Poetry: We Are

Author Biography

• Antonia Darder, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  Antonia Darder is a distinguished international Freirean scholar. She holds the Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair of Ethics and Moral Leadership at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and Professor Emerita of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She is an American Educational Research Association Fellow and recipient of the American Educational Research Association Scholars of Color Lifetime Contribution Award. Over nearly 40 years, her critical scholarship on culture, social justice, pedagogy, the body, ethics and methodology has contributed to rethinking questions of empowerment and liberation in the education of subaltern populations. Beyond her academic contributions to the field, she is also a poet, visual artist and songwriter.