Alan Wieder
4740 NW Woodside Terrace
Portland, Oregon 97210
(503) 288-4886 or (503) 830-8468
Education
1977 Ph.D. Sociology and History of Education
Ohio State University
1973 M.Ed. Sociology and History of Education
University of Cincinnati
1971 B.A. Social Science
Ohio State University: June 1971
Current positions
2009-present Senior Research Consultant Center for Teaching Quality
2011-present Extraordinary Professor Stellenbosch University
2009-life Distinguished Professor Emeritus University of South Carolina
Administrative positions
2005 – 2009 Department Chair/Educational Studies University of South Carolina
2003-2005 Program Coordinator University of South Carolina
Teaching positions
2004-2008 Professor University of South Carolina
2005-May/June Fulbright Senior Specialist University of Western Cape
2003-2008 Extraordinary Professor University of Western Cape
2003 Visiting Professor University of Cape Town
1989-2003 Associate Professor University of South Carolina
1999 Fulbright Scholar University of Western Cape
1986-1989 Assistant Professor University of South Carolina
1984-1986 Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin
1983-1984 Visiting Assistant Professor University of New Orleans
1981-1982 Visiting Assistant Professor Tulane University
1979-1981 Instructor Shawnee State College
1977-1979 Visiting Assistant Professor Oklahoma State University
1974-1977 Graduate Assistant Ohio State University
The teaching positions listed above include appointments in both social foundations of education and sociology departments. Teaching is at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Presently I am teaching graduate courses in social foundations and qualitative research and am chairing six doctoral committees.
ADMINSTRATIVE ROLES
· leadership – research, teaching, and service
· college governance
· discourse – individual, department, college, university, community
· management – office, faculty, staff, and graduate students
· budget
· recruitment and retention
· diversity – recruitment and retention
· mentoring
· evaluation – annual performance and tenure and promotion
· scheduling
· curriculum and program development
· strategic planning
· accreditation
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Partners with Separate Paths: An Oral History of Ruth First & Joe Slovo & and the South African Struggle, forthcoming Monthly Review Books & Jacana Press. (forthcoming)
Teacher and Comrade: Richard Dudley and the Fight for Democracy in South Africa (Albany, NY, SUNY Press, 2008)
Voices From Cape Town Classrooms: Oral Histories of Teachers Who Fought Apartheid (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2003) (Cape Town, University of the Western Cape, 2003)
Race and Education: Narrative Essays, Oral Histories, Documentary Photography
(New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1997)
Immigration, the Public School, and the 20th Century American Ethos
(Maryland, University Press of America, 1985)
Book Chapters
"Teacher as Public Intellectual: Richard Dudley and the Fight against South African Apartheid" (with Crain Soudien) Sandlin, J.A., Schultz, B.D., & Burdick, J. (Eds.). Handbook of public pedagogy: Education and learning beyond schooling. (New York: Routledge, 2010) pp. 604-619.
“Informed by Apartheid: Mini-Oral Histories of Two Cape Town Teachers,” in Kallaway, Peter. The History of Education Under Apartheid (New York, Cape Town: Peter Lang Publishing/Miller Matthew Longman, 2002) pp. 197-210.
“Being Jewish, Teaching Social Foundations, and Studying Race,” in Strangers in the Land. edited by Svi Shapiro (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1999)
“South Carolina Unrevised: The Treatment of Race in Current School History Textbooks,” in Annual Editions Multicultural Education, 1997/98. (New York: Dushkin Publishers, 1998)
“Trust and Memory: Explorations in Oral History and Biography,” in Educational Biography: Adventures and Explorations in Educational Research. edited by Craig Kridel (New York: Garland, 1998)
"Afrocentrisms," in Annual Editions Multicultural Education, 1994/95.
(New York: Dushkin Publishers, 1994)
"One Who Left and One Who Stayed," in The Teacher's Voice. edited by
Richard Altenbaugh (London, Falmer, 1991)
"Racial Myths and Sterotypes: An Introduction for Human Services."
in Human Services the Empowering Profession. edited by E. Weisse
(Oshkosh, U. of Wisconsin/Oshkosh, 1986)
"Robert Coles Reconsidered: A Critique of the Portrayal of Blacks As Culturally
Deprived," in Education as An Agent For Change edited by Homer Sherman
(Lexington, Guinn, 1983)
Articles
“Ruth First as Educator: An Untold Story,” Southern African Review of Education. 2011.
