Ronald Gray

I am currently enrolled in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh as a PhD Candidate in the dissertation phase of his program. I am interested in social justice in education; student identity development and academic success; discursive learning and epistemology, and the dialogic classroom. My academic background includes the Foundations of Education, Philosophy of Education, and the Sociology of Education. I examine these interest areas in the milieu of critical and transformative pedagogy that considers authenticity, the notion of the contested space, othering, and the dialogic. These frameworks are my investigatory lens used to consider educational foundations and the purpose of education; and to help students considers education in context.

I also facilitate educational and motivational workshops for students, staff, and community organizations. I facilitate various workshops and presentations on multicultural and racial dialog; leadership and leadership development; academic and college preparation as well as issues on interfaith relationships.

For the past several years I have been teaching an undergraduate Social Foundations of Education class. For the past three summers I taught the graduate course, Education and Society.