Dr. Sidonia AnnMarie Alenuma is from Ghana. She has studied, lived, and/or worked in Canada, Ghana, France and the former Soviet Union. Dr. Alenuma worked as Associate Professor at Gustavus Adolphus College, prior to coming to Saint Olaf College. She holds a PhD degree in Cultural Studies in Education from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, a master’s degree in International Development Studies from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax - Nova Scotia, Canada as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree (Honors - Second Class Upper) in Sociology and Russian Language from the University of Ghana, Legon-Accra. Dr. Sidonia AnnMarie Alenuma has more than twenty years teaching experience at the College and University level. Courses that she has taught include Introduction to Cultural Studies in Education; Social Foundations of Education; Student Needs; Human Relations in Education; Career Orientation to Teaching; African Women: Tradition and Modernity; the Meaning of Happiness across Cultures; Introduction to Sociology; Race and Class in American Culture; Introduction to Race and Ethnic Studies. Her interests and expertise include teaching from and for Social Justice; Multicultural Anti-racism Education; Educational Reform; Sociology of Education; Cultural Studies and International Development. She has published book chapters, journal articles and a book (Race and Educational Reform in America - History, Strategies and Ethnography). Dr. Alenuma’s latest and on-going project is titled: Autobiography in the Making: A Trip to The Ivory Tower?! It is research/narrative on the self. The project is a self-examination and self-reflection of her personal journey as a female African-born teacher education professor in academia. The goal is to provide inspiration for others on the same path. Additional on-going works and conference presentations include explorations on the intersection between curriculum and culture, providing quality education to children living in poverty through hybrid inclusive strategies like differentiated multicultural instruction. She is also currently working on a book titled: Exploring the Meaning and Practice of Multicultural Education across Cultures.