This Restorative Justice Life

20. Restorative Justice in Higher Education w/ Desirée Anderson

February 04, 2021 Season 1 Episode 20
This Restorative Justice Life
20. Restorative Justice in Higher Education w/ Desirée Anderson
Show Notes

Dr. Desirée Anderson was born in San Diego, California. The child of naval personnel, she had the pleasure of moving around a lot including living in Belgium where she attended High School. Desiree returned to the U.S. to live in Louisville, Kentucky where she completed both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from the University of Louisville. Having worked in higher education for over 13 years, Dr. Desirée Anderson has committed her energy to address issues of bias and hate on college and university campuses. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of New Orleans researching The Use of Campus-Based Restorative Justice Practices to Address Incidents of Bias: Facilitators’ Experiences. Before coming to serve as the Associate Dean of Diversity and Student Affairs at the University of New Orleans she worked as the Director of the Intercultural Center at Saint Mary’s College of California and previously held positions as the Associate Director of Multicultural Affairs at Tulane University and as an Area Residence Director at Texas State University. Desirée serves as an instructor in the Educational Administration Master's degree program at UNO and as a Restorative Justice National Team Trainer for the Center for Restorative Justice at the University of San Diego. Dr. Anderson has recently released a book chapter in Colorizing Restorative Justice by Living Justice Press.

In this podcast, you will meet Desirée Anderson (2:07), learn about her experience with restorative justice surrounding the school to prison pipeline (6:19), and much more. She discusses higher education (16:42) and her experience within institutions (21:15). In addition, she gives her take on how to address injustices in higher education (32:56) with her students (46:59). She shares how to get started in these practices at (58:00) and gives her closing thoughts (1:20:15).

Email: desiree.anderson27@gmail.com
Get your copy of “Colorizing Restorative Justice” at http://www.livingjusticepress.org/

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