Book Talk: Humanizing Education for Immigrant and Refugee Youth , with Monisha Bajaj and Gabriela Martínez

Please join Monisha Bajaj and Gabriela Martínez for a discussion of their new book, Humanizing Education for Immigrant and Refugee Youth : 20 Strategies for the Classroom and Beyond (Teachers College Press, 2022). This book "offers strategies, models, and concrete ideas for better serving newcomer immigrant and refugee youth in U.S. schools, with a focus on grades 6–12. The authors present 20 strategies grouped under three categories: (1) classroom and instructional design, (2) school design, and (3) extracurricular, community, and alumni partnerships. Each chapter provides research-based information, classroom examples, tips for implementing each strategy, and additional resources. Readers will find engaging profiles of schools, students, and alumni interspersed throughout the book, offering both varied perspectives and practical advice. Humanizing Education for Immigrant and Refugee Youth will assist today’s educators, school leaders, policymakers, and scholars interested in the holistic success and well-being of immigrant and refugee students." -- publisher's description

Monisha Bajaj is Professor of International and Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco and Visiting Professor at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. Dr. Bajaj completed her doctorate in International Educational Development in 2005 from Teachers College, Columbia University with a specialization in Peace Education. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Latin American Studies and a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Stanford University.  She is the author of numerous books, articles, and chapters.

Gabriela Martínez is a recent graduate of the Masters in Migration Studies Program at the University of San Francisco where she also currently works as a program assistant in the Department of International & Multicultural Education. Gabriela contributed profiles of Anna, Ko, Asmaa, Miguel, and Shaheen to the book.

Daniel Walsh is faculty associate in Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dr. Walsh has served in administrative and teaching capacities at all levels of education, from kindergarten through graduate teacher education, for over 30 years. Prior to  the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he was Director of Multilingual Learners for the borough of Manhattan with the New York City Department of Education. He holds a master’s degree in TESOL from SUNY New Paltz and a Ph.D. in Urban Education from the CUNY Graduate Center. His publications 

Lesley Bartlett is professor and department chair of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is also affiliated with Curriculum and Instruction and Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies (LACIS). An anthropologist by training who works in the field of International and Comparative Education, Professor Bartlett’s teaching and research focus on multilingual literacies, migration, and educator professional development; she has also published widely on ethnographic, case study, and comparative case study research methods. From 2019-2021, Professor Bartlett served as Faculty Director of the Institute for Regional and International Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She served as  Associate Professor, Department of International and Transcultural Studies, at Teachers College, Columbia University from 2008-2014. Dr. Bartlett holds a Ph.D. and B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

This book talk is co-sponsored by Teachers College Press, Office of Alumni Engagement, and the Department of International and Transcultural Studies.

Where: 306 Russell

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