Mindfulness in Multicultural Education: Critical Race Feminist Perspectives - Paperback

by Kathryn Esther McIntosh (Author)

Grounded in critical race feminism, this book explores mindfulness as an empowering approach in multicultural education. This book encourages educators to contextualize their mindfulness practice within a critique of systems of oppression and ask questions about how mindfulness can empower action towards a more just society.

Author Biography

Kathryn Esther McIntosh is Associate Professor in the College of Education, Oregon State University. Her work focuses on teacher preparation, critical multilingual and multicultural, and language equity education. She is the daughter of a Peruvian immigrant and has taught Spanish/English bilingual elementary school in California before moving to higher education. Her research is grounded in critical race feminisms, pedagogies in critical multicultural education, and Latinx communities in education. She has published about culturally responsive practices in teacher education, focusing on the difficult emotional work of preservice teachers in raising consciousness. She has completed more than 340 hours of yoga philosophy/meditation immersion training, has 200-hour Yoga Alliance teacher certification, and has been a practitioner of yoga and meditation for fourteen years.