orleans
students
in
their
new
schools
and
communities
(reprint),
(p.295‐302).
In,
Seeking Higher Ground: Hurricane
Katrina Crisis, Race, and Public Policy Reader
(Manning
Marable
and
Kristen
Clarke,
eds.).
ARTICLES IN NON‐PEER‐REVIEWED JOURNALS
Foster, K. M.
(2003).

A
Reverse
Underground
Railroad
in
the
Land
of
Lincoln.
Heritage Matters:
News Magazine of the U.S. National Park Service (Winter).
EDITED JOURNAL ISSUES
Foster, K. M.
ed.,
(2005)
The
Cultural‐Ecological
Theory
in
Perspective:
The
legacy
of
John
Ogbu,
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 18(5).
Foster, K. M.
&
Gobbo,
F.
eds.
(2004),
The
Legacy
of
John
Ogbu,
Intercultural Education 15(4).

Gordon,
E.T.
&
Foster, K. M.
eds.
(1997).
Diaspora,
Transforming Anthropology 6(1&2).
PROFESSIONAL REPORTS
Foster K.M.
(2010)
COBRA,
VOICES,
Young
COBRA,
Young
VOICES
Mid‐year
highlights.
Mid‐year
report
to
Austin
Independent
School
District.
Fox,
S.,
Kraehe,
A.
and
Foster K.M.
(2009)
LEAP
Summer
Leadership
Institute
Final
report.
Final
report
to
LEAP,
Leadership
Enrichment
Arts
Project.
Foster, K.M. and
Kraehe,
A.
(2009)
Embedded
Professional
Development
and
Student
Programs
Final
Report
to
Manor
Independent
School
District.
Foster, K.M.,
and
Kasun,
S.
(2009).
Middle
School
Student
Advisory
Program
Pilot
Mid‐year
Report.
Commissioned
by
Austin
Independent
School
District.
Austin,
Texas.
(10
pp.)
Foster, K. M.,
Baize,
L.
&
Larson,
R.
(2008).
Action
Plan
for
Building
Relationships
and
Community
on
each
Middle
School
Campus.
Commissioned
by
Austin
Independent
School
District.
Austin,
Texas.
(23
pp.)
Foster, K. M.
(1999).
Prep Life: An Ethnographic Portrait. Commissioned
by
Santa
Fe
Prep
School
in
Santa
Fe,
New
Mexico.
(104
pp.).
Foster, K. M.
(1994).
The
History
of
the
African
Burial
Ground
and
The
Background
of
the
Federal
Advisory
Committee
of
the
African
Burial
Ground.
In,
Memorialization of the African Burial
Ground: Recommendations to the United States Congress (Peggy
King‐Jorde,
ed.).
Foster, K. M.
(1993).
The
Racial
Atmosphere
of
The
University
of
Texas
at
Austin
in
the
1950s
and
1960s.
Report
for
the
Legal
Defense
Fund
and
the
State
of
Texas
in
their
defense
of
The
University
of
Texas
Law
School
in
Hopwood
v.
Texas.
BOOK REVIEWS
Foster, K. M.
(2004). Black Power on Campus,
by
Joy
Ann
Williamson.
Journal of Illinois History
7(2):155‐156.
Foster, K. M.
(2003). Katherine Dunham: Dancing a Life,
by
Joyce
Aschenbrennar.
Journal of Illinois
History
6(2):142‐143.
COLUMNS
Columnist
for
Anthropology News
(2003‐2006),
nationally
distributed
news
publication
of
the
American
Anthropological
Association
(over
11,000
subscribers).
Foster, K.M. (Oct
2008)
The
Association
of
Black
Anthropologists
Works
in
Progress
Mentoring
Session.
Anthropology News 49(7).
Foster, K.M.
(Jan
2006)
Weathering
the
Storm:
The
Association
of
Black
Anthropologists
in
Transition.
Anthropology News 47(1).
Foster, K.M.
(Jan
2006)
Passing
the
Torch. Anthropology News 47(1).

Foster, K.M.
(Dec
2005)
Reports
from
the
Field
in
India. Anthropology News 46(9).
Foster, K.M.
(Nov2005)
Responding
to
Hurricane
Katrina. Anthropology News 46(8).
Foster, K.M.
(Oct
2005)
Diversity
and
Responsive
Leadership. Anthropology News 46(7).
Foster, K.M.
(June
2005)
Anthropology
and
Education
News.
Anthropology News 46(6).
Foster, K.M.
(May
2005)
The
Spindler
and
other
Awards. Anthropology News 46(5).
Foster, K.M.
(March
2005)
Anthropology
and
Education
News.

