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EDUCATION
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1998
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Ph.D. Education, Culture and Society, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. Dissertation awarded Distinction.
Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies
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1994
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M.A. Clinical and Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College
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1983
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B.A. History, with Distinction, Swarthmore College
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FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS and AWARDS
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2002
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National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
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2000
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Outstanding Dissertation Award, Council on Anthropology and Education, American Anthropological Association
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1999-2000
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Christman, J., Abu El-Haj, T. & Foley, E. Students, teachers and high standards reform: Negotiating educational policy, classroom practice and student outcomes in Philadelphia Middle Schools. Spencer Foundation, Planning Grant on School Reform
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1998-2001
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Abu El-Haj, T. & Schultz, K. Twenty years of reflection and action: Lessons from an inquiry-based urban professional development group. MacArthur and Spencer Foundations, Professional Development Research and Documentation Program
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1997
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Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for Research Related to Education, Spencer Foundation
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1993-1995
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Dean’s Fellowship, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania
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1991-1993
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Phebe Anna Thorne Fellow, Bryn Mawr College
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1986-1987
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Title VI Fellowship for the study of Arabic, University of Pennsylvania
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1985-1986
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Center For Arabic Studies Abroad, Cairo, Egypt.
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Selected PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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2004 -
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Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
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2003 - 2004
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA
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2001 – 2003
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Research Fellow, Alice Paul Center for Research on Women and Gender. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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1998 – 2001
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Senior Research Associate, Research for Action, Philadelphia, PA
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2000 (Spring)
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Lecturer, Education Program. Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
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2000 - 2002
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Educational Researcher and Consultant on Gender, Episcopal High School, Alexandria, VA
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1998 – 1999
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Lecturer, Teacher Education Program. University of Pennsylvania
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1997 (Spring)
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Instructor and Supervisor, Education Program, Bryn Mawr College
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1995- 1997
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Dissertation research. Doing Difference Differently: Frameworks for Promoting Social Change and Transformation in Schools
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1995- 1997
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Education, Beaver College, Glenside, PA
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1994-1995
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Research Associate, Five Schools Study, Research for Action, Philadelphia, PA
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1991-1992
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Nursery School Teacher, Phebe Anna Thorne School, Bryn Mawr College Developmental Laboratory School
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1987-1990
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Head Teacher, 1st & 2nd grade, Friends Select School, Philadelphia, PA
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1984-1985
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Program Coordinator, International Classroom at the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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JOURNAL ARTICLES AND MANUSCRIPTS
Abu El-Haj, T. (forthcoming, September 2006). Elusive justice: Wrestling with difference and educational equity in everyday practice.
Abu El-Haj, T. (2006). Race, Politics, and Arab American Youth: Shifting Frameworks for Conceptualizing Educational Equity, Educational Policy 20 (1), 13-34.
Abu El-Haj, T. (2005). Global politics, dissent and Palestinian-American identities: Engaging conflict to re-invigorate democratic education. Book chapter accepted for L. Weis and M. Fine (Eds.), Beyond silenced voices: Class, race and gender in United States schools, pp. 119-215. Revised edition. Albany: State University of New York Press.
Abu El-Haj, T. (2003). Challenging the inevitability of difference: Young women and discourse about gender equity in the classroom. Curriculum Inquiry 33 (4): 401- 425.
Abu El-Haj, T. (2003). Practicing for equity from the standpoint of the particular: Exploring the work of one urban teacher network. Teachers College Record 105 (5): 817-845.
Abu El-Haj, T. (2002). Contesting the politics of culture, rewriting the boundaries of inclusion: Working for social justice with Muslim and Arab communities. Anthropology & Education Quarterly 33(3): 308-316.
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PAPERS DELIVERED
Abu El-Haj, T. (2006). Race, Politics, and Arab American Youth: Shifting Frameworks for Conceptualizing Educational Equity. Politics of Education Symposium. American Educational Research Association Meetings, San Francisco, CA.
Abu El-Haj, T. (2005). En-gendering citizens: Education, patriotism and Palestinian-American youth. American Anthropological Association meetings, Washington D.C.
Abu El-Haj, T. (2005). Producing national citizens in an era of transnational migration and global conflict: Educating Palestinian-American youth. Symposium co-organizer and presenter for the American Educational Research Association Meetings, Montreal.
Abu El-Haj, T. (2003). Multicultural education at the crossroads of global politics: Considering the issue from the perspective of Arab-Muslim communities. Paper for the American Anthropological Association Meetings, Chicago, IL
Abu El-Haj, T. & Schultz, K. (2001). Constructing ideas about equity for everyday practice in urban schools. Paper for the American Anthropological Association Meetings, Washington D.C.
Abu El-Haj, T., Christman, J., Foley, E. & Rolon-Dow, R. (2001). Students' experiences with high-stakes promotion: Reshaping policy in actual schools. Symposium co-organizer and presenter at the American Educational Research Association Meetings, Seattle, WA
Abu El-Haj, T., Christman, J., Foley, E. & Rolon-Dow, R. (2000). Whispering down the lane: Students’ experiences with the new language of educational reform. Paper for the American Anthropological Association Meetings, San Francisco, CA
Abu El-Haj, T. (2000). Keeping students’ and teachers’ work safe from the vocabulary of product and accountability. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA
Abu El-Haj, T. (1999). Rationalizing privilege, “relationalizing” power: Students’ discursive strategies for undoing gender privilege. Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association Meetings, Chicago, IL
Abu El-Haj, T. (1999). Calculating privilege: Students challenging math through gender difference discourse. Symposium co-organizer and presenter, American Educational Association’s Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada
Abu El-Haj, T. (1998). What’s the difference?: Teachers’ constructions of race, gender, class and (dis) ability. Symposium co-organizer and presenter, American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings, Philadelphia, PA
Abu El-Haj, T. (1998). Imagining difference: Teachers talk about race, gender and class. American Educational Research Association’s Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA
Abu El-Haj, T. (1997). Talking Back: Representing students’ voices to inform teachers’ practices. American Educational Research Association’s Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
Abu El-Haj, T. (1997). Vested Interests: Material constraints on renegotiating race. Ethnography in Education Research Forum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Abu El-Haj, T. and Brayboy, B. (1996). Thinking Against the Grain: Teachers Exploding Hegemony. Ethnography in Education Research Forum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Abu El-Haj, T. (1992). The Gulf War and One School's Response: A framework for peace. Ethnography in Education Research Forum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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American Anthropological Association
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American Education Research Association
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North Dakota Study Group on Evaluation
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