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Tomashi Jackson

Pedagogy Study Hall Roundtable: Education History and Policy Panel

April 15, 2025 6PM–7PM

In April, as part of “Pedagogy Study Hall,” Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture at UMBC (CADVC) will host public events panels fostering critical discussions about cultural support structures and education policy. Registration is required for these events.

 

Tomashi Jackson and Nia K. Evans: “Pedagogy Study Hall” with Davarian Baldwin and Matt Cregor

Panelists

Matt Cregor is a civil rights attorney specializing in education law. He has worked with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Lawyers for Civil Rights. He currently serves at the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee in Massachusetts. His work focuses on racial harassment, school discipline reform, teacher diversity, and special education. Matt has partnered with community-led organizations and played a key role in securing federal school discipline reform during the Obama administration.

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Davarian L. Baldwin is an internationally recognized historian, cultural critic, and public advocate. He is the Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies and founding director of the Smart Cities Research Lab at Trinity College. His work focuses on global cities and marginalized communities, and he is the award-winning author of several books, including In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities. His commentaries have been featured in NBC News, BBC, The Washington Post, and TIME. In 2022, he was named a Freedom Scholar by the Marguerite Casey Foundation for his work in racial and economic justice.

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