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Paulo Freire – Celebrating 100yrs

13 December 2021 Paulo Freire

Scholars celebrated the works of Paulo Freire. On the panel of critical pedagogues are:

Dr. Nita Freire https://www.chapman.edu/education/cen...

Ana Maria Araújo (Nita) Freire , scholar and educator, was born in Recife, Brazil, wife of the late Paulo Freire.

Dr. Henry A. Girouxhttps://www.henryagiroux.com/

Professor Giroux currently holds the McMaster University Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest and the Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy.

Dr. Antonia Darderhttps://www.darder.org

Dr. Antonia Darder, is an internationally recognized scholar, artist, poet, activist, and public intellectual. Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership in the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University.

Dr. Peter McLarenhttps://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/p...

Distinguished Professor in Critical Studies. Co-Director, The Paulo Freire Democratic Project and International Ambassador for Global Ethics and Social Justice at Chapman Attallah College of Educational Studies.

Dr. Donaldo Macedohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donaldo...

Cape Verdean-American critical theorist, linguist, and expert on literacy, critical pedagogy and multicultural education.

Dr. Sheila Macrinehttps://www.umassd.edu/directory/smac...

Professor and a Cognitive Psychologist in the Department of STEM Education and Teacher Development at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Dr. Inny Acciolyhttps://uff.academia.edu/InnyAccioly

Teaches at Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Educação de Angra dos Reis Department, Faculty Member who studies Marxism, Imperialism, and Critical Pedagogy.