UVA Clubs: "Through the Lens" with Wintre Foxworth Johnson

All alumni, friends, and families are invited to join us for Through the Lens, a virtual faculty lecture series brought to you by the UVA Clubs Global Network, in partnership with Lifetime Learning. In February, we'll be joined by Wintre Foxworth Johnson (Col '12), an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education at the School of Education and Human Development (EHD) at the University of Virginia.

Professor Johnson will lead a discussion on "Education Means Emancipation: The Wisdom of Black Educators and Communities in their Pursuits of Literacy Across Time."

Attendees can expect a robust discussion of:

• Center the role of Black education in the development of public education in the U.S.
• Consider the lessons we might glean from various African American educators and intellectuals across time.
• Challenge prevailing deficit narratives about Black communities’ literacy practices and development.

We hope you'll join us for an engaging discussion!

About our speaker:

Wintre Foxworth Johnson (Col '12) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education at the School of Education and Human Development (EHD) at the University of Virginia. She completed her Ph.D. in Reading/Writing/Literacy at the University of Pennsylvania. Johnson is a faculty affiliate of Youth-Nex: The UVA Center To Promote Effective Youth Development at UVA. She is also an inaugural Inclusive Excellence Faculty Fellow in EHD’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Johnson’s scholarship lies at the nexus of sociocultural literacy studies, critical race scholarship, and critical pedagogies for and with young children. Her research investigates African American children’s literacy practices, racial awareness, and sociopolitical knowledge as well as the nature and impact of centering Black intellectual production and histories in early education. In 2022, she received the National Council of Teachers of English’s (NCTE) Language Arts Distinguished Article Award. In 2024, she received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education (CPECE) Special Interest Group (SIG) within the American Education Research Association (AERA).

This is an online event; the Zoom link to join us will be sent via email before the event.

Through the Lens is a virtual faculty lecture series highlighting faculty from across Grounds whose research and knowledge promote intellectual discourse. Enjoy these riveting topics from the comfort of your own home - learn like our current Hoos when we bring the professors to you!

If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Said Aweis (Ed '22), Regional Engagement Officer, UVA Clubs Global Network, at gpn7jp@virginia.edu.