Jane Bolgatz is Associate Professor at Fordham University Graduate School of Education. Before joining the Fordham faculty, she taught high school social studies and language arts for seven years, and earned her Ph.D. at the University of Iowa.
Jane researches how instructors, students, administrators, and parents address issues of race and racism and how institutions foster equity and belonging.
A White woman, Jane consults with schools, universities, and other non-profit organizations to help transform their institutions.
How do we create and sustain joyful, productive, and anti-racist institutions?
How do we strategically plan for short- and long-term change?
How do we navigate incendiary questions of race and racism?
What are the policies and practices that enable us to produce results and stay accountable to all stakeholders?
How do we implement culturally relevant and sustaining pedagogy?
How do we collect and analyze data to measure and improve our desired outcomes?
Whether conducting masters-level courses on teaching social studies, or doctoral courses on the sociopolitical dimensions of teaching, Jane Bolgatz has a message for educators....In helping others to see and address inequality in schools, Bolgatz leads by example.
- Kate Long, 100 Women We Love, Go! Magazine