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Committee Against Racism and Bias
in the Teaching of English


Charge: To investigate and make recommendations to counteract racism and racial bias in teaching materials, methods, and programs for English and language arts; to develop guidelines for Teacher Quality for Educators who Teach Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students, with careful documentation from the research base for your recommendations, based upon the NCTE 2004 policy document concerning Teacher Quality; to advise the NCTE executive committee with recommendations for professional development of inservice and preservice teachers regarding teaching linguistically and culturally diverse students, with the assistance of appropriate scholars and experts, as well as careful documentation from the research base for your recommendations; to create principles for assessment for linguistically and culturally diverse students, with the assistance of appropriate scholars and experts and careful documentation from the research base for your recommendations, based upon the 2004 NCTE framing statements on assessment; to participate in developing NCTE as the professional home for conversations about English Language Learners in English-dominant classrooms; and to identify the research base for your recommendations, and to recommend research on matters for which you can identify no research base.

If you would like to be considered for future volunteer service with this group, please send an e-mail to and provide the following information in the body of your e-mail:

(1)     Name

(2)     Member number.  (If you are not currently a member, please provide your address and phone number.)

(3)     Name of the role for which you wish to be considered

(4)     Preferred e-mail address (if other than the one used to submit this request.)

For more information about volunteering with NCTE, please visit www.ncte.org/about/over/vol.

Current Members

CHAIR, R. Joseph Rodriguez (2008)
(University of Houston, TX)

Damian Baca (2008)
(Michigan State University, East Lansing)

Janette Birkett (2010)
(Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, NJ)

Kelly Brock (2010)
(Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, NJ)

Aurelia Davila de Silva (2008)
(San Antonio, TX)

Michael Guevara (2008)
(Warren High School, San Antonio, TX)

Mari Haneda (2008)
(Ohio State University, Columbus)

KaaVonia Hinton-Johnson (2008)
(Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA)

R. Vance Jenkins (2010)
(Greenville Technical Charter High School, SC)

Debbie Reese (2008)
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Cynthia Williams (2008)
(Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN)

Executive Committee Liaison, Kathleen Blake Yancey 
(Florida State University, Tallahassee)

NCTE Administrative Liaison, Linda Walters  


Past Members

2007

Executive Committee Liaison, Kyoko Sato 
(California State University, Northridge)

2006

CHAIR, R. Joseph Rodriguez (2008)
(University of Houston, TX)

Damian Baca (2008)
(Michigan State University, East Lansing)

Aurelia Davila de Silva (2008)
(San Antonio, TX)

Michael Guevara (2008)
(Warren High School, San Antonio, TX)

Mari Haneda (2008)
(Ohio State University, Columbus)

KaaVonia Hinton-Johnson (2008)
(Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA)

Debbie Reese (2008)
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Cynthia Williams (2008)
(Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN)

Executive Committee Liaison, Randy Bomer 
(University of Texas at Austin)

NCTE Administrative Liaison, Linda Walters

2005

CHAIR, Maria Franquiz (2005)
(San Antonio, TX)

Debbie Reese (2005)
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Executive Committee Liaison, Patricia Lambert Stock
(Michigan State University, East Lansing)

NCTE Administrative Liaison, Linda Walters

2004

CHAIR, Maria Franquiz (2005)
(San Antonio, TX)

Robin C. Hall (2004)
(Atlanta Public Schools, GA)

LuMing Mao (2004)
(Miami University, Oxford, OH)

Debbie Reese (2005)
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Consultant, Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens (2004)
(Arroyo Valley High School, San Bernardino, CA)

NCTE Staff Liaison, Sandra E Gibbs  

2003

CHAIR, Maria Franquiz
(San Antonio, TX)

Jamal Cooks
(San Francisco State University, CA)

Robin C. Hall
(Atlanta Public Schools, GA)

LuMing Mao
(Miami University, Oxford, OH)

Debbie Reese
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Consultant, Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens
(Arroyo Valley High School, San Bernardino, CA)

Consultant, Renee Moreno
(California State University, Northridge)

NCTE Staff Liaison, Sandra E Gibbs  

2002

CHAIR, MaryCarmen E Cruz 
(Cholla High School, Tucson, AZ)

Jamal Cooks
(San Francisco State University, CA)

Robin C. Hall
(Atlanta Public Schools, GA)

LuMing Mao
(Miami University, Oxford, OH)

Debbie Reese
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Consultant, Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens
(Arroyo Valley High School, San Bernardino, CA)

Consultant, Renee Moreno
(California State University, Northridge)

Executive Committee Liaison, Anne Ruggles Gere
(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

NCTE Staff Liaison, Sandra E Gibbs   

2001

CHAIR, Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens
(Arroyo Valley High School, San Bernardino, CA)

Lisa Chen
(Norfolk Academy, VA)

MaryCarmen E Cruz 
(Cholla High School, Tucson, AZ)

Aurelia Davila De Silva
(Educational Consultant, San Antonio, TX)

Anne B Jackson
(Southern Illinois University, Carbondale)

Alfredo Lujan
(Native American Preparatory School, San Ysidro, NM)

Executive Committee Liaison, Anne Ruggles Gere
(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

NCTE Staff Liaison, Sandra E Gibbs  

 



Related Information:
  • 2007 Annual Report, Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English Committee
  • 2006 Annual Report, Committee on Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English
  • 2003 Annual Report
  • 2002 Annual Report
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