JOB TALK: Prof. Rebecca Tarlau

JOB TALK

Rebecca Tarlau is a Visiting Professor of Educational Leadership and Societal Change at Soka University of America and a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Latin American Studies at University of California, Berkeley. She received an M.A. and Ph.D. in Social and Cultural Studies from the UC-Berkeley Graduate School of Education and a B.A. in Anthropology and Latin American Studies from the University of Michigan. Rebecca’s research contributes to debates in the fields of political sociology, international and comparative education, critical pedagogy, global and transnational sociology, and social theory. Several recent and forthcoming publications include "How Do New Critical Pedagogies Develop? Educational Innovation, Social Change, and Landless Workers in Brazil" (Teachers College Record); "Not-So-Public Contention: Movement Strategies, Regimes, and the Transformation of Public Institutions in Brazil" (Mobilization); "Education of the Countryside at a Crossroads: Rural Social Movements and National Policy Reform in Brazil" (Journal of Peasant Studies); and "From a Language to a Theory of Resistance: Critical Pedagogy, the Limits of ‘Framing,’ and Social Change" (Educational Theory).

In her talk, "Coproducing Rural Public Schools in Brazil: States, Social Movements, and the Micro-politics of Educational Reform," Rebecca analyzes the implementation of alternative educational practices in public schools in several regions of Brazil, using comparative ethnographic analysis to explore the relationship between social movements and the state.

Lunch will be provided; please arrive 10-15 minutes early.