I think she is Indian.
Seems this is ALL she teaches?
Other Presentations
Parmar, Priya. “Rapping Against the Grain: A Hermeneutics Approach to Rap, Culture, and Education” Association of Teacher Educators. Accepted at the (ATE) 81st Annual Meeting. Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio: February 2002.
Parmar, Priya. “Rap Music: Moral Panic or Civic Virtue?” Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) 81st Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana: February 2001.
Parmar, Priya. “Breaking It Down: An Empowering Education Using Rap Music.” First Annual Dogwood Conference on Education, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia: February 2001.
Parmar, Priya. “A Critical Pedagogy on Rap Music ” Accepted at the First Annual Conference on Curriculum and Pedagogy, Austin,Texas: November 2000.
Parmar, Priya and Haroon Kharem. “Rap Music: Moral Panic or Civic Virtue?” Accepted at Journal of Curriculum Theorizing (JCT) Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Dayton, Ohio: October 2000.
Guest Lecturer/Presenter for Brooklyn College course Education 76, “Social Studies Education” on the topic of “Critical Pedagogy/Critical Media Literacy.” Brooklyn College-CUNY: October 2001.
Presenter for The Pennsylvania State University for “Introductory Field Experience” course, Curriculum & Instruction 295 on topic of “Connecting with Diverse Learners.” University Park, Pennsylvania: January 2001.
Guest Lecturer/Presenter for The Pennsylvania State University “Media Literacy In The Classroom” course, Language and Literacy Education 480, University Park, Pennsylvania: November 2000.
Presenter for The Pennsylvania State University for “Introductory Field Experience” course, Curriculum & Instruction 295 on topic of “Connecting with Diverse Learners.” University Park, Pennsylvania: January 1999.
Publications
In Press:
Parmar, Priya. 2002. “Critical Thinking and Rap Music: The Pedagogy of KRS-One,” Chapter in forthcoming text Encyclopedia of Critical Thinking (Greenwood Press) by Joe L. Kincheloe and Danny Weil (Eds.)
In Progress:
Parmar, Priya. 2002. “KRS-ONE Going Against the Grain: A Critical Study of Rap Music as a Postmodern Text”
In fact, SoundScan, a company that tracks retail sales, found that in 2001 more than 70 percent of rap consumers were white suburban youth and of that percentage, 80 percent were white females.
Hmm. Don't she mean white devils and white she-devils???
Amazing how concise an English she can use when she wants to. Wonder if she's teaching this language to her students.
Other than that, OUCH on the statistic.