Multicultural Education @ UNLV!

UNLV Fall 2024 Semester Dates

August 26-December 9, 2024

Last Day to Register and Pay Online WITHOUT Late Fees

Sunday, August 25, 2024

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(regardless of length of residency)

GRADUATE COURSES

CME 705: MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION

(only 15 seats left!)

Section 1003, Thursdays, 4-6:45 p.m. Synchronous via Zoom, Dr. Kyle Rogers

NOTE: This course has been approved by the Nevada Department of Education as satisfying

Regulation 130-18 and NRS 391.0347 requirements for relicensure.

If you have questions about this requirement, check this document.

CME 785: RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES

(only 15 seats left!)

Section 1001, Thursdays, 4-6:45 p.m. IN-PERSON, Dr. Tonya Walls

NOTE: This course has been approved by the Nevada Department of Education as satisfying

Regulation 160-18/NAC 391.229 for the "specialist" level Cultural Competency license endorsement.

CME 770: CRITICAL INQUIRY & PRAXIS

(only 6 seats left!)

Section 1001, Mondays, 7-9:45 p.m. IN-PERSON, Dr. Norma A. Marrun & Dr. Christine Clark

UNDER GRADUATE COURSES

EDU 280: VALUING CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Section 1003, Tu/Th 10-11:15 a.m., IN PERSON (only 14 seats left!)

Joseph Castellaños, Part-Time Instructor/Law-Focused CSIEME Ph.D. Student

Section 1004, Tu/Th 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., IN PERSON (only 10 seats left!)

Wynn Tashman, CSIEME Ph.D. Student

NOTE: This course has been approved by the Nevada Department of Education as satisfying Regulation 130-18 and NRS 391.0347 requirements for relicensure.

If you have questions about this requirement, check this document.

For More Information About Multicultural Education Coursework @ UNLV and Educator Licensure

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Questions? Please Contact:

Dr. Christine Clark, Professor

Department of Teaching and Learning

College of Education

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

702.985.6979 Cell (text or call, text preferred)

chris.clark.unlv@me.com

www.csieme.us

Consider pursuing a UNLV Graduate Certificate in:

Social Justice Studies

and/or

Multicultural Education

(coursework for this certificate is aligned with NDE's Cultural Competency Endorsement)

Upper Right Hand Corner Image History and Description: A poster, by artists Micah Bazant and Kate DeCiccio in partnership with partnered with the American Friends Service Committee, Forward Together, Jewish Voice for Peace, Center for New Community, and Showing Up for Racial Justice. Poster creation was "driven by a desire to provide tools for schools and the larger community to create space for discussion and declare solidarity" in the WEEK following the 2016 election during which there were 437 "reports of hateful intimidation and harassment from around the country. Muslims, immigrants, women, and Black and LGBTQ communities were all targets of these attacks. These incidents took place on public transportation, in the streets, in places of worship—but the majority took place in K-12 schools." The artists and partnering organizations noted then, as we continue to note today, that, "These attacks are happening to our communities, our friends, and loved ones," next door, down the street, across the country and around the world. The poster has a smeared royal and navy blue background. At the top of the image in yellow font are the words, "We ALL Belong Here" and in white font the words, "We Will DEFEND Each Other." Below these words is a colorful image of three friends, facing forward, embracing each other, they are all slightly smiling. The person on the left has tan skin, curly black hair shoulder length hair, light eyes, full lips, a broad nose, and is wearing a light blue long-sleeved turtle neck and white/gray nail polish. The person in the middle has dark brown skin, dark eyes, full lips, a broad nose, and is wearing a yellow and white hijab covering their head and draped around their shoulders and over an open black leather zip jacket with an orange long-sleeved shirt under it, and light blue nail polish. The person on the right has medium brown skin, wavy black hair chin length hair parted to the right, light eyes, full lips, a broad nose, and is wearing a purple long pleated-sleeved shirt, a royal blue heart-shaped short pendant necklace on a black beaded chain around their neck, and royal blue nail polish. At the bottom of the poster there is a black strip with the logos for the American Friends Service Committee, Forward Together, Center for New Community, Jewish Voice for Peace, and Showing Up for Racial Justice.

Background Image Description: An AI-generated image created by Vexels; titled "Palestinian Pattern Design," and described as "pattern design featuring a Palestinian-style pattern" and "keffiyeh" in black, red, green, and white.

