Fielding Graduate University

Areas of Instruction:

• Action Oriented Research
• Leadership & Change
• Structural Inequality and Diversity

Scholarly & Professional Interests:

• Research and action on the racial wealth gap
• Resident engagement in urban policy
• The history and impact of norm-referenced standardized testing
• Autoethnography and participatory action research
• Critical race theory and emancipatory pedagogy
• Social Justice movements
• Diversifying the K-12 teaching force and higher education faculty
• International comparative education
• Teaching methodology

Professional Memberships:

• Board of Directors, Oakland Fund for Children and Youth
• Board of Directors, Governance Board, Oakland Emiliano Zapata Street Academy 

Honors and Awards:

• Community Leadership Award, John George Democratic Club
• Community Leadership Award - Pueblo

Publications:

• Epstein, K.K. (2012). A Different view of Urban Schools: Civil Rights, Critical Race Theory, and Unexplored Realities, New York: Peter Lang.
• Epstein, K.K. (1993). Case studies in dropping out and dropping back in. Journal of Education, Boston University. 
• Epstein, K.K., & Ellis, W.F. (1992). Getting the story straight. Phi Betta Kappan. 
• Epstein, K.K., & Ellis, W.F. (1992). Oakland moves to create its own multicultural curriculum. Phi Delta Kappan. 
• Epstein, K.K. (1983). Teaching a 16 year old to read. Journal of reading. 
• Epstein, K.K. (1991). Case studies in dropping out and the impact on teacher education.
  

Presentations:

• National Association for Alternative Certification, Chicago, IL, 2011
• Multicultural Education Conference, Hangzhou, China, 2007
• Teacher Education Workshop for Nicaraguan Teachers, 2006
• Teacher Education Workshop for South African Teachers, 2005

Professional Experience:

•  Faculty, School of Educational Leadership and Change, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA

Other Professional Activities:

• Educational Consultant, Children's Hospital Oakland Multicultural Curriculum Project, Oakland, CA 
• Instructor and Consultant, Partnership Program for Credentialing, California State University, Hayward, CA