Anthropology News 46(3).
Foster, K.M.
(February
2005)
The
Canturbury
Convocation. Anthropology News 46(2).
Foster, K.M.
(Jan
2005)
The
Canturbury
Move. Anthropology News 46(1).
Foster, K.M.
(Nov
2004)
Anthropology
and
Education
News.
Anthropology News 45(8).
Foster, K.M.
(Oct
2004)
Remembering
Henry
Trueba.
Anthropology News 45(7).
Foster, K.M.
(May
2004)
Publishing
Education
Research.
Anthropology News 45(5).
Foster, K.M.
(March
2004)
Resisting
the
Absolutism
of
Quantification
in
Ethnography.
Anthropology News 45(3).
Foster, K.M.
(March
2004)
The
Value
of
Program
Building.
Anthropology News
45(3)
Foster, K.M.
(Feb
2004)
Anthropology
and
Education
News.
Anthropology News 45(2).
Foster, K.M.
(Jan
2004)
Generations.
Anthropology News 45(1).
Foster, K.M.
(Nov
2003)
Remembering
John
Ogbu.
Anthropology News 44(8).
Foster, K.M.
(Oct
2003)
CAE
at
AERA.
Anthropology News 44(7).
Foster, K.M.
(May
2003)
Diversity
Committee
Findings.

Anthropology News 44(5).
Foster, K.M.
(Mar
2003)
Information
in
Manageable
Chunks.
Anthropology News 44(3).
Foster, K.M.
(Feb
2003)
Diversity
and
Relevance.
Anthropology News 44(2).
EXTERNAL FUNDING
Program Development, Support, Research and Evaluation
$TBD
(2010‐2011).
COBRA,
Young
COBRA,
LEGACY,
and
VOICES
High
School
and
Middle
School
Girls
and
Boys
Academic
and
Leadership
Development
Groups.
(source:
Austin
Independent
School
District).
$6000
(2010‐2011).
Young
COBRA
Middle
School
Academic
and
Leadership
Development
Group
(source:
Fulmore
Middle
School,
Austin
Independent
School
District).
Program Development, Support, Research and Evaluation
$110,000
(2009‐10).
COBRA,
Young
COBRA,
LEGACY,
and
VOICES
High
School
and
Middle
School
Girls
and
Boys
Academic
and
Leadership
Development
Groups.
(source:
Austin
Independent
School
District).
Program Development, Support, Research and Evaluation
$60,000
(2009‐10).
COBRA,
Young
COBRA,
LEGACY,
and
VOICES
High
School
and
Middle
School
Girls
and
Boys
Academic
and
Leadership
Development
Groups
(source:
Manor
Independent
School
District).
Program Development, Support, Research and Evaluation
$7,000
(2009‐10).
COBRA
and
Young
COBRAs,
Boys
Academic
and
Leadership
Development
Groups
(source:
Harvest
Foundation).

Research and Professional Development
$1500
(2009‐10).
Taylor
High
School
data
analysis
and
diversity
training
(source:
Taylor
ISD).
LEAP Partnership
$7000
(2009).
Summer
Camp
resource
and
staffing
support
(source:
Leadership
Enrichment
Arts
Program).
Program Development, Support, Research and Evaluation
$38,000
(2008‐09.) Embedded
Professional
Development
and
Engaged
Research
(source:
Manor
Independent
School
District).
Program Development, Support, Research and Evaluation
$17,000
(2008‐09).
Garcia
Middle
School
Advisory
Program;
collaborative
construction
&
engaged
research
(source:
Austin
Independent
School
District).
Program Development, Support, Research and Evaluation
$91,000
(2008‐09).
COBRA,
Young
COBRAs,
LEGACY,
and
VOICES
High
School
and
Middle
School
Girls
and
Boys
Academic
and
Leadership
Development
(source:
Austin
Independent
School
District)
(originally
$84,000;
$7000
added
to
accommodate
additional
work).
Program Development, Support, Research and Evaluation
$4500
(Summer
2008)
Leadership
Enrichment
Arts
Program
curriculum
development,
program
development
and
evaluation
(source:
Leadership
Enrichment
Arts
Program).
Program Development, Support, Research and Evaluation
$77,000
(2007‐08). COBRA
and
Young
Knights,
High
School
and
Middle
School
boys
leadership
development
action
research
(source:
Austin
Independent
School
District).
HONORS
Community Leadership Award.
Leadership
Enrichment
Arts
Program
(2009).
Charles Akins Heritage Award. Austin
Independent
School
District
(2009).
Volunteer of the Year
Finalist. Austin
Partners
in
Education
(2008).
LBJ Presidential Library Faculty Volunteer of the Year,
University of Texas, Austin.
Awarded
by
Lyndon
Baines
Johnson
Presidential
Library
and
the
UT
Service
and
Volunteer
Learning
Center
(2006).
Office of Research and Development Administration Seed Grant.
Southern
Illinois
University,
Carbondale
(2002).
Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for Research Related to Education (1999).
David Bruton Graduate Fellowship.
The
University
of
Texas
at
Austin
(1999).

