Jenice L. View

Jenice L. View is an Associate Professor Emerita at George Mason University. Her work has included the critical teaching and learning of history, critical teacher professional development, and uses of arts integration. Her 15-year academic career followed nearly 20 years in the non-governmental sector at the local and national levels, and a stint as a middle school humanities teacher. One ongoing action research project “Learning Historic Places with Diverse Populations,” explores how place-based learning and history education can help Students of Color reclaim their connection with historic sites. Her curriculum design and teacher professional development work in Mississippi to teach the civil rights movement has impacted teachers and students statewide and in 14 school districts in particular. Another ongoing research project includes Examining the Trajectories of Black Mathematics Teachers: Learning From the Past, Drawing on the Present, and Defining Goals for the Future, a three- year study funded by the National Science Foundation, that includes collecting oral histories of retired Black mathematics teachers. Another exploration examines the impact of oral history collection on high schoolers’ understanding of historical content, and teachers’ experiences of teaching Black history. She has published widely in peer-reviewed journals, scholarly books, and popular outlets. She is a co-editor of the book Why public schools? Voices from the United States and Canada (2013), and co-editor of the award-winning book Putting the movement back into civil rights teaching: A resource guide for classrooms and communities (2004/2020). The co-authored book, Teaching the New Deal, 1932 to 1941 (2020), offers classroom teachers a multicultural examination of this period with lessons and other resources. In addition, she is the author of We Who Defy Hate: An Interfaith Preparation for Social Justice Action curriculum, written in conjunction with the 2018 Ken Burns film, “Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War.” As creator and host of “Urban Education: Issues and Solutions,” an award-winning 30-minute GMU-TV cable television program, she produced 29 shows on a variety of education topics. She has served as a board member and consultant on civil rights and social justice education for a variety of community-based, non-profit, educational, and national organizations. Her work with Meadville Lombard Theological School includes serving as a retreat leader for the Beloved Conversations Meditations on Race and Ethnicity workshops. Dr. View holds degrees from Syracuse University, Princeton University, and the Union Institute and University.

Publications

A Policy Manifesto for Antiracist Teacher Professional Development
Jenice L. View, Elizabeth K. DeMulder, Stacia M. Stribling, Laura L. Dallman. © 2021. 30 pages.
The authors believe that the de-racialization of teacher professional development is as harmful to teachers as the deprofessionalization of teachers, leaving them without the...
Antiracist Professional Development for In-Service Teachers: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Jenice L. View, Elizabeth K. DeMulder, Stacia M. Stribling, Laura L. Dallman. © 2020. 208 pages.
The “ideal” 21st century public school teacher has a keen understanding of the racialized history of education and has already taken a critical stance regarding that history....