TN NAME
Tennessee Chapter of the
National Association for Multicultural Education
Member Presentations at Past NAME Conferences
Tennessee Tech was represented by 16 faculty and students at the 28th annual international NAME conference in Memphis. Those pictured are (back row from left) Lisa Zagumny, Sara Wehrmann, Robert Owens, Perihan Fidan, Amy Callender, Leann Taylor, Jacob Kelley, Carl Owens; (front row from left) Ashley Watson, Nécole Elizer, Janet Isbell, Dorota Silber-Furman, Abir Eldaba, Carey Wilson, Tessa Bishop. Also presenting but not pictured was Stephanie Wendt.
November 27-30, 2018 – Memphis, Tennessee
Sara Wehrmann, Leann Taylor, Rural School Principals' Perceptions Regarding Multicultural Education
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Dorota Silber-Furman, International Education through a Critical Lens
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Janet Kesterson Isbell, Radical and Relevant Work: Using Primary & Secondary Sources to Guide High School Students' Understanding of the History of Labor Struggles
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Jacob Kelley, Carey Wilson, Our Neck of the Woods: Toward a More Equitable Conception of Rural Schools and Communities
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Perihan Fidan, Abir Aldaba, Stephanie Wendt, A Guide for Selecting Multicultural Picture Books in Content Areas
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Ashley Watson, Jacob Kelley, A Tale of Two Communities: Supporting International Students through Communities of Practice
Fellowship at the 2018 NAME Conference: Carl Owens, Janet Isbell, Lisa Zagumny, Clint Hardison
Presenters at the 2017 NAME conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, included (from left) TN Chapter members Dorota Silber-Furman and Janet Isbell from Tennessee Tech, Jayati Chauduri of California State-Los Angeles, and TN chapter member Jacob Kelley from Tennessee Tech.
November 1-5, 2017 – Salt Lake City, Utah
Perihan Fidan, Importance of Culturally Responsive Literacy Teaching to Diverse Learners
Janet Isbell, Dorota Silber-Furman, and Jacob Kelley, Voices of the Invisible: Advocating for International Students in Higher Education
Queen Ogbomo, Exploring Diverse Needs One Community at a Time
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2016 NAME conference, Cleveland, Ohio
Dorota Silber-Furman & Perihan Fidan, “Do not judge a book by its cover”: Empowering the families in poverty through literacy instruction
Tessa Bishop, Rural and food insecure with a child with a disability: Families’ barriers to equal education
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September 30-October 4, 2015 – New Orleans, Louisiana
Tessa Bishop, More than Pleasure Reading: Using YA Literature to Promote Understanding with Students with Special Needs
Amy Callender, Exceptional Voices
Perihan Fidan, A Critical Exploratory Study of Ideologies Presented in Multicultural Picture Books
Lisa Zagumny, Cuba at a Crossroads 2015: Reflecting on a Collaborative Experience through NAME
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November 5-9, 2014 – Tucson, Arizona
Janet Isbell, Julie Baker, Lisa Zagumny, Amber Spears, Alice Camuti, Dismantling Deficit Thinking Fronteras: How Healthcare Hierarchies Mimic Education Theory
Amber Spears, Amy Leigh Rogers, and Ann Manginelli, Holy Guacamole! A Critical Poststructural Visual Content Analysis of Skippyjon Jones
Preparing for a presentation at NAME’s 2014 conference in Tucson, Arizona, are (from left) Amy Rogers, Janet Isbell, Julie Baker, Ann Manginelli, Amber Spears, and Lisa Zagumny, all from Tennessee Tech.
November 6-10, 2013 – Oakland, California
Janet Isbell, Julie C. Baker, Lisa Zagumny, Amber Spears, Alice Camuti, From Education to Healthcare: How Deficit Thinking Permeates Services to the Economically Disadvantaged
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November 2-5, 2011 – Chicago, Illinois
Janet Isbell, Drama, Discontent, and Despair: Narratives of Early High School Departure
Deborah Setliff, Integrating Multicultural Literature Across the PreK-8 Curriculum
2013 conference in Oakland, CA: From left, NAME presenters Lisa Zagumny, Amber Spears, Tessa Bishop, Janet Isbell, Julie Baker, and Alice Camuti.