Kevin Lam, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Urban and Diversity Education Director of the Social Justice in Urban Education Concentration

Contact Information

Email: kevin.lam@drake.edu
Phone: 515.271.2324
Address: 2702 Forest Ave. Des Moines, IA 50311

Office: Collier-Scripps Hall 123

Education

B.A., University of California-Los Angeles

M.A., California State University-Los Angeles

Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

Honors & Professional Memberships

Honors

• 2016 Critics’ Choice Book Award Recipient (for Youth Gangs, Racism, and Schooling:  Vietnamese American Youth in a Postcolonial Context), American Educational Studies Association

• 2013 Committee on Scholars of Color in Education, Early Career Scholars Fellow, American Educational Research Association

Professional Memberships

• American Educational Studies Association
• American Educational Research Association

Areas of Expertise

• Vietnamese/Asian American Youth
• Youth Violence
• Critical Theories of Racism
• Critical Pedagogy
• Urban Education
• Cultural Studies
• Political Economy

Courses Taught

• Critical Theory and Pedagogy (independent study)
• Critical Theories of Racism (independent study)
• Applications for Teaching in Urban Schools
• Cultural Proficiency II
• Cultural Proficiency I
• Urban Education and Immigration (honors)
• Social Context of Urban Schools (honors)
• Youth, Culture, and Society (honors)
• Foundations of Education
• Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Gender