About

He is the Past-President of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), based in Washington, DC. In 2006 he was awarded the G. Pritchy Smith Multicultural Educator of the Year Award at the Annual Conference in Phoenix, AZ.

He is on the boards of several organizations, including the editorial board of Multicultural Perspectives, the official journal of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME); the Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC), Advisory Board for Native Village, University of Connecticut Asian American Studies Institute, Advisory Board for the University of Connecticut Office of Multicultural & International Affairs (OMIA) Diversity Committee, Programs in International Educational Resources (PIER) of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies (YCIAS), the Hartford Public Library Center for the Book, and the Education Advisory Committee for the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center.

He has been an educator for almost 30 years in the US and Canada and has made five trips to China and one to South Africa to study multicultural education. In 2007   he made his first trip to Israel to study the Holocaust at Yad Vashem. He has given over 300 workshops, lectures and keynotes on diversity, multicultural education and organizational development. He is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, has appeared on both radio and television on diversity issues. Over the past fourteen years he has trained over 14,000 educators in multicultural education.

He is co-authoring a textbook on multicultural education, a book of inspirational stories about teachers, and was a co-author of the Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity through Education, 2nd Edition.

Dr. Howe holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from McMaster University, a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary and Special Education from the University of Western Ontario, a Master's Degree in Management from Lesley University School of Management, and a Master's Degree and a Doctorate in Adult Education from Teachers College/Columbia University.
 

CURRENT RESEARCH & TRAINING INTERESTS

Multicultural Education – pre-service and in-service for teachers in developing curricula that is multicultural, design of multicultural research centers in schools, research in systemic change models for K-12 schools

Cultural Competence – skills needed for a culturally competent workforce, and organizational culture change

Education Equity – education law and civil rights laws as they apply to schools

Diversity Training - training in awareness, sensitivity, tolerance in all areas of diversity

Gender Equity- training in issues of gender equity and sexual harassment, gay & lesbian issues, Title IX



AWARDS & HONORS

G. Pritchy Smith Award for Multicultural Educator of the Year 2006 given by the National Association for Multicultural Education, Phoenix, Arizona

"National Association for Multicultural Education" for Leadership, 2005

Citation from Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell for the Ten Year Anniversary of the Annual CT Conference on Multicultural Education. Oct. 17, 2005

"National Association for Multicultural Education" for Achievement, 2000

"International Who's Who of Professionals" 1998

"Who's Who in American Education, 1996-1997

"Who's Who Among Young American Professionals" 1992 1993
 

CURRENT AND PAST PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS 

• American Association of University Women (AAUW)

• Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education (AGELE)

• National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)

• National Staff Development Council (NSDC)

• American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)

• American Association of Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE)
• Council on Exceptional Children (CEC)
• The Association for the Severely Handicapped (TASH)

Multicultural Dimensions

www.multiculturaldimensions.org