Henry Giroux
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Henry Giroux, born September 18, 1943, is a US social critic best known for his critique of education and his theory of critical pedagogy, building on the work of Paulo Freire. He is a modern contemporary of Peter McLaren, Stanley Aronowitz, Peter Apple, and bell hooks.
Giroux taught high school history in Barrington, Rhode Island from 1968 to 1975. Giroux received his Doctorate from Carnegie-Mellon in 1977. He then became professor of education at Boston University from 1977 to 1983. In 1983 he became professor of education and renowned scholar in residence at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where he also served as Director at the Center for Education and Cultural Studies. He moved to Penn State Univeristy where he took up the Waterbury Chair Professorship from 1992 to May 2004. He also served as the Director of the Waterbury Forum in Education and Cultural Studies. He moved to McMaster University in May 2004, where he currently holds the Global Television Network Chair in Communication Studies.
Giroux is a prolific writer, and to date has written more than 30 books; published almost 300 papers; and hundreds of chapters in others' books, articles in magazines, and more.
Books
- The Mouse the Roared: Disney and the End of Innocence (1999)
- The Abandoned Generation: Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fear(2004)
- Terror of Neoliberalism (2004)
- Schooling and the Struggle for Public Life (2005)
- Border Crossings: Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education (2005)
External Links
- Henry Giroux's Website (http://www.henryagiroux.com)
- Reading list (http://freechild.org/ReadingList/henry_giroux.htm)
- Biographical details (http://www.education.miami.edu/ep/contemporaryed/Henry_Giroux/henry_giroux.html)