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Ira Shor Appointed University Distinguished Visiting Scholar Ira Shor, a professor at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School since 1992, has been appointed University Distinguished Visiting Scholar for the 2000-2001 academic year at William Paterson University in Wayne. Shor will be participating in seminars, and teaching assignments at the University throughout the academic year. The endowed professorship is funded through a partnership between the University's Alumni Association, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President and the Foundation. The author of numerous articles and books, Shor has two forthcoming books, co-edited with Caroline Pari, titled "Critical Literacy in Action: Writing Words, Changing Worlds," and "Education Is Politics: Critical Teaching Across the Curriculum, Postsecondary." His other books include "When Students Have Power; Empowering Education" (1996), "A Pedagogy for Liberation" (1987), and "Freire for the Classroom" (1987). Shor's awards include the Chancellor's Scholarship-in-Residence, CUNY, 1985-1986; the CUNY Research Foundation Grant, 1985-1986; and the Guggenheim Fellow, 1983-1984. Shor received his master's degree and Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin and a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Michigan. He has been a professor at the College of Staten Island since 1971, and previously taught at Union Graduate School and the University of Wisconsin. William Paterson University, one of the
nine state colleges and universities in New Jersey, offers 30
undergraduate and 18 graduate programs through five colleges:
Arts and Communication, Business, Education, Humanities and
Social Sciences, and Science and Health. Located on 370 hilltop
acres in Wayne, the university enrolls approximately 10,000 students
and provides housing for nearly 2,300 students. The institution's
352 full-time faculty are highly distinguished and diverse scholars
and teachers, many of whom are recipients of prestigious awards
and grants from the Fulbright Program (24 scholars), the Guggenheim
Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National
Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the
American Philosophical Society. ###
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