Marguerite Penick-Parks, Ph.D.
Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Professional Experience
Professional Experience
2012- Present
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Professor
Department Chair, Educational Leadership and Policy
2011- 2012
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Professor
Human Services and Educational Leadership
2008-2011
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Associate Dean
College of Education and Human Services
2006-2008
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Professor
Department Chair, Educational Foundations
*Last four positions, look at curriculum vitae for more
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Supervision, Minority Education, and Education Foundations | University of Iowa (1993)
Master of Arts in Educational Policy | University of Wisconsin-Madison (1989)
Dissertation- An Island in the Sun: The Educational Achievements of Mrs. Ruby Middleton Forsythe
Bachelor of Arts in Speech/Drama Education | Iowa State University (1981)
Awards
May Bumby Severy Teaching Award, Ripon College, 1998.
Distinguished Service Award, Wisconsin State Human Relations Association 2012
Excellence in Teaching Award, The National Society of Leadership and Success. 2006
Nominated by UW Oshkosh Student
Edward M. Penson Faculty Award, College of Education and Human Services, 2014
Edward M. Penson Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2014
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh B’Gosh Endowed Professor 2016-2020
Areas of Expertise
Multicultural Education
Social Justice
Curriculum
Curriculum
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Multicultural Literature
Pk-12 African American Literature
Pk-12 African American Literature

ABOUT ME
Dr. Marguerite W. Penick-Parks received her PhD from the University of Iowa in Curriculum and Instruction. Prior to attending graduate school, she worked as a High School teacher in an urban school in Kansas City, Kansas. Dr. Penick-Parks currently serves as Graduate Coordinator of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Her work centers on issues of power, privilege and oppression in relationship to issues of curriculum with a special emphasis on the incorporation of quality literature in K-12 classrooms.
She appears in the movie “Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible” by the World Trust Organization. Her most recent work includes a joint article on creating safe spaces for discussing white privilege with pre-service teachers and is a co-editor of Everyday White People Confronting Racial and Social Injustice:15 Stories, The SAGE Sourcebook of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, The Guide for White Women who Teach Black Boys and The Diversity Consultant Cookbook: Preparing for the Challenge.
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Professional Experience

Awards

Education
Outstanding Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa, 1991