Image Description: Flyer for CME 705: Multicultural Education in blue, green, and yellow. There is an image, by artist Ernesto Yerena Montejano, of a young Latinx male, wearing a brown and orange sweatshirt with the words “Knowledge is Power! Ganas!” in green turquoise, and orange outlining him against a backdrop of orange stripes arranged like sunshine and with a small green image of an anatomical human heart. Above the image the flyer reads “CME 705,” followed by this course description, "Critically documents, across academic subject areas/levels, and questions the accuracy, completeness, and efficacy of, what is taught, how, in what contexts, by/ for whom, and toward what ends; establishes processes for enacting education practices that interrupt, remediate, and eradicate systemic educational inequities and ensure educational success for all students." Below the course description the flyer reads “FALL 2024” and lists meeting days, times, modalities, and instructor names for the two offered sections of the course as follows: “Tuesdays, 4-6:45 p.m., VIA ZOOM, Dr. Marla Goins, Wednesdays, 4-6:45 p.m., VIA ZOOM, Dr. Danielle Mireles." Below the course section information is this 2010 quote from DiAngelo & Sensoy, “Critical multicultural education challenges our worldview and our sense of ourselves in relation to others. It asks us to connect ourselves to uncomfortable concepts such as prejudice, privilege, and oppression. It challenges the self-delusion in simplistic platitudes such as ‘I don't see color’ and ‘I treat all my students as unique individuals.’”

CME 705 is a required course for students in the Department of Teaching and Learning’s master’s (M.S., M.Ed., M.A.T., M.A.T.S.E.) and an elective course in the department’s doctoral (Ph.D./Ed.D./M.Ed. to Ph.D., Ph.D./J.D.-Focused) programs in Cultural Studies, International Education, and Multicultural Education (CSIEME). The course also fulfills required credit for any graduate student in the graduate certificate in Multicultural Education, and elective course credit for any graduate student in the graduate certificate in Social Justice Studies. The course also fulfills elective course credit for any graduate student, including any non-degree graduate student.

This course has been approved by the Nevada Department of Education as satisfying Regulation 130-18 and NRS 391.0347 requirements for relicensure.

Image Description: Flyer for CME 785: Restorative Justice Practices in Schools and Communities in purple and white. The top of the flyer has a purple banner with white font that states, "CME 785 Restorative Justice Practices In Schools and Communities." Below the banner to the right is a colorful image of diverse individuals sitting in a circle around a circular rug; the image was created using open AI (DALL-E) by NCORJ. Below the image in a purple box white font reads “ABOUT THE COURSE: The course begins with an examination of the core principles and theories shaping restorative justice education. Participants also explore the role of restorative justice practices in peace, relationship, and community-building. The goal is to help build participants RJ praxis, as well as their capacity to employ restorative justice practices in their work with schools and communities. Course sponsored by UNLV's School [sic] of Education, T&L Dept, CSIEME Program. For more information, contact the course instructor Dr. Tonya Walls at Tonya.walls@unlv.edu" Below the banner to the left is white box with purple font that reads "A restorative learning experience for pre- and in-service educators, undergraduate and graduate students, youth service providers, community advocates, and other interested people. Highlights of the Course Include: Experiential Learning: Experience the power of restorative practices while learning to create spaces for healing, human connection, belonging, and community. Community: Connect with others exploring restorative justice practices and problem pose solutions to the challenges of our times. Transformative Justice Focus: Study examples of schools and communities that use a transformative approach to eradicating inequities in K-12 education. Blended Learning Approach: Access all content online but build solidarity with others through weekly meetings on campus."

CME 785 is a required course for students in the Department of Teaching and Learning’s Post-Bachelor's (M.Ed. to Ph.D.) program in Cultural Studies, International Education, and Multicultural Education (CSIEME). The course also fulfills elective course credit for any graduate student, including graduate students in the Department’s other Doctoral (Ph.D./Ed.D) programs in CSIEME, master’s (M.S./M.Ed.) programs in Multicultural Education, and graduate certificate programs in Social Justice Studies and Multicultural Education.

Flyers for CME 770: Critical Inquiry & Praxis

TOP FLYER

In tan, charcoal, clay, black, gold, and cream. The top of the flyer reads “CME 770: Critical Inquiry & Praxis,” followed by "Mondays, 7-9:45 p.m. IN PERSON @ UNLV, Co-Facilitated by Dr. Norma A. Marrun & Dr. Christine Clark," and then by "Fall 2024." Next there is a text box on the left that reads as follows: "This course is organized around, and guided by critical dialogue about, the connections between critical inquiry and praxis. The course is informed by the following questions: 1. What type of scholar do you envision yourself being? 2. What does it mean to approach your doctoral journey though epistemic humility? 3. How will you take intellectual risks in your research? 4. How can we re-imagine the practices of sharing our own, and critiquing each other’s, academic writing inside a co-constructed space dedicated to collective affirmation?" Below this text box is another one that reads as follows: "Selected Readings From These Texts." to the right of, and then below these text boxes are the covers of the three course texts: Presumed incompetent II: Race, class, power, and resistance of women in academia edited by Yolanda Flores Niemann, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, & Carmen G. González (below left), First-generation faculty of color: Reflections on research, teaching, and service edited by Tracy Lachica Buenavista, Dimpal Jain and María C. Ledesma (right), and Critical intellectuals on writing edited by Gary Olson and Lynn Worsham.

