Each summer the Center invites distinguished scholars to teach short courses on their topics of specialization. This program provides opportunities for teacher education and graduate students to interact with eminent scholars from other universities. It also greatly enhances the teaching and research opportunities for students at the University. If you would like information about summer scholars please contact the Center.

The following is the list of scholars who will teach or who have taught courses during the summer term.

Year Scholar Institution
Summer of 2017 Audrey Osler University College of Southeast Norway/University of Leeds
Summer of 2016 H. Richard Milner University of Pittsburgh
Summer of 2015 Frederick Erickson UCLA
Summer of 2014 Tyrone Howard UCLA
Summer of 2013 Luis Moll University of Arizona
Summer of 2012 Shirley Brice Heath Stanford University
Summer of 2011 Suzanne Romaine University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Summer of 2010 Carol Lee Northwestern University
Summer of 2009 Gloria Ladson-Billings University of Wisconsin-Madison
Summer of 2008 Frederick Erickson UCLA
Summer of 2007
California State University, Monterey Bay
Summer of 2006 Shirley Brice Heath Stanford University
Summer of 2005
University of California at Los Angeles
Summer of 2004
University of Arizona
Summer of 2003
Linda McNeil
Rice University
Summer of 2002
Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco
Havard University
Summer of 2001
Lisa Delpit
Georgia State University
Summer of 2000
Marilyn Cochran-Smith
Boston College
Summer of 1999
Christine Sleeter
Marjorie B. Green
Ora Page Franklin
California State University, Monterey Bay
Anti-Defamation League, Los Angeles
Seattle School District
Summer of 1998
Carol Lee
Tsianina Lomawaima
Northwestern University
University of Arizona, Tuscon
Summer of 1997
Peter McLaren
Walter Secada
University of California at Los Angeles
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Summer of 1996
Ricardo L. Garcia
Valerie Ooka Pang
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
San Diego State University
Summer of 1995
Kathryn Au
Quintard Taylor
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Oregon
Summer of 1994
Carlos Ovando
Shirley Brice Heath
Indiana University, Bloomington
Stanford University
Summer of 1993
Gloria Ladson-Billings
Carlos F. Diaz
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Florida Atlantic University
Summer of 1992
Jacqueline Jordan Irvine
Edmund W. Gordon
Emory University
Yale University