Faculty and Staff: Paul Gorski

Degrees

Ph.D. University of Virginia
M.A.Ed. University of Virginia
B.A. University of Virginia

Nearing completion: M.F.A. in Creative Writing at Hamline University

Recipient of the 2011 Faculty Vision Award awarded annually to one faculty member by the Office of Diversity Programs and Services.

Paul C. Gorski is an assistant professor in New Century College, George Mason University. Gorski’s work and passion is social justice activism. His areas of scholarly focus include anti-poverty activism and education, critical race theory and anti-racism education, and critical theories pertaining to women’s rights, LGBT rights, labor rights, immigrant rights, and anti-imperialism. Gorski is an active consultant and speaker, working with community and educational organizations around the world—such as in Colombia, Australia, India, and Mexico—on equity and social justice concerns.

Gorski founded EdChange (http://www.EdChange.org), a coalition of educators and activists who develop free social justice resources for educators and activists. Gorski is President-Elect of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) and serves on the board of directors of the International Association for Intercultural Education. He is Associate Editor, Technology, for NAME’s journal, Multicultural Perspectives, and Associate Editor, Multicultural Literature and Reviews, for Multicultural Education and serves on the editorial boards of Praxis, The International Journal of Multicultural Education, and several other publications. Gorski has published three books and more than thirty articles on topics ranging from digital equity to critical anti-poverty education.