PROFESSOR
ANTONIA DARDER

Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies

 Antonia Darder was born in Puerto Rico in 1952 and raised in East Los Angeles. As a young single mother of 3 children on welfare, she began her studies at Pasadena City College in 1972 and later attended Cal State Los Angeles and Pacific Oaks College. She eventually earned a Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University in 1989. I had the honor and privilege of studying and working with renowned Brazilian educator, Paulo Freire. Antonia Darder focuses on comparative studies of structural inequalities as they manifest within a variety of schooling and societal contexts. Her teaching examines cultural issues, racism, and class inequalities within education, with an emphasis on identity, language, and popular culture, as well as the foundations of critical pedagogy, Latino studies, and social justice theory.

Over the years, she has been active in a variety of Latino/Chicano grassroots efforts tied to educational rights, worker's rights, bilingual education, women's issues, and immigrant rights. In 1998, she convened educators from across the state to establish the California Consortium of Critical Educators (CCCE), a member supported radical teachers' organization committed to an educational vision of schooling that is intimately linked to social justice, human rights and economic democracy.

Professor Darder earned a Ph.D., Education, at Claremont Graduate College, 1989, an M.A., Human Development, at Pacific Oaks College and a B.A., Rehabilitation Counseling, California State University- Los Angeles.

Selected Publications

* Darder, A. and Torres, R.D. After Race: Racism After Multiculturalism. New York: NYU Press.
* Darder, A., Baltodano, M. & Torres, R.D. (2002). The Critical Pedagogy Reader. New York: Routledge.
* Darder, A. (2002). Reinventing Paulo Freire: A Pedagogy of Love. Boulder,Colorado: Westview.
* Darder, A. & Torres, R. (1997). Latinos Studies Reader: Culture, Economy and Society. London: Blackwell.
* Darder, A., Torres, R., & Gutierrez, H. (Eds.) (1997). Latinos and Education: A Critical Reader. New York: Routledge.