BOTTOM FLYER

In pale yellow, green, clay, black, and hyperlink blue. The top of the flyer reads “CME 770: Critical Inquiry & Praxis,” followed by "Mondays, 7-9:45 p.m. IN PERSON @ UNLV, Co-Facilitated by Dr. Norma A. Marrun & Dr. Christine Clark," and then by "Fall 2024." Next there is a text box that reads as follows: "This course is organized around, and guided by critical dialogue about, the connections between critical inquiry and praxis. The course is informed by the following questions: 1. What type of scholar do you envision yourself being? 2. What does it mean to approach your doctoral journey though epistemic humility? 3. How will you take intellectual risks in your research? 4. How can we re-imagine the practices of sharing our own, and critiquing each other’s, academic writing inside a co-constructed space dedicated to collective affirmation?" Below this text box are two smaller boxes side-by-side. A text box on the left has this 1990 quote from Gloria Anzaldúa inside it, “Necesitamos teorías [we need theories] that will rewrite history using race, class, gender, and ethnicity as categories of analysis, theories that cross borders, that blur boundaries—new kinds of theories with new theorizing methods…We are articulating new positions in the ‘in between,’ Borderland worlds of ethnic communities and academies…social issues such as race, class, and sexual difference are intertwined with the narrative and poetic elements of a text, elements in which theory is embedded. In our mestizaje theories we create new categories for those of us left out or pushed out of existing ones.” The box on the right is an image, by artist Ernesto Yerena Montejano, also in pale yellow, green, clay, black, with a young Chicana in the center with their left hand raised in a fist and their right hand holding up a book with a black rose surrounded by clay sun rays on the clay-binded and pale yellow book cover that sits above its title (and the title of the image), Our True History. They have long bangs across their forehead and the rest of their black hair is woven into two below-the-shoulder side braids; they are wearing pale green and pale yellow beaded tear-drop earrings, a pale green and pale yellow beaded bracelet with a black leather tie on their right wrist, a pale green, black and pale yellow metal bracelet on their left wrist, a black tank top, and a pale yellow and black pashmina wrapped around their shoulders and upper arms; they are facing directly forward. The image is based on a 2013 mural collection of work depicting a "fictional revolutionary movement called GANAS 2020 [espousing] an ideology of reform, empowerment, and motivation (based on the word 'ganas' meaning desire and motivation).”

CME 770 is an elective course for students in the Department of Teaching and Learning’s doctoral (Ph.D./Ed.D./M.Ed. to Ph.D., Ph.D./J.D.-Focused) programs in Cultural Studies, International Education, and Multicultural Education (CSIEME). The course also fulfills elective course credit for any advanced graduate student, including any non-degree advanced graduate student.

Image Description: Flyer for EDU 280: Valuing Cultural Diversity in peach, teal, black, and hyperlink blue. There is an image, by Jonathan Soren Davidson for Disabled and Here (noted at the bottom of the image) of "three Black friends sitting in comfortable chairs and supportive recliners during an evening conversation. In the middle, a friend with narcolepsy falls asleep smiling while clouds drift behind her head. Her girlfriend sits to the left, holding her hand while talking to another sleepy friend across the table. This friend cups hot cocoa to their chest. Everyone is dressed in colorful t-shirts and there is cozy, warm light throughout the room." The top of the flyer reads “EDU 280: Valuing Cultural Diversity,” followed, below the image, by this quote from Audre Lorde, “…we have all been programmed to respond to the human differences between us with fear and loathing and to handle that difference in one of three ways: ignore it, and if that is not possible, copy it if we think it is dominant, or destroy it if we think it is subordinate. But we have no patterns for relating across our human differences as equals…it is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” Below the quote the flyer reads “FALL 2024” and lists meeting days, times, modalities, and instructor names for the five offered sections of the course as follows: “Section 1001, Mon/Wed, 10-11:15 a.m., IN PERSON, UNLV Part-Time Instructor TBD, Section 1002, Mon/Wed, 1-2:15 p.m., IN PERSON, Raina Ladislao, UNLV CSIEME M.Ed. to Ph.D. Student, Section 1003, Tu/Th 10-11:15 a.m., IN PERSON, UNLV Part-Time Instructor TBD, Section 1004, Tu/Th 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., IN PERSON, Wynn Tashman, UNLV Law-Focused CSIEME Ph.D. Student, Section 1005, Web-based (Asynchronous via WebCampus Canvas), Dr. Norma A. Marrun, Section 1006, Web-based (Asynchronous via WebCampus Canvas), Dr. Malena Baizan, UNLV Part-Time Instructor" [NOTE: This section is filled so not listed above].

EDU 280 is a required course for students in the Department of Teaching and Learning’s bachelor's degree programs. The course fulfills the general education diversity course requirement for any undergraduate student, and elective course credit for any undergraduate student, including any non-degree undergraduate student.

This course has been approved by the Nevada Department of Education as satisfying Regulation 130-18 and NRS 391.0347 requirements for relicensure.