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About Michael Joseph Viola

Michael Joseph Viola is an Assistant Professor at Saint Mary's College of California in the Justice, Community & Leadership (JCL) program and an advisory board member and affiliate faculty in the Ethnic Studies program.  He earned a Ph.D. in Education with an emphasis in urban schooling from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Broadly speaking, his research is informed by the interdisciplinary fields of critical educational studies (e.g. critical pedagogy, critical race theory, popular education), ethnic studies, feminist standpoint theory, and critical globalization studies.  His most recent publications have appeared in such journals as Race, Ethnicity and Education, the Journal of Asian American Studies, the Journal of Critical Educational Policy Studies, and Kritika Kultura.  His co-edited book on global hip hop titled, Hip-Hop(e): The Cultural Practice and Critical Pedagogy of International Hip-Hop (Peter Lang) received the Critics’ Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association. 

He is currently working on a book project that examines Filipino/a American activism and solidarities from 1965 to present.

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Justice, Community and Leadership
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ School of Liberal Arts
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Ethnic Studies
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2012 - 2015 Core Faculty, Liberal Studies Program, Antioch University Seattle
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2014 Affiliate Faculty, Southeast Asia Center, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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2011 - 2012 Executive Director, Youth Media Institute
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Research Interests

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Professional Service and Affiliations

Present Member, American Educational Research Association
Present Member, Association for Asian American Studies
Present Advisory Member, Critical Filipina/Filipino Studies Collective
Present Advisory Board Member, Journal for Critical Educational Policy Studies
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Courses

  • JCL 10: Introduction to Justice, Community & Leadership (cross-listed with Ethnic Studies)
  • JCL 125: Text-Based Discussion in Middle Schools
  • JCL 129: Education Reform
  • JCL 140: The Global Community
  • JCL 150: Advanced Leadership Theory
  • EDUC 20: Introduction to the Teaching Profession
  • EDUC 70: First Year Advising Cohort (FYAC)

Education

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2012 PhD, Urban Schooling, University of California, Los Angeles ‐ Graduate School of Education
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2006 MPA, Public Administration, University of Oregon
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2006 MA International Studies, University of Oregon
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2001 BS, Community and Regional Development with minor in Religious Studies, University of California, Davis
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Contact Information

Phone: (925) 631-4817

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Presentations (22)

Publications (25)