John Palmer
Department/Office Information
Education, Undergraduate Studies- MWF 