E. Pauline Riall Lecture Series
About the Series
Begun in 1988, the E. Pauline Riall Lecture Series brings to
the University and community outstanding national lecturers in
the field of education. The series was established by the late
Miss Riall, long-time principal and teacher of the former
Salisbury University's Campus School. A generous bequest was
provided by Miss Riall's will to fund this special program.
Contact
Dr. Laura Marasco, Chair and Coordinator, Riall Lecture
Series
llmarasco@salisbury.edu
2008 Riall Lecture: Luann Johnson
Luann Johnson’s book inspired “Dangerous minds”.
2007 Riall Lecture: Mr. Michael Tisserand
March 5, 2008
7:30 p.m.
Lecture in Holloway Hall followed by book signing and
reception |
March 6, 2008
9:30-10:30 a.m.
Informal Lecture with Q&A in the Great Hall |
Mr. Michael Tisserand, journalist and author of:
Sugarcane Academy: How a New Orleans Teacher and His
Storm-struck Students Created a School to Remember.
He is also the author of The Kingdom of Zydeco, which won the
ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for music writing, and was former
editor of Gambit Weekly, the alternative newsweekly of New
Orleans, when Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.
From Harcourt Books:
- As floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina surged at their
heels, fleeing New Orleanians had their minds more on safety
than whether their children would be missing school. But when
a group of evacuee parents--temporarily settled near New
iberia, Louisiana--realized they would not be returning home
quickly, they turned to beloved New Orleans schoolteacher Paul
Reynaud. His fierce determination and unwavering spirit
transformed an abandoned office into a one-room schoolhouse.
This is the story of Sugarcane Academy: devoted paretns, eager
students, inspiring teachers, and the boundless power of
learning.
Mr. Tisserand has requested that a portion of his honorarium
be allocated to the Children's Bureau of New Orleans, a
non-profit organization that is providing post-Katrina therapy
and crisis counseling to children in New Orleans.
He says in his email,
- "I am not affiliated with the Children's Bureau, but I
know children who have received its services, including
children in Sugarcane Academy. More info on the Children's
Bureau at www.childrens-bureau.com."
Previous Riall Lecture Series Guest Lecturers
2007
Mr. Michael Tisserand, journalist and author of:
Sugarcane Academy: How a New Orleans Teacher and His
Storm-struck Students Created a School to Remember.
2006
Crystal Arlene Kuykendahl, Author and Educational
Consultant
Dr. Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst
2005
Carol Ann Tomlinson, Professor of Educational Leadership,
Foundations and Policy, University of Virginia
2004
Linda Darling-Hammond, Professor of Teaching and Teacher
Education, Stanford University
2003
Erin Gruwell, Teacher, Author, Founder of Tolerance
Education Foundation
Nel Noddings, Professor Emerita, Stanford University
2002
Jonathan Kozol, Author, Activist, Teacher
2000
Dr. Maxine Greene, Professor Emerita, Columbia University
Herbert Kohl, Center for Teaching Excellence and Social
Justice, University of San Francisco
1999
Bertice Berry, Author, Sociologist, Comedian
Dr. Cornell West, Professor of Religion and Afro-American
Studies, Harvard University
1998
Heidi Mills, Professor of Education, University of South
Carolina
David Sadker, Professor of Education, American University
1997
Susan Ohanian, Freelance Writer, Author, Reviewer and
Editor
Elliot Eisner, Professor of Education and Art, Stanford
University
1996
Shelley Harwayne, Director, Manhattan New School, NYC
Perry Zirkel, Professor of Education and Law, Lehigh
University
1995
K. Nelson Butler, Provost, Salisbury University
Judy Knott, Assistant Principal, Remuera Primary School,
Auckland, New Zealand
Lesley Mayn, Assistant Principal, Hobson Primary School,
Auckland, New Zealand
1994
James Comer, Associate Dean, Yale University School of
Medicine
Maurice Falk, Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale
University
1993
Mary Budd Rowe, Professor of Science Education, Stanford
University
1992
Harold Hodgkinson, Director, Center for Demographic Study,
Institute of Education Leadership
1991
Richard Paul, Director, Center for Critical Thinking and
Moral Critique, Sonoma State University
David W. Johnson, Professor of Educational Psychology,
Cooperative Learning Center, University of Minnesota
1990
Paul S. George, Professor of Education, University of
Florida
Madeline Hunter, Professor of Education, University of
California - Los Angeles
1989
Rita Dunn, Director, Center for the Study of Learning and
Teaching Styles, St. John’s University
Gary Bitter, Program Coordinator, Educational Media
and Computers, Arizona State University
1988
Ernest L. Boyer, President, Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching
The Honorable Linus Wright, Undersecretary of Education,
US Department of Education |