Dr. Virginia Lea, Assistant Professor
Department of Literacy Studies and Elementary Education

Rachel Carson 66
707.664.2186 tel
707.664.2483 fax
virginia.lea@sonoma.edu

 

Coordinator of Project Quest—A program collaboration between Sonoma State and Solano Community college in Vallejo, CA, that offers non-traditional candidates (low income and candidates of color) for education credential programs an American Multicultural Subjects degree and Multiple Subject credential

Organizes yearly critical multicultural conferences at Sonoma State University

Professional Memberships:

Coordinator of the Northern California Chapter of NAME (National Association for Multicultural Education)
Vice President of the California Chapter of NAME
President of the Educultural Foundation
Member of APTEC

Publications, Grants, Research:

Lea, V. & Helfand, J. (In press). Identifying race and transforming whiteness in the classroom. Peter Lang.

Lea, V. (2004). The reflective cultural portfolio: Identifying public scripts in the private voices of white student teachers. Journal of Teacher Education.

Lea, V., & Griggs, T. (In press. Summer 2004 publication). Behind the mask and beneath the story: Enabling student-teachers to uncover the socially constructed nature of 'normal' practice. Submitted to Teacher Education Quarterly.

Lea, V. (2003, Summer). Resistance as an alternative. California Council on Teacher Education News.

Education and Degrees:

Ph. D. in Education, Social & Cultural Studies, University of California, Berkeley

M.A. Education (Multicultural Secondary Education), San Francisco State University

B.Ed. Sociology (Sociology major, Educational Psychology minor), University of London, Upper Second Class Honors

Certificate in Education (Teaching Credential), University of London, Distinction in Theory of Education; Merit in Sociology