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Scholarship & Creative Works by Faculty of Color

Professional accomplishments of faculty of color at Metropolitan State University (MN).

Sapna Thapa, Ed.d

School of Urban Education
  • Associate Professor and Coordinator of Urban Early Childhood Education Program

Credentials

  • Doctor of Education, Early Childhood Education and Teaching
    University of Sheffield
  • Master of Arts, Early Childhood Education and Teaching
    University of Sheffield

 

Yvonne RB-Banks, Ed.d

  • Insightful Souls & Intentional Hearts : Black Women and Allies in Higher Education . RB-Banks, Yvonne, et al. (2019)
  • Childhood Trauma in Today’s Classroom: Moving Beyond the Therapist’s Office. Yvonne RB-Banks and Joseph Meyer. The Journal of Educational Foundations, 2017/Vol 30.
  • Interlocking Cross Roads: Starting Conversations About Complex Matters. Diversity Matters: Race, Ethnicity & the Future of Christian Higher Education. Dr. Karen A. Longman, General Editor. Abilene Christian University Press. TX (2017)
  • African-American women scholars in Christian higher education: A perspective on sistahood. Dr. Anthony Bradley, Editor. Pickwick Publications, (Spring, 2015).
  • From motherhood through widowhood: The path to receiving the academic hood, Academic Motherhood in a Post-Second Wave Context, Challenges, Strategies and Possibilities, O’Brien, Hallstein, and O’Reilly, Editors. Demeter Press, 2012.
  • Best practices: Doing today, preparing for tomorrow to meet the needs of adult learners from diverse populations, MACAE Praxis. January, 2009.
  • Increased teacher cultural-competencies benefit diverse learners: Results from a pre-service education program in the U.S.A., The Journal of the International Association of Special Education (JIASE), 2009, Spring, Vol. 10/1, Co-authored with Dr. Peg Lonnquist, Hamline University.
  • The impact of placement decisions on the population labeled EBD in the United States, The Journal of the International Association of Special Education, Fall 2000.
  • Culture, learning and best practices: Continuing the conversation, The Journal of the International Association of Special Education Winter, 2005.
  • The impact of culture on learning & behavior: Working effectively with culturally diverse learners labeled as SLD and/or EBD, The Journal of the International Association of Special Education 2002.
  • Lifting the fog: Special Education, An Anthology: Seeding the Process of Multicultural Education, 1998.
  • Is It Cultural or Is It E/BD? Minnesota State Publication, Partners in Education Newsletter, fall, 1998.
  • Can a caring environment reduce school violence? Minnesota State Publication, Partners in Education, spring, 1999.
  • Overcoming the transitional hurdle: Creating an effective service delivery system from K-12 to Post-Secondary.
  • Learning disabled services at Minnesota's two -year institutions: An interpretive study, Doctoral Dissertation, 1996.
To find more information about Professor Yvonne RB-Banks, click on the link below:

https://www.metrostate.edu/about/directory/yvonne-rb-banks