André J. Branch
Teacher educator, San Diego State University
André J. Branch grew up in the Bronx in New York City. He earned a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Washington, Seattle, and an MEd at North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Branch is presently a teacher educator at San Diego State University, where he has enjoyed teaching doctoral students and preparing teachers for public school teaching for 26 years. Through his investigations of classroom teachers facilitating students’ ethnic identity development through subject matter curricula, he has created a model of ethnic identity development in education. Journals in which his recent publications have appeared include Teaching and Teacher Education; Profesorado; and the Journal of African American Males in Education. He is particularly interested in the intersections of culture and education and ethnic identity development 196 About the Author in classroom teaching. Branch is the cofounder and director of the International Research Network of Ethnic Identity Pedagogy. He serves with the California State University Center for Transformational Educator Preparation Programs and is a diversity toolkit advisor for the CSU. Having received numerous awards and honors, Branch is president emeritus of the NAACP San Diego branch, and the founder and director of S.W.A.G. (Students With Academic Goals) and the San Diego State University GOLD (Guatemala Opportunities in Learning Across Distances) Study Abroad Program. Before joining the faculty at San Diego State University, Branch served as a university administrator and faculty member at Long Island University, Brooklyn campus. While in private practice, Branch served as principal of Cultural Diversity Associates, a consulting firm that provided workshops and professional development to employees in the public and private sectors. Branch also has been a classroom teacher in the United States and in Nigeria, West Africa. Branch is married to Petrina Burnham Branch, Esq. The couple have one daughter, Armani Joy Burnham Branch.
