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The Kirkland Project kicked off the fall 1999 season with a lecture given by Professor Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot as part of its "Educating for Democracy Series." On September 16, 1999 Lawrence-Lightfoot, a renowned sociologist and professor of education at Harvard University, spoke on "Respect and Education" to a packed Chapel. Her talk centered around her interests in studying schools as social systems, and socialization within families, communities and schools. The Harvard professor is also the author of six books, the most recent of which is Respect (1999), which develops her pioneering social science methodology. Her work was the subject for discussion in a follow-up workshop for teachers from area schools that took place two days after her lecture.
Journalist Peter Schrag raised many questions in his talk "What is Merit? Affirmative Action, Remediation and Diversity" in October. In early November, Professors Amie Macdonald and Lucius Outlaw held the audience spellbound as they debated "Racial Authenticity and White Separatism: the Future of Racial Program Housing." In an unusual collaboration, the Project hosted a panel discussion on "Native-American Educational Experience: Good, Bad and Indifferent," led by speakers from the nearby Oneida Nation. Our own Margo Okazawa-Rey, one of the two Jane Watson Irwin Visiting Professors of Women's Studies, wrapped up the semester with "Beyond Heroes and Holidays: Anti-Racist Multicultural Pedagogy and Curriculum."
In the spring, Professor Sonia Nieto consulted and lectured on multicultural education-defining it clearly-and Professor Ana Celia Zentella met with students and faculty as well as lecturing on "Bilingualism in the Barrios."
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