Lisa Albrecht
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor
Office: 283 Peters Hall
Phone: (612) 624-3669
E-mail: lalbrech@umn.edu
Mailing address: 105 Peters Hall
Degrees & Institutions
Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, State University of
New York at
Buffalo, 1984
M.A., Humanities, State University of New York at Buffalo,
1975
B.A., English, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1972
Interest Areas
Feminist, Multicultural and Social Justice Education;
Feminist Alliance Politics; Antiracist and Cross-class Organizing.
Current Research
Beacons in the Storm: White Educator Activists
Working for Racial Justice - collection of interviews
Recent Publications
Albrecht, L. D. (In press). Remembering Wendy. In
Writing on the Edge.
Albrecht, L. D. (2003). From the first Intifada to the second
Intifada:
Notes from an American Jew. In M. J. Alexander, L. D.
Albrecht, S.
Day, & M. Segrest (Eds.). Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray!:
Feminist
Visions for a Just World. Menlo Park, CA: Edgework.
Albrecht, L. D. & Hugg, N. (2003). For white allies: How do white
people
best support people of color? Symposium Proceedings,
Keeping our
faculties: Addressing the recruitment & retention of faculty
of color.
79-81.
Albrecht, L. D. (2003). Is class eclipsed by other considerations of
identity? Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship &
Pedagogy Vol. XIV, 2, Fall, 144-46.
Albrecht, L. D. (2002). For the Love of Peace: Feminist Peace
Organizing in Israel and Palestine. Kiosk, January/February, 4-5.
Board Positions & Community Service
1999 - present Co-Founder & Co-Coordinator, Freire Center: A Popular
Education Center for Democratic Social Change, Minneapolis, MN
1999- present Board of Directors, Project South: The Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide, Atlanta, GA
1997 - 99 Board of Directors, Evergreen Chronicles: A Journal of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Cultures.