Professional Development Award.
The
University
of
Texas
at
Austin
(1996).
Gateway Distinguished Faculty Award.
The
University
of
Texas
at
Austin
(1996).
Outstanding African American Male Faculty Award.
African
American
Culture
Committee,
The
University
of
Texas
at
Austin
(1996).
CONSULTANTSHIPS
Educational
Consultant
(2009).
Educational
Equity
Conversations,”
Lastinger
Center
for
Learning,
University
of
Florida.
Educational
Consultant
(2008).
Strategic
Planning.
College
Bound,
Inc.
Los
Angeles,
CA.
Educational
Consultant
(2007).
Accounting
for
Diversity.
Westwood
High
School,
Round
Rock
ISD,
TX.
Educational
Consultant
(2005‐present).
Austin
Independent
School
District,
TX.
Middle
Schools
(2007‐present)
High
Schools
(2007‐2008)
Pickle
elementary
(2006‐2007)
Elementary
principals
(2005‐2006)
Educational
Consultant
(2001).
Texas
Educational
Agency,
Student
Assessment
Division.
Austin,
TX.
Diversity
Consultant
(1999).
Santa
Fe
Prep
School.
Santa
Fe,
NM.
Public
Educator
(1993).
African
Burial
Ground
Project.
New
York,
NY.
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
PRESIDENTIAL INVITED ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
Foster, K.M.
(2008).
Teaching through times of Crisis.

American
Educational
Research
Association
meetings,
New
York,
NY.
Foster, K.M.
(2006).
Adjusting to Displacement: New Orleans children in New School Environments.
American
Educational
Research
Association
meetings,
San
Francisco,
CA.
INVITED ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
Foster, K.M.
(2005).
 Race, Sports and Schooling: The Implications of Black College Students’ sports
participation for black student community.
North
American
Society
for
the
Sociology
of
Sports
Conference,
Winston‐Salem
NC.
Foster, K.M.
(2003).
Gods or Vermin? Alternative readings of the African American Experience
among African American and African College Students.
American
Anthropological
Association
Annual
Meetings.
Chicago,
IL
(earlier
version
presented
in
Houston,
2003).

