Audrey M. Dentith
Professional Title: Associate Professor
Area of Work and Concentration at Lesley: Adult Learning and Development; Educational Leadership
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught:
Adult Learning and Development; Interdisciplinary Seminar I and II; Feminist Methods in Qualitative Research
Education: B.S., M.S., Bloomsburg State University of Pennsylvania; M.Ed., Temple University; Ph.D., Penn State University
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions:
Dentith, A., Frattura, E. & M. Kaylor. (in press). Reculturing for Equity through Integrated Services: A Case Study of One District’s Reform. International Journal of Inclusive Education.
Dentith, Audrey M.; Measor, Lynda & O'Malley, Michael P. (2012). The Research Imagination Amid Dilemmas of Engaging Young People in Critical Participatory Work [44 paragraphs]. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 13(1), Art. 17,
Dentith, A., Cohen-Miller, A., Jackson, G. & D. Root. (2011) Developing a globalized teacher education curriculum through interdisciplinarity. Curriculum Dialogue and Teaching, 13 (2), 77-92.
Dentith, A. & Maurer, A. (2011). Interdisciplinary paths to cultural competencies and global awareness. Making Connections: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cultural Diversity, 12 (2), 52-64.
Dentith, A. & Peterlin, B. (2011). Leadership education from within a feminist ethos. Journal of Research in Leadership Education, 6, (2), 36-58
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
Dentith, A., & Root, D. A. (October 4, 2012). Teachers' revitalizing the "culture commons": An ecological imperative for the 21st century curriculum. Paper Presentation at the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC), 19th Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Dentith, A. (October 5, 2012). Dangerous memories and undeniable promise: The feminist roots and future promise of public pedagogy. Paper Presentation at the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC), 19th Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Dentith, A. & Root, D. A (October 12, 2012). Teachers’ revitalizing the ‘culture commons’. Paper Presentation at the 57th Annual Conference of the South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society, Appalachian State University and the Reich College of Education.
Dentith, A., Bowers, C. & Root, D. (November 2, 2012). Teachers’ Revitalizing the "Culture Commons": An Ecological Community Endeavor. Paper Presentation at the American Educational Studies Association Annual Conference, October 31- Nov 4. Seattle, Washington.
Dentith, A. M., McKenzie-Davis, J., Root, D., Gonzales, J., Gibbens, C. A., Rico, G., Kumar, T., Gann, L., Meyer, H., Robbins, M., & Arreguin, A. (March 23, 2012). From Internationalization to cosmopolitanism: Educators taking the global turn. Paper presented at the International Conference of Cultural and Social Aspects of Research. San Antonio, TX: University of the Incarnate Word.
Before joining Lesley, Audrey held faculty positions as Associate Professor of Curriculum and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Texas San Antonio, an Associate Professor of Administrative Leadership at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and an assistant professor of teacher education at Monmouth University. She is currently at work on a film that highlights educators’ work to revitalize the cultural commons as the foundation for an ecologically just curriculum in K-12 and higher education. In addition, she continues to explore women’s historical role as public pedagogues in the US, their sustained engagement with cultural commons, and the implications of this in the field of adult education. She is working on a book that explores the historical role of women and feminisms in American education.
adentith@lesley.edu