Social Justice and Anti-Racist Pedagogy
Culturally Relevant Teaching and Learning
Community & Teacher Leadership Training
Authoethnography and Qualitative Research Methods
Curriculum and Instructional Design
Higher Education and Student Affairs
Blended Instruction
Social Justice and Anti-Racist Education and Teaching Practices
Critical Race Theory and Education
Bias, Cultural Competency and Cultural Awareness
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
History of Marginalized Groups and Women in relation to education and leadership
B.A. The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 1989
M.A. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 1996
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2004
Book
Perlow, Olivia, Wheeler, Durene, Bethea, Sharon, and Scott, BarBara (Eds.). (2018) Black Women’s Liberatory Pedagogies: Resistance, Transformation, and Healing Within and Beyond the Academy. London: Palgrave MacMillan.
Peer Reviewed Articles
Perlow, Olivia, Bethea, S., Wheeler D. (2014) "Dismantling the Master’s House: Black Women Faculty Challenging White Privilege/Supremacy in the College Classroom." Resistance to Teaching Anti-Racism, Special Edition for Understanding and Dismantling Privilege. ONLINE http://www.wpcjournal.com/article/view/12307
Wheeler, Durene I. (2008) “Answering the Call: Influencing Equity in Education through Teacher Preparation”, pp.63-68, in The Sophist Bane 4(1&2), Spring.
Book Chapters
Wheeler, Durene I. (2017). Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda. In Betty M. Lovelace-Ross (Ed.), A Collection of Sayings of Mama’Nem: The Wit and Wisdom of Mama, Muhdear, and Othermothers (pp. 85-87). Prospect, KY: Professional Women Publishing, LLC.
Wheeler, Durene I., & Nitihirageza, Jeanine (2013). Teach Me About Africa: Facilitating and Training Educators toward a Socially Just Curriculum. In Brandon D. Lundy & Solomon Negash (Eds.), Teaching Africa: A Guide for the 21st Century Classroom (pp. 104-111), Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indian University Press.
King, Toni C., Barnes-Wright, Lenora, Gibson, Nancy E., Johnson, Lakesia D., Lee, Valerie, Lovelace, Betty M.,Turner, Sonya, Wheeler, Durene I. (2002). “Andrea’s Third Shift: The Invisible Work of African American Women in Higher Education, pp. 403-415” in This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions for Transformation, Gloria Anzaldua and Ana Louise Keating, eds. New York: Routledge.
Social Justice Webinar
Constructing Difference: Understanding the Role of Social Justice in the Classroom, WEBINAR, November 8, 2017, Harper College, Palatine, IL. Web address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn90C9e2Cs0&feature=youtu.be
In this webinar, Dr. Wheeler provides an introduction to faculty interested in creating a more socially just classroom. Through an examination of terminology and tenets of social justice as it relates to teaching and learning, participants examine how faculty and student identities impact content, comprehension, and classroom climate
A Diverse Fellow Writes Back: The Success and Pitfalls of Diverse Faculty Recruitment Programs at the National Organization for Race and Ethnicity (NCORE) Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon May 2019
Pedagogy of the Heart: Evoking Empathy Through Literature and Film at the National Association of African American Studies and Affiliates 25th Anniversary Conference, Dallas, Texas February 2017
Empowering Black and Brown Youth: Identifying and Overcoming Degrading Practices in 21st Century Elementary Classrooms at the National Association of African American Studies and Affiliates Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana February 2016
The Use of Emotion in the Classroom as Feminist Pedagogy at the National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference Feminist Transgressions, San Juan, Puerto Rico November 2014
Black Women Faculty and Administrators Negotiating the Academy at the National Council for Black Studies 38th Annual Conference, Miami, FL March 2014
Durene I. Wheeler, Ph. D., is Professor at Northeastern Illinois University in the department of Educational Inquiry & Curriculum Studies. She holds a Core faculty appointment in African & African American Studies (AFAM) along with Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies (WGS). Dr. Wheeler has served as Program Coordinator for both AFAM and WGS academic programs. Additionally, Dr. Wheeler served as founding Graduate Facilitator and Advisor for the Master of Arts in Community and Teacher Leaders program at NEIU.
Her teaching and research interests include historical intersections of race, class, and gender in U.S. Education, practical application methods of critical race and feminist pedagogy, and helping teachers and parents in fostering more socially justice classrooms and school environments. Dr. Wheeler has presented at several National and Regional conferences on issues of intersectionality, social justice in education and anti-racist pedagogy. She is co-editor of the anthology Black Women’s Liberatory Pedagogies: Resistance, Transformation, and Healing within and Beyond the Academy addressing the pedagogical practices of Black women in and outside of the academy across multiple disciplines.
Honors and Awards
2018-2019 Faculty Award of Excellence Black Heritage Committee
2011-2012 NEIU Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching
2010-2011 NEIU Faculty Excellence Award in Service
2009-2010 NEIU Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching
2008-2009 Melvin Terrell Black Heritage Excellence Award in Research
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M.S., Higher Education, California State University, Fullerton
B.A., Political Science and Media Studies, Queens College, CUNY
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B.A. in English and Sociology, Towson State University, 1983
M.A. in English (Rhetoric and Composition), Purdue University, 1985
Ph.D. in English (Rhetoric and Composition), Purdue University, 1993
Bibliographic Research in Composition Studies. West Lafayette, Ind.: Parlor Press, 2009.
Instructor's Resource Manual for The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Writing, Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1997. Also, Second Edition, 2000.
Vicki Byard joined the NEIU faculty in 1991. Some of the highlights of her career at NEIU have been serving as the Chair of the Task Force for Addressing the Needs of LGBTQ and Women Students (2012), receiving the Martha Thompson Outstanding Faculty Award from the Women's and Gender Studies Program (2017), serving as Chair of the Faculty Senate (2018-2020), serving as Faculty Fellow in the Angelina Pedroso Center for Diversity and Intercultural Affairs (2018-2020), and teaching intensive thesis-writing course to International Relations students at the University of Warsaw (2019). In her personal life, she has raised two children, volunteered for social justice initiatives, and performed stories she has written for live literature events.
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M.Ed, Higher Education, Loyola University Chicago
B.A., Sociology, California State University, Dominguez Hills
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RDN, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Kansas State University (pending)
M.S., Exercise Science, Northeastern Illinois University
B.A., English, DePaul University
Food Protection Manager Certification, ServSafe (ANSI accredited)
CPR/AED and First Aid Certifications, International CPR Institute
Civil Service Employee - 18 Years
Service -
Current:
Executive Committee Member, University Advisory Council (UAC)
Member, Civil Service Council
Member, Learn & Lead Symposium Committee
Member, Food Service Committee
Former:
Vice Chair, University Advisory Council (UAC), 2016-2017 Academic Year
Co-Secretary, Civil Service Council, 2016-2017 Academic Year
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