Margery Ginsberg, Ph.D.
Margery is a scholar-practitioner, educational author and consultant. Her current work with colleges and universities builds on experience as a university professor and, for nearly a decade, director of the University of Washington–Seattle doctoral program for aspiring educational leaders. Earlier in her career she was a teacher on the Menominee and Southern Ute reservations. As her educational work continued, she became U.S. Dept. of Education Title I technical assistance provider to state education agencies, and coordinator of migrant education in a nine-state region in the Southwest United States. In 2013, she was honored with the American Educational Research Association “Relating Research to Practice Award” for her application of interdisciplinary research focused on intrinsic motivation and cultural diversity in schools, community colleges, and universities.
In addition to research publications, Margery’s books include Excited to Learn: Motivation & Culturally Responsive Teaching (Corwin Press, 2015), Transformative Professional Learning (Corwin Press, 2011), Teaching Intensive & Accelerated Courses in College (Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2009), and Diversity and Motivation: Culturally Responsive Teaching, 2nd edition (Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2009), which won the 2011 Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education.
Keynote presentations and faculty development institutes on inclusion and cultural diversity in higher and adult education include: University of Central Florida, Western Washington University Kingsborough Community College (CUNY), Valencia Community College, Temasek Technical Institute Faculty Development Institute (Singapore), The Association of International Schools in India Teachers’ and Administrators’ Conference (Cochin, India), Kansas State University, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Pike Peak Community College, Lily Arctic Institute (Dillingham, AK), Council for Accelerated Programs in Higher Education, Seattle University, Washtenaw Community College, Chemeketa Community College, George Brown Community College, Centennial Community College, Gateway to College National Network, U.S. Command and General Staff College. (Ft. Leavenworth), National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, Pennsylvania State University (forthcoming), American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (forthcoming), and Amherst College.
Margery has a Ph.D. in Bilingual/Multicultural/Social Foundations of Education from the University of Colorado-Boulder. She currently lives in Chicago, Illinois and can be reached at margeryginsberg@gmail.com.
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