Venus Evans-Winters

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Dr. Venus E. Evans-Winters holds a Masters degree in School Social Work and a Doctoral degree in Educational Policy Studies, with a specialization in the Sociology of Education from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at Illinois State University in the Department of Educational Administration & Foundations. Her areas of research interests are urban education, urban children and adolescents, feminist theory, and qualitative research methods. She uses sociological and anthropological research methods to analyze educational problems and issues. Her recent book released in April of 2005 is “Teaching Black girls: Resiliency in urban classrooms.” She is also the author and co-author of several journal articles and book chapters.

Topics by Venus Evans-Winters

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Blog entry The N(igger) Word
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 07:54
2 by up-and-up
08/15/2010 - 22:28
Blog entry Health and Care: Taking Care of the Girls
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 11:57
5 by up-and-up
03/27/2010 - 00:17
Blog entry Who is to blame? Parents, Teachers, Administrators, Students, or Societal Forces
Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 13:14
21 by up-and-up
03/13/2010 - 02:40
Blog entry I Am Every Woman: Images of Black girls and women in the media
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 11:52
0 by Venus Evans-Winters
02/14/2010 - 23:23
Blog entry Race to the Top (of what, a falling infrastructure?)
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 17:41
0 by Venus Evans-Winters
01/21/2010 - 16:41

Replies by Venus Evans-Winters

  • Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 10:08

    David, why isn't the "N(igger)" word blog formatted correctly.
    Thanks!

  • Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 00:13

    Julie,
    Maybe, just maybe, one day we can have more women get involved in formal politics at the state and national level. So, we can take our destinies in our own hands.
    Venus

  • Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 00:11

    Julie,
    A good dissertation or thesis should look at how women's rights have been manipulated as a form of political strategy.
     
    Venus

  • Monday, January 4, 2010 - 16:08

    Hello Dr. Shirley,
    I just wanted to respond to your above posting by wishing you and yours a very happy New Year. You have survived so much over the last year, and you had a very prosperous...

  • Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 12:19

    After listening to and reading the latest news media, one must ask sooner or later, if young Black women are the new endangered species. Compared to other women living in the U.S., African...