Asgedet
“Segi” Stefanos
Ed.D.,
Educational Planning and Social Policy. Harvard University
Associate
Professor, and Director of Human Service Program
Office:
W-3-154-36
Phone
number: 617-287-7363
Asgedet.Stefanos@umb.edu
Asgedet Stefanos is a professor of Critical Pedagogy, African
Studies and Women Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston,
College of Public and Community Service. She has been teaching
undergraduate and graduate courses at CPCS since 1989. Professor
Stefanos is also a coordinator of B.A. Degree Completer Program,
and Training and Development Concentration.
Her
teaching, scholarship and service is in the field of education,
African Studies, and within each a specialized focus on women's
issue.
Her
teaching include courses on education, training and development;
gender, economic development and national politics; race, ethnicity
and class; multicultural education; literature of immigration
and exile; and, politics of education.
Professor
Stefanos' research interests and published work include Third
world societies' education with a focus on Africa and gender concerns.
She has published work that delineate Guinea Bissau's effort in
incorporating women in its formal and non-formal educational systems
using Amilcar Cabral world view and Paulo Freire's ideas of pedagogy.
She has also published several articles and book chapters on Eritrean
official educational policies based on extensive field research
on women's experiences with and assessment of their nation's educational
system. She is presently completing a book manuscript on Gender
and Nationalism: The Status of Contemporary Eritrean Women.
Recent
Publications:
“An
African Vantage Point on Feminist Research: Contemporary Eritrean
Women and Revolution,” ed., Stephanie Athey, Sharpened Edge:
Women of Color, Resistance and Writing . Praeger Publishing,
2003.
“Gender
Equity and Nationalism in Eritrea : Challenges to Women's Consciousness
and Emancipation,” Journal of Post-colonial Education ,
Foundation Volume, Fall 2001.
Professor
Stefanos' Service to UMB and her Profession/Discipline include:
•
Advisory Board Member, The Monroe Trotter Institute,
UMB
•
Advisory Board Member, Center for Improvement of Teaching,
UMB
•
Executive Committee Member, Faculty Council , UMB
•
Board Member, The Boston Pan-African Forum, Boston, MA
•
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Postcolonial
Education, Melbourne , Australia
Evaluates
the following competencies:
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Reading Life Histories
•
Social Differences
•
Models of Social Change
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Debating Policy Issues
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Exploring Culture
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Influencing Policy Issues
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Public and Community Action
•
Reflective Social Action
•
Critical Readings
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Value Conflicts
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Life Stages: Adulthood
•
Community Needs Analysis
•
Theories of Adult Education and Training
•
Assessing Training Needs
•
Designing a Training Curriculum
•
Implementing a Training Curriculum
•
Evaluating a Training Sequence
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