Lauri Johnson
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
Christopher Baldy Hall, Room 475 Office: (716) 645-2471 ext. 1091 Fax: (716) 645-2481 Email: lauridj@buffalo.edu

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Educational Background

• Ph.D., Multicultural Education, University of Washington (1999)

Professional and Research Interests

Lauri Johnson’s professional work has focused on urban education, including the development and administration of multicultural literacy programs and the role of parent and community activism in urban school reform.  Before joining the faculty at the University at Buffalo she was an administrator with the New York City Board of Education for many years where she specialized in the professional development of teachers in issues of diversity.

In her research she investigates how teachers conceptualize race, multicultural policy implementation in the United States and Canada, historical and contemporary studies of community activism in urban school reform, and successful urban school leadership.

Her writings in these areas have appeared in the Journal of Teacher Education, Urban Education, Race, Ethnicity and Education, and the Journal of African American History.  Recent books include Dealing with Diversity Through Multicultural Fiction:  Library-Classroom Partnerships (Johnson and Smith, American Library Association, 1993); Urban Education with an Attitude:  Linking Theory, Practice, and Community (Johnson, Finn, and Lewis, SUNY Press, in press); and In Search of Theory as Practice:  Teaching for Intercultural Understanding, 1930s – 1950s (Pak and Johnson, Peter Lang, forthcoming).

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