“A Mother and Her Daughters: Jewish Teachers and the Fight Against Apartheid,” Teachers College Record. June 2007.
“South African Teacher Oral Histories: A Primer on Process,” Southern African Review of Education. 2005.
“Nonracialism as an Educational and World View: Lessons from South African Teachers,” Cornell Law Review. V.90. I.2. January 2005. pp. 101-111.
“South African Teacher Stories: The Past Speaks to the Present and Future,” Perspectives in Education. V. 22. N.4. December 2004. pp. 29-36.
“Testimony as Oral History: Lessons from South Africa,” Educational Researcher. V. 33. N. 6. August/September 2004. pp. 23-28.
“Education, Radical Politics and Modernity in Southern Africa: The Teaching Life of Ali Fataar,” Southern African Review of Education, 2002 (published 2003), pp. 31-43. (with Aslam Fataar)
“Oral History Craftsmanship: Reflections on Writing Cape Town Teacher Stories,” UWC Papers in Education. 2002 (published 2003), pp. 65-70.
“White Teachers/White Schools: Oral Histories From the Struggle Against Apartheid,” Multicultural Education. Summer 2003, pp. 26-31.
“Teachers Against Apartheid: A Case Study of a White Teacher in a White School,” Southern African Review of Education. V7, 2001(published 2003), pp. 47-52.
“Black Teachers and The Struggle Against Bantu Education,” Multicultural Review. September 2002, pp. 42-51.
“Wedding Pedagogy and Politics: Oral Histories of Black Women Teachers and the Struggle Against Apartheid,” Race, Ethnicity and Education. July 2002, pp. 133-149.
“Teachers/Political Prisoners: Oral Histories From Apartheid South Africa,” Equity and Excellence. December, 2001, pp. 87-94.
“They Can’t Take Our Souls: Teachers’ League of South Africa Reflections of Apartheid,” Race Ethnicity and Education. June 2001, pp. 145-166.
“white teachers/black schools: stories from apartheid South Africa,” Multicultural Education. Summer 2001, pp. 14-23.
“A Principal’s Perspective of School Integration: The First School to Integrate in Cape Town, South Africa,” Equity and Excellence. April 2001, pp. 58-63.
“Children in Southern Africa: Visual Portraits,” Journal of Curriculum Theorizing. Spring 2000, pp. 107-120.
“45 Years After Brown,” Southern Exposure. Fall 1999, pp. 16-20.
“The Tibetan Children’s Village: A Narrative/Photographic Essay,” Multicultural Perspectives. January 1999, pp. 18-24.
“The Redneck Shop and Racial Hatred in South Carolina,” Southern Exposure, Spring 1998,
pp. 39-44.
“Children in Thailand,” Multicultural Education, Spring 1998, pp.
“Childrens Garden: A Visual Portrait of a Preschool for Homeless Children,” Teaching Education. Spring 1997 pp. 89-93.
“From Culture War to Compromise: The Battle Over Sexuality Education in a Southern Suburban Town,” Journal of Thought. Winter 1996 pp. 51-71.
“South Carolina School History Textbooks: Portrayals of Slavery,”
Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education. Fall 1996 pp. 177-194.
"South Carolina Unrevised: The Treatment of Race in Current School History
Textbooks," Multicultural Education. Spring 1996 pp. 12-17.
“Paul Goodman Reconsidered,” Educational Studies. Spring 1996 pp. 14-22.
"The Brown Decision, Academic Freedom and White Resistance: Dean Chester Travelstead
and the University of South Carolina," Equity and Excellence. Winter 1995, pp. 45-49.
"Visual Sociological Portrayals of Race and Childhood: Case Studies From the
Thirties," Multicultural Review. Fall 1995 pp. 28-35.
"South Carolina School History Textbooks' Portrayals of Race During Reconstruction; An
Historical Analysis," Journal of Thought. Spring 1995, pp. 19-33.
