Civil rights expert, interactive learning expert to speak at VCU

By Mike Porter

Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center for Teaching Excellence, Division for Inclusive Excellence  and Health Sciences Division for Academic Success will host a pair of public presentations by legal and educational historian and civil rights veteran Clarence Dunnaville and educational expert Christine Johnston, Ed.D.

Both speakers are part of the 2014 Summer Institute on Inclusive Teaching, a weeklong experience from May 19 to May 23 that focuses on inclusiveness and access and is open to VCU faculty, staff and graduate students.

Dunnaville will speak on May 19 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and Johnston will speak on May 21 from 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Both presentations are free and open to the public and will take place at VCU Globe , 830 W. Grace St., on the Monroe Park Campus.

Dunnaville is a civil rights veteran, attorney, corporate legal pioneer, environmentalist, author and community activist. He will discuss the legal history of civil rights and education in the City of Richmond.

Johnston, a professor emerita of educational leadership from Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J., is the originator and lead researcher of the Let Me Learn Process®, which helps people of all ages understand themselves as learners and use that understanding to improve their learning and relationships.

For more information on the speakers, contact Mary Shelden at mlshelden@vcu.edu or (804) 827-3922, Lisa Webb at lbwebb@vcu.edu or (804) 827-0971, or Lara dos Passos Coggin at ldcoggin@vcu.edu.