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Margo Okazawa-Rey, EdD (2005*) EdD Harvard University Graduate School of Education, 1987.

Selected Publications:

• Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives. 4th Ed. (2007). G. Kirk & M. Okazawa-Rey (Eds.) New York: McGraw-Hill
• Beyond Heroes and Holidays: K-12 Anti-Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development (1998). Co-eds. E. Lee & D. Menkart. Washington, DC: Network of Educators on the Americas
• De-militarizing Security: Women Oppose US Militarism in East Asia. (2004, March) Peace Review, 16(1), 59-64
• Warring on Women: Understanding Complex Inequalities of Gender, Race, Class, and Nation. (2002, Fall) Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 17(3), 371-383
• Activist Scholarship: Social Movements and Emancipatory Knowledge, Co-Ed. with Julia Sudbury (work in progress)

Awards: Earl and Edna Stice Feminist Scholar of Social Justice, University of Washington, 2004-2005; Soros Foundation, Project on Death in America, Social Work Leader Award, 2000-2002; Distinguished Visiting Scholar, National Endowment for the Humanities/Jack Gray Chair, University of Hartford, 2000-2001; Social Science Research Council Grantee, 1996; Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, 1994

Special Interests: Transnational anti-racist feminist praxis; armed conflicts, militarism and violence against women; theories and practices of social change; activist scholarship.

Memberships: National Women's Studies Association; US Institute for Peace Doctoral Dissertation Awards Review Panel, 2002; Council on Social Work Education, 1989-91; 1998-1999; Editorial Board, Social Justice, 2000-present, Editorial Board, Journal of Negro Education, 1991-1998.

Professional Activities: Senior Research Consultant, Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling, East Jerusalem, Palestine (2005-present); Director, Women's Leadership Institute and Visiting Professor in Women's Studies, Mills College (2002-2005); Core Faculty with Union Institute and University (1994-2004); Professor Emerita of Social Work, San Francisco State University (since 2004).