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Django Paris is a Professor of Culturally Sustaining Education and the inaugural James and Cherry Banks Chair in Multicultural Education, serving as the Director of the Banks Center for Educational Justice at the University of Washington, located on Coast Salish homelands. His teaching and research focus on sustaining Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian Pacific Islander youth communities, contextualized within ongoing resurgence, decolonization, and justice movements in schools. Paris is the author of 'Language Difference: Ethnicity, Communication, Youth Identities Changing Urban Schools' (2011), and co-editor of several works, including 'Humanizing Research: Decolonizing Qualitative Inquiry with Youth and Communities' (2014) and 'Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning Justice in a Changing World' (2017). He also contributed to 'Education in Movement Spaces: Standing Rock to Chicago Freedom Square' (2020). His publications span various academic journals, including the 'Harvard Educational Review' and 'Educational Researcher', highlighting the significance of educational practices that honor diverse youth experiences and challenges.
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
Lead research and teaching in the Department of Teaching, Learning & Curriculum, with a focus on Culturally Sustaining Education.
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