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

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