"Interaction and the Professor: A Visual Tribute to Bernie Mehl," Teaching Education.
Winter/Spring 1995, pp. 2,3,4,42,72,94.
"Race and Education: A Review of School Segregation as the Present Reality,"
Equity and Excellence. December 1994, pp. 76-84.
"Afrocentrisms: Capitalist, Democratic, and Liberationist Portraits,"
Educational Foundations. Winter 1992. pp.
"Carolina Kids: Portraits of Childhood in South Carolina," Carolina View. 1988/89
pp. 4755.
"One Who Left and One Who Stayed: Recollections and Reflections of School
Desegregation in New Orleans," Vitae Scholasticae. pp.
"The New Orleans School Crisis From A Southern Liberal Perspective,"
Vitae Scholasticae. pp.
"A School Desegregation Diary: Mrs. Chandler and the New Orleans School Crisis,"
Equity and Excellence. Spring 1989, pp. 711.
"Black Christian Schools: Carolina Christian's Headmaster As A Case Study,"
Thresholds in Education. Spring 1989, pp. 1820.
"From Crowds to Mobs: School Integration in New Orleans As A Case Study of
Collective Behavior," Equity and Excellence. Spring 1989, pp. 47.
"Oral History and Educational History," Journal of Social Studies Research. 1988,
pp. 2530.
"Possibilities, Lost Possibilities, No Possibilities: Images of Middle Class
Children and Disadvantaged Adults," International Journal of Qualitative Studies in
Education. 1988, pp. 225238.
"The New Orleans School Crisis: Causes and Consequences," Phylon.
Spring 1988, pp. 12131.
"Oral History and Questions of Interaction for Educational Historians," International Journal
of Oral History. Summer 1988, pp. 131138.
"The New Orleans School Crisis: The Whites Who Stayed," VitaeScholasticae.
Spring/Fall 1986, pp. 169189.
"Racial Myths and Stereotypes," Georgia Social Science Journal. Summer 1987. pp. 414.
"Big Time College Sports: The Advocates of Professionalization," Journal of Thought.
Spring 1987. pp. 4548.
"As Valuable in 1987 as 1969: The Prospects of American Democracy and Social
Foundations," Teaching Education. February 1987. pp. 105107.
"Oral Historian as Artist: A Critique of the Professionalization of the Field,"
Indiana Journal of Folklore and Oral History. JulyDecember 1986. pp. 121126.
"A Principal and Desegregation," Equity and Excellence. Summer 1986. pp. 125129.
"Rule 48: Causes and Consequences," Proteus. Spring 1986. pp.4151.
"The New Orleans School Crisis: The Blacks Who Integrated," Vitae Scholasticae.
1984/1985 pp. 381394.
"One Who Stayed: Margaret Conner and the New Orleans School Crisis, "
Louisiana History. Spring 1985. pp. 194201.
"Edwards, Silent Others, and Rule 48: Analysis in A Time of Conservative Liberalism,"
Journal of Thought. Winter 1985. pp.8995.
"Carpooling for Desegregation," Integrated Education. 1983/1984. pp. 195199.
"Oral History in the Classroom," The Social Studies. Fall 1983. pp. 380381.
"Bringing History Alive: Oral History in the Classroom," Review of Education.
Spring 1984. pp. 7174.
"Radical Teacher or Salesman," Review of Education. Summer 1982. pp. 228235.
"Blacks, Sports, and the American Dream," Chrysalis. July 1982. pp. 110.
"Robert Coles Reconsidered: A Critique of the Portrayal of Blacks As Culturally Deprived,"
Journal of Negro Education. Fall 1981. pp. 381389.
"The Literacy Campaign: A Cuban Success Story," Review Journal of Philosophy
and Social Science. 1981. pp. 164175.
"Black Americans and Middle Class Values," Forum. Spring 1981. pp. 7078.
"Attacking the Problem of Adult Illiteracy," Iowa Curriculum Bulletin Spring 1981.
pp. 5760.
"Illiteracy: Some Solutions," Review of Education. Fall 1980. pp. 399400.
