[ PostDoc_Student ] Dr. Thurman Bridges
Posted on 12. Aug, 2009 by Leshell Hatley in Academia News, Postdoc, Research, Scholarly Celebrations, Students, Theology
Dr. Thurman Bridges - Postdoc at Columbia
Thurman Bridges is a teacher, scholar and educator whose focus is on teacher beliefs, including the ontologies, epistemologies, and pedagogies [beliefs and ways of teaching] of African-American male educators. His dissertation, Peace, Love, Unity and Having Fun: Storying the Life Histories and Pedagogical Beliefs of African-American Male Teachers from the Hip Hop Generation, examined the cultural contexts in which his participants’ experiences with Hip Hop culture, their motivations to teach, and their pedagogical approaches emerged.
Dr. Bridges earned his Doctorate of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Maryland, College Park where he was awarded the Promising Researching Fellowship by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and honored as a Distinguished Teaching Assistant by the Graduate School and the Center for Teaching Excellence. He also holds both a Bachelors of Arts and a Masters degree in Teaching from the University of Virginia.
Prior to enrolling in graduate school, he was a middle school social studies teacher in Richmond, Virginia, where he was honored with the First Year Teaching Award.
Dr. Bridges is returning to the classroom this fall as a post-doctoral fellow with the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Columbia University. His research will focus on the life histories and identity development of African American male teachers from the Hip Hop Generation.
Thurman has appeared as speaker and moderator on several occasions and has authored many publications, including the contribution to a chapter in The SAGE Handbook of African American Education
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