Friend of African Studies Education Education: Ph.D. 1991 University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana (Literacy and Language) Dissertation: Dialogical-thinking reading lessons: Promoting critical thinking among “learning-disabled” students [DAI 52-07A: 2480] M.A. 1986 University of Massachusetts/Boston (Critical and Creative Thinking) Thesis: Hilda Taba’s Inductive Teaching Model: A pioneering effort in teaching for thinking. B.A. 1979 University of Massachusetts/Boston (History)