"The Search for Educational Roots: Trends in the Schooling of the Jewish Immigrant,"
Review Journal of Philosophy and Social Science. Winter 1980. pp. 5868.
"Modern Education in the U.S.," Journal of Thought. November 1979. pp. 255262.
"From Cheerleaders to Revisionists: The Schooling of the Immigrant," Review
Journal of Philosophy and Social Science. Winter 1979. pp. 6890.
"What Happened: The Real Effects of Schooling," Partnership. Summer 1977. p. 9.
Presentations
“Educational Biography and the Quest for Social Justice,” American Educational Research Association, Division F, Chicago, April 2007.
“Oral History and Educational History: Theory, Methods Practice,” History of Education Society, Baltimore, November, 2005.
“Writing Oral History,” Faculty Seminar U. of Western Cape, Cape Town, June 2005
“Nonracialism as an Educational and World View: Lessons from South African Teachers,” presented at the Cornell University Law School – Brown v. Board of Education Commemoration. February 2004.
“Making Voices of Cape Town Classrooms,” Kenton/SACHES Joint Conference, Western Cape, South Africa, October 2003.
“Oral History and Counter-Biography: Cultural and Methodological Issues,” Faculty Seminar University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, April 2003.
“Oral History as Testimony: Conduit or Critic,” History of Education Society, Pittsburgh, November 2002.
“Teachers Fighting Apartheid: Oral Testimonies,” History of Education Society, Pittsburgh, November 2002.
“Wedding Pedagogy and Politics: Oral Histories of ‘Coloured’ Women Teachers and the Struggle Against Apartheid,” History of Education Society, New Haven, October 2001.
“Voices of South African Teachers,” Teachers College Columbia University, New York, October 2001.
“white teachers/black schools,” American Educational Research Association, Division F, Seattle, April 2001.
“Apartheid Education Project,” Southern History of Education Society, Atlanta, March 2001.
“Oral History Craftsmanship As An Outsider: Stories of Cape Town Teachers,” History of Education Society, San Antonio, October 2000.
“Teacher Oral Histories: Cape Town, South Africa,” Southern History of Education Society, Columbia, South Carolina, March 2000.
“Informed by Apartheid: Mini-Oral Histories of Two Cape Town Teachers,” History of Apartheid Education Conference, Durban, South Africa, October 99.
“Classroom Voices: Oral Histories of Apartheid Era Teachers,” Southern African Comparative and History of Education Society, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 1999.
“Oral History and Educational History,” History of Education Society, Toronto, November 96.
"The Dean and Desegregation: South Carolina as A Case Study," Southern History of Education Society, Atlanta, March 1995
"A Critique of Papers on Southern Education," History of Education Society, Chapel Hill, NC. November 1994
"Visual Sociology and Educational Biography: A Perspective From the Thirties,"
AERA, New Orleans, April 1994.
"Mature Teachers and an At Risk Alternative," ATE, Las Vegas, February 1990.
"Visual Sociology and Educational Foundations: Past Present and Future," AESA/HES,
Chicago, November 1989.
A Critique of Photography and Education Papers, AERA, San Francisco, April 1989.
"Grassroots Portraits of School Integration in New Orleans," AERA, New Orleans, April 1988
"Resisting School Integration: New Orleans as A Case Study," SHOES, Atlanta, March 1988.
"Possibilities and Problems in the Oral History of Education," AESA/MWHES,
Chicago, November 1987.
Chaired a panel Communities and Curricula, AESA/MWHES, Chicago,
November 1987.
"Oral History and Curriculum History," Society for Curriculum History, Washington, April 1987.
"The Fifties Meet the Eighties: Educational Reform in A Time of Conservative Liberalism,"
AESA, Pittsburgh, Nov. 1986.
"Oral History, Visual Sociology, and Educational Biography," International Society of
Educational Biography, Chicago, May 1986.
"AfricanAmerican School Children," presented at AESA, Atlanta, November 1985
"Rule 48: A Review of the Issues," ASA, Washington, August 1985
"The New Orleans School Crisis: The In School Participants," HES, Chicago, October 1984
"The New Orleans School Crisis: An Oral History," AERA, New Orleans, April 1984