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
Foster, K.M.
(2007).
“10%
solutions
and
their
fall‐outs:
post‐affirmative
action
college
admissions
in
Texas”
Annual
meetings
of
the
American
Anthropological
Association,
Washington
DC.
Foster, K.M.
(2007).
“Careful
what
you
wish
for:
Schools’
conflicted
desires
for
parental
involvement”
Society
for
Applied
Anthropology,
Tampa,
FL
Foster, K.M.
(2006).
“Undermining
Excellence:
The
academic
bind
faced
by
Black
Middle
Class
students
and
their
families,”
American
Educational
Research
Association
meetings,
San
Francisco,
CA.
Foster, K.M.
(2005).
“Gods
or
Vermin?,
Part
II:
Imagining
Our
Students”
Annual
meetings
of
the
American
Anthropological
Association,
Washington
DC.
Foster, K.M.
(2004).
“Assessing
a
Paradigm:
The
strengths
and
weaknesses
of
the
work
of
John
Ogbu.”
Canterbury
Convocation
of
the
Council
on
Anthropology
Education,
San
Francisco,
CA
Foster, K.M.
(2004).
“Achiever’s
Club:
Strategies
for
Black
Students
Academic
Success,
fifty
years
after
Brown
versus
Board
of
Education.”
Brown
versus
Board
of
Education:
Impact
and
Implications,
Symposium,
Southern
Illinois
University,
Edwardsville,
IL
Foster, K.M.
(2003).
“Superwomen
who
Graduate
and
Bucks
Who
Don't:
An
athletic
department's
gendered
strategies
for
the
success
of
Black
Student
Athletes.”
North
Central
Sociological
Association,
Cincinnati,
OH
Foster, K.M.
(2003).
“Gods
or
Vermin?
Alternative
readings
of
the
African
American
Experience
among
African
American
and
African
college
students.”
National
Association
for
African
American
Studies
Conference,
Houston,
TX
Foster, K.M.
(2002).
“Race
Conscious
and
Ethnic
Conscious
Sources
of
Academic
Motivation
Among
Black
Students
on
a
White
Campus.”
American
Anthropological
Association
Annual
Meetings,
New
Orleans,
LA
Foster, K.M.
(2002).
“Ethnography
as
a
School
Assessment
Tool.”
National
Association
of
Independent
Schools,
San
Francisco,
CA
Foster, K.M.
(2000).
“Race,
Success
and
the
Ethics
of
Surveillance
in
a
Division
I
Panopticon.”
Southwestern
University
Sociology
Colloquium
Series,
Southwestern
University,
Georgetown,
TX
Foster, K.M.
(2000).
“Academic
Achievement
and
the
Black
Student
Community
at
Research
University:
The
Case
of
Black
Female
Athletes.”
American
Educational
Researchers
Association
Conference,
New
Orleans,
LA
Foster, K.M.
(2000).
“Negotiating
Norms:
Academic
Achievement,
Status
and
the
Black
Student
Community
at
Research
University.”
Spencer
Foundation
Winter
Forum,
Durham,
NC

Foster, K.M.
(1996).
“The
Implications
of
the
Hopwood
decision
for
Minority
Graduate
Students
Nationwide.”
National
Black
Graduate
Student
Conference,
Claremont,
CA
Foster, K.M.
(1996).
“Scholar/Activist
Collaboration
at
the
African
Burial
Ground
of
New

York
City:
Bridging
the
Gap
between
Academia
and
the
African
American
Community.”
National
Black
Graduate
Students
Conference,
Claremont,
CA
Foster, K.M.
(1996).
“Recovering
the
'True'
Past:
Vindicationist
Politics
at
the
African
Burial
Ground
of
New
York
City.”
American
Ethnological
Association,
San
Juan,
PR
Foster, K.M.
(1995).
“Scholar/Activist
Collaboration
at
the
African
Burial
Ground
Project
of
New
York
City:
The
Political
Dimensions
of
Intra‐Community
Negotiation.”
American
Anthropological
Association
meetings,
Washington,
D.C.
KEYNOTES, WORKSHOPS, AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS
Invited Panelist,
NASA Pre‐Launch Education Forum.
Spoke
to
education
leaders
at
a
forum
preceding
the
launch
of
Space
Shuttle
Mission
STS‐130,
(February
2010).
Welcome and Introductory Remarks, Association
of
Public
and
Land
Grant
Universities
Leadership
Retreat.
Miami,
Florida
(January
2010)
Chair, Association
of
Black
Anthropologists
works‐in
progress
mentoring
session.
Annual
meetings
of
the
American
Anthropological
Association,
Philadelphia,
PA
(December
2009)
Chair, Association
of
Black
Anthropologists
works‐in
progress
mentoring
session.
Annual
meetings
of
the
American
Anthropological
Association,
San
Francisco,
CA (November
2008)
Keynote,
“Diversity
in
Context.”
Pflugerville
ISD
Diversity
Conference
(July
2008)
Facilitator,
Principalship
Program
Panel,
Call
for
Social
Justice
Day,
Austin,
TX
(June
2008)
Keynote,
“Hart
Elementary
Graduation
Ceremony”
Austin,
TX
(May
2008)
Keynote,
“The
Importance
of
Partnerships.”
Communities
in
School
Partner
appreciation
luncheon,
Austin,
TX
(April
2008)
Facilitator,
Staff
Development
Workshop,
“Connecting
issues
of
community,
culture
and
teachers’
relationship
with
families”
University
of
Texas
Elementary
School,
Austin,
TX
(April
2008)
Keynote,
“Parents
as
Partners”
Parent
Academy,
Pflugerville
ISD
(March
2008)
Presenter,
Texas
Social
Workers
Conference,
Austin,
TX
(Feb
2008)
Keynote,
Black
History
Month
Address,
Blackshear
Elementary
School
Austin,
TX
(Feb
2008)

Keynote,
Black
History
Month
Address,
Pearce
Middle
School
Austin,
TX
(Feb
2008)
Staff Development Workshop,
“Serving
a
diverse
student
body,”
Minority
Information
Center,
University
of
Texas,
Austin

(Sept
2007)
Staff Development Workshop,
“Working
with
families
from
a
wide
range
of
backgrounds.”
Ann
Richards
Leadership
Academy,
Austin,
TX
(June
2007)
Keynote,
Minority
Information
Center
Black
History
Month
event,
UT‐Austin
(Feb
2007)
Black History Month Address,
“Reclaiming
the
Legacy
of
Brown
vs.
Board
of
Education,”
Holy
Cross
Church
and
Black
Catholic
Diocese
of
Austin,
TX
(Feb
2007)
Keynote,
“School‐University
Partnerships,”
Texas
Alliance
of
Black
School
Educators
Annual
Conference,
Austin,
TX
(Feb
2007)
Keynote,
“The
Trouble
with
Magnets,”
African
American
Men
and
Boys
Monthly
Conference,
Austin,
TX
2007
(Feb)
Workshop,
“Academic
Engagement,”
African
American
Men
and
Boys
Monthly
Conference,
Austin,
TX
2007
(Feb)
Keynote,

“What
is
COBRA?,”
African
American
Men
and
Boys
Monthly
Conference,
Austin,
TX
(Dec
2006)
Keynote,

“Mutual
responsibilities
between
Black
male
and
females,”
Umoja
student
organization
Annual
Banquet,
UT‐Austin
(2006)
Speaker,
“You
can
go
to
UT,”
African
American
Men
and
Boys
Monthly
Conference,
Austin,
TX
(Oct
2006)
Facilitator,
Staff
Development
Workshop,
“Stories,
Dreams
and
the
Future
of
Austin
Schools,”
Cassis
Elementary
Austin
Independent
School
District.
Austin,
TX
(Aug
2006)
Facilitator,
Staff
Development
Workshop,
“Stories,
Dreams
and
the
Future
of
Austin
Schools”
Pease
Elementary,
Austin
Independent
School
District.
Austin,
TX
(Aug
2006)
Facilitator,
Staff
Development
Workshop,
“Stories,
Dreams
and
the
Future
of
Austin
Schools,”
Dawson
Elementary
Austin
Independent
School
District.
Austin,
TX
(Aug
2006)
Speaker,
“Four
Questions
and
answers
about
College
Enrollment
and
You,”
African
American
Men
and
Boys
Monthly
Conference,
Austin,
TX
(July
2006)
Speaker,
“Learning
to
negotiate
schools
and
schooling,”
African
American
Men
and
Boys
Monthly
Conference,
Austin,
TX
(June
2006)

Keynote,
Texas
Alliance
of
Black
School
Educators
Scholarship
banquet
Austin,
TX
(May
2006)
Speaker,
Principals
professional
development
workshop,
Austin
Independent
School
District.
Austin,
TX
(Mar
2006)
Keynote,
Black
History
Month
Program,
Langford
Elementary,
Austin,
TX
(Feb
2006)
Presenter,
“Time
to
throw
out
the
baby
and
the
bath
water:
TAAS
and
TAKS
Testing
in
Texas”
Texas
Black
Legislative
Summit,
Texas
Capitol,
Austin,
TX

(April
2006)
Presenter,
“The
State
of
African
American
Education
in
Texas”
Texas
Black
Legislative
Summit,
Texas
Capitol,
Austin,
TX

(April
2006)
Workshop Facilitator,

“Culture
and
Community,”
Andrews
Elementary
staff
development
day,
Austin
Independent
School
District.
Austin,
TX
(2006)
Workshop Facilitator,
“Culture
and
Community,”
Casey
Elementary
staff
development
day,
Austin
Independent
School
District.
Austin,
TX

(2006)
Panelist,
University
of
Texas
College
of
Education
Diversity
Symposium,
Austin
TX
(2005)
Speaker,
Assistant
Principals
professional
development
workshop,
Austin
Independent
School
District.
Austin,
TX
(2005)
Speaker, “Uncovering
Illinois’
Past:
The
Controversy
of
the
Old
Slave
House,”
Black
History
Month
lecture,
Southern
Illinois
University,
Carbondale,
IL
(2004)
Speaker,
“Race,
Sports
and
the
Media,”
SIUC
Chapter
of
the
National
Association
of
Black
Journalists
and
the
SIUC
College
of
Mass
Communication,
Southern
Illinois
University,
Carbondale,
IL
(2003)
Speaker,
Black
History
Month,
"Stand
Up
and
Shout:
Expressions
of
Freedom"
Lee
College,
Baytown,
TX
(2003)
Workshop Facilitator,
"Making
the
Most
of
your
College
Experience,"
Student
Leadership
Conference,
Southern
Illinois
University,
Carbondale,
IL
(2002)
Keynote,
Pre‐Major
and
Center
for
Basic
Skills
Honors
Day
Celebration,
Southern
Illinois
University,
Carbondale,
IL
(2002)
Speaker,
"Strange
Fruit:
Putting
Terrorism
in
Context,"
America
One
Year
After
911
Speaker
Series,
Southern
Illinois
University,
Carbondale,
IL
(2002)
Workshop Facilitator,
"Authentic
Student
Leadership,"
University
of
Illinois,
Urbana‐Champaign,
IL
(2002)
Speaker,
"Cornerstone:
Racial
Reconciliation
and
the
Salvation
of
the
Nation,"
First
Christian
Church
of
Carbondale,
Carbondale,
IL
(2002)

Speaker,
“If
you
can
picture
it,
you
can
perfect
it,”
Career
Preparation
Program,
Southern
Illinois
University,
Carbondale,
IL
(2002)
Speaker,
"Black
History
as
a
Strategic
Resource,"
Tamms
Correctional
Facility,
Tamms,
IL
(2002)
Workshop Facilitator,
“Scholarship,
the
Prerequisite
to
Authentic
Student
Leadership,”
Black
Affairs
Council
Leadership
Conference
Workshop,
Southern
Illinois
University,
Carbondale,
IL
(2001)
Presenter,
"Hate
Crimes,
Victimization,
Civil
Liberties,"
Panels
on
the
events
of
September
11,
2001,
Southern
Illinois
University,
Carbondale,
IL

(2001)
On‐Air Presenter,
“Phase
II
ARD
Committee
Training
for
Alternative
Assessment
Decision‐Making
Process,”
Texas
Education
Agency
video,
Austin,
TX
(2001)
Presidential Address, National
Black
Graduate
Student
Conference,
Austin,
TX
(1998)
Workshop Facilitator,
“Conceptions
of
Success
within
the
Black
Student
Community,”
National
Black
Graduate
Student
Conference,
The
University
of
Texas,
Austin,
TX
(1998)
On‐Air Presenter,
Topic:
“Political
Incorrectness,”
KVRX
Radio,
The
University
of
Texas,
Austin,
TX
(1998)
Speaker,
Legislative
Briefing
Session,
“The
Implications
of
the
Hopwood
Decision
for
Texas
Higher
Education,”
Texas
State
Capital,
Austin,
TX
(1997)
Panelist,
“Mission
Possible:
Communicating
with
your
Professors,”
Student
Success
Academic
Program,
University
of
Texas,
Austin,
TX
(1997)
Facilitator,
Multiculturalism
Task
Force
Forum:
“Rational
Discrimination?”
University
of
Texas,
Austin,
TX
(1997)
Panelist,
Vision
Leadership
Conference,
University
of
Texas,
Austin,
TX
(1997)
Facilitator,
Campus
Diversity
Forum:
“Exploring
Multi‐Racial
Identities,”
University
of
Texas,
Austin,
TX
(1996)
Plenary session speaker, "Student
Responses
to
Nationwide
Attacks
on
Affirmative
Action
in
Higher
Education,"
National
Black
Graduate
Student
Conference,
Claremont,
CA
(1996)
Facilitator,
Campus
Diversity
Forum:
“Race
Relations
on
Campus,”
University
of
Texas,
Austin,
TX
(1996)
Panelist,
Campus
Program,
“Resurgence
of
the
Black
Male:
Where
are
we
now?”
University
of
Texas,
Austin,
TX
(1996)

On‐Air Guest,
KUT
Austin
Public
Radio:
“The
African
Diaspora,”
Austin,
TX
(1996)
On‐Air Guest,
ACTV
Austin
Public
Access
Cable
Television
Program:
“The

Impact
of
the
Hopwood
v.
Texas
upon
the
Black
Community,”
Austin,
TX
(1995)
Facilitator,
Multiculturalism
Task
Force
Forum:
“Unity
through
Diversity,”
Austin,
TX
(1995)
On‐Air Guest,
KLRU
Austin
Public
Television's
Austin at Issue:
“Images
of
Blackness
in
the
Media,”
Austin,
TX
(1994)
On‐Air Guest,
KUT
Public
Radio,
“Images
of
Blackness
in
the
Media,”
Austin,
TX
(1994)
STUDENT ADVISING AND RELATED STUDENT SERVICE
Doctoral advisees
Andréia
Lisboa
de
Sousa
(May
2011
anticipated
completion)
Tifani
Blakes
(in
progress;
(May
2011
anticipated
completion)
Macario
Hernandez
([w/Angela
Valenzuela]
May
2011
anticipated
completion)
Masters Reports and Theses chaired
Jenny
McKay
(2008)
Nora
Develny
(2007)
Terri
Zacharias
Conrad
(2006)
Dissertation committee member
Bret
Cormier
(May
2009)
Elyshia
Aseltine
(May
2010)
Willie
Adams
(May
2010)
Emmet
Campos
(in
progress;
December
2010)
Yangjoo
Park
(in
progress;
May
2011)
Keith
Sturges
(in
progress;
May
2011)
Ravi
Narayan
(in
progress;
May
2011)
DeAnna
Buckley
(in
progress;
May
2011)
Chris
Milk
(in
progress;
May
2011)
Chris
Davis
(in
progress;
May
2011)
Alyssa
Childs
(in
progress;
May
2011)
Angel
Wilson
(in
progress;
May
2011)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
EDITORSHIPS
Associate Editor,
Anthropology and Education Quarterly. 2006‐2009.
Contributing Editor,
Transforming Anthropology. 2004‐2007.
Contributing Editor,
Anthropology News. 2003‐2006.
Book Review Editor,
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.
2004‐2005.
NATIONAL OFFICES
Board Member,
Association
of
Black
Anthropologists.
(2006‐2010).

President,
Association
of
Black
Anthropologists.
(2005‐2006).
Board Member,
Anthropology and Education Quarterly. (2003‐2006).
Board Member,
Council
on
Anthropology
and
Education.
(2003‐2006).
Internal Review Board Member,
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. (1999‐
2001).
President,
National
Black
Graduate
Student
Association.
(1997‐1998).
Vice‐President,
National
Black
Graduate
Student
Association.
(1996‐1997).
Founding Convener,
Association
of
Black
Anthropologists
Student
Interest
Group
(1995‐1997).
LOCAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
Task Force Member, UT‐Middle School Planning Task Force
(2008‐2009).
Board Member, Harvest Foundation, Austin.
(2007‐2010).
Parent
organization
for
the
African
American
Men
and
Boys
Conferences.
Board Member, Liveable Cities Austin
(2007‐2010).
Board
comprised
of
former
state
legislators,
legislative
staffers,
city
council
members
researchers,
and
other
civic
leaders.
Liveable
Cities
brings
a
range
of
special
interests
into
dialogue
and
advocates
on
behalf
programs
and
policies
in
central
Texas.
Faculty Council Member,
University
of
Texas,
Austin.
(2007‐2009).
Faculty
Council
is
the
faculty
governance
group
that
is
responsible
for
evaluating
all
University
of
Texas
at
Austin
undergraduate
curricular
changes
and
degree
programs.
Middle School Action Planning Team Co‐Leader,
Austin
Independent
School
District
(2008).
Co‐led
a
14
member
group
of
community
members
and
district
personnel
that
met
weekly
over
four
months
to
develop
an
action
plan
for
small
learning
communities
in
all
18
Austin
Independent
School
District
Middle
Schools.
Member, Strategic Planning Committee,
Communities
in
Schools
of
Central
Texas.
(2007‐2008).
Member
of
a
12
member
team
that
met
over
six
months
to
develop
the
3
year
strategic
plan
for
Communities
in
Schools,
a
$1,500,000/year
organization
operating
in
53
central
Texas
schools.
Member, Campus Advisory Committee,
LBJ
High
School,
Austin,
Texas.
(2007‐2009).
The
Campus
Advisory
Committee
assists
the
school
in
coordinating
resources
and
opportunities
to
improve
student
performance.
Member, Facility Use and Boundary Task Force,
Austin
Independent
School
District.
(2007).
Team
developed
the
student
placement
and
attendance
zone
remapping
in
advance
of
the
possible
closure
of
Johnston
High
School
in
AISD.
Founder,
COBRA academic leadership program.
(2006‐present).
Founded
and
directed
the
growth
of
the
program
from
one
chapter
on
the
campus
of
LBJ
High
School
in
Austin,
TX
to
seventeen
chapters
on
campuses
in
two
central
Texas
school
districts.

Member, Austin Chamber of Commerce Education Progress Report Task Force
(2007‐
08,
2008‐09).
Team
developed
measures
and
produced
annual
reports
on
the
state
of
central
Texas
schools.
Special Assistant to the Federal Advisory Committee Chair;
African
Burial
Ground
Federal
Advisory
Committee.
New
York,
NY.
1993.
CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP
Sessions or Conferences organized or chaired
Session Organizer and Chair. “Works‐in‐Progress
Mentoring
Session”
Annual
meetings
of
the
American
Anthropological
Association,
San
Francisco,
CA
(2008)
Conference Program Chair.
American
Educational
Research
Association,
Div.
G,
Sect.
4.
(2005)
Guided
review
process
for
over
100
paper
and
session
proposals
for
the
annual
meetings
of
the
American
Educational
Research
Association.
Session Organizer.
Confronting
the
Crisis:
Using
Community
and
University
Knowledge
and
resources
to
address
challenges
in
schools
Abriendo
Brecha
Activist
Scholarship
Conference,
Austin,
TX
(2008)
Session Chair.
“The
Legacy
of
John
Ogbu,”
American
Educational
Research
Association
meetings,
Montreal
Canada
(in absentia). (2005)
Session Co‐chair.
“Ogbu
as
Starting
Point
or
Foil?
Further
Considerations
of
the
legacy
of
John
Ogbu,”
Annual
meetings
of
the
American
Anthropological
Association,
San
Francisco,
CA
(2004)
Invited Session Chair and Organizer.
“Understanding
Minority
Academic
Achievement,
a
tribute
to
John
Ogbu,”
Annual
meetings
of
the
American
Anthropological
Association,
Chicago,
IL
(2003)
Conference Organizer and Chair.
“Taking
Control
of
Our
Destiny:
Black
Student
Success;
a
symposium,”
Carbondale,
IL
(2002)
Plenary session co‐organizer,
“Student
Responses
to
Attacks
on
Affirmative
Action
in
Higher
Education,”
National
Black
Graduate
Student
Conference,
Claremont,
CA
(1996)
Discussant for academic conference paper sessions
Discussant.
“Emergent
Subjectivities:
U.S.
College
Students
in
a
Global
Century,”
Annual
Meetings
of
the
Society
for
Applied
Anthropology
(2007)
Discussant.
“Anthropology
along
the
Color
Line:
Interrogating
the
Centennial
of
Plessy

v.
Ferguson,”
American
Anthropological
Association
Annual
Meetings,
San
Francisco,
CA
(1996)
Discussant.
“Student
Reflections
on
the
African
Diaspora
and
the
Modern
World,”
The
African
Diaspora
and
the
Modern
World
Conference,
Austin,
TX
(1996)
PROPOSAL EVALUATION
NASA
National
Needs
Grant:
Summer
of
Innovation
Pilot
Program
(2010)
American
Educational
Research
Association,
Division
G
(2005,
2006).
Council
on
Anthropology
and
Education
(2002,
2003,
2004).

Association
of
Black
Anthropologists
(2001,
2004,
2006)
MANUSCRIPT EVALUATION
Oxford University Press
(2009)
American Education Research Journal
(2006‐present).
Educational Researcher (2006‐present).
Cultural Dynamics (2006‐present).
Transforming Anthropology (2005‐present).
Sociology of Sport Journal
(2004‐2005).
Anthropology and Education Quarterly (2002‐present).
Southern
Illinois
University
Press
(2002‐2003).
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (2002‐present).
Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power (2002‐present).
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (2001‐present).
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS MEMBERSHIPS
American
Academy
for
the
Advancement
of
Science
(2009‐present).
Society
for
Applied
Anthropology
(2007–present).
Council
on
Anthropology
and
Education
(2002–present).
American
Educational
Researchers
Association
(2000–present).
National
Black
Graduate
Student
Association
(1996–2001).
Association
of
Black
Anthropologists
Student
Interest
Group
(1995–2001).
American
Anthropological
Association
(1994–present).
Association
of
Black
Anthropologists
(1994–present).