David Stovall, PhD

David Stovall received his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2001. Presently he is an Assistant Professor of Policy Studies in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). His scholarship investigates four areas:

1) Critical Race Theory,
2) concepts of social justice in education,
3) the relationship between housing and education, and
4) the relationship between schools and community stakeholders.

In the attempt to being theory to action, he has spent the last three years working with community organizations and schools to develop curriculum that address issues of social justice. His current work has led him to become a member of the Greater Lawndale/Little Village School of Social Justice High School design team, which opened in the Fall of 2005. Furthering his work with communities, students, and teachers, David is involved with youth-centered community organizations in Chicago, New York and the Bay Area.

In addition to his duties and responsibilities as an assistant professor at UIC, he also serves as a volunteer social studies teacher at the School for Social Justice.

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