Douglas Foley
Professor & Program Area Advisor
Curriculum & Instruction, Office of Bilingual Education
Cultural Studies in Education
Office: SZB 528A
Phone: (512) 232-3929
Fax: (512) 471-8460
E-Mail: dfoley@mail.utexas.edu
Mailing Address
The University of Texas at Austin
Curriculum & Instruction
1 University Station
Austin, TX 78712-0379
UTMailCode: D5700
Profile
Douglas Foley finished his B.A. in history at Northern Iowa University and his M.A. in anthropology and Ph.D. in educational anthropology at Stanford University. After doing fieldwork in the Philippines and Mexico, he became a specialist in U.S. culture and schools. He has taught courses on popular culture, social movements, race relations, and inequality in the U.S. public schools. He served as co-editor of the Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education for five years. During his thirty year career, he has written and edited six books and over sixty articles and chapters. His most recent ethnographies are Learning Capitalist Culture Deep in the Heart of Tejas and the Heartland Chronicles.
Research Interests and Expertise
American ethnic and race relations, Educational policy for ethnic minorities
Ethnographic research, and critical theory
Full Vita (download)
http://www.edb.utexas.edu/education/assets/files/ci/cvs/foley_doug.pdf
Last Updated : February 6th 2008, 01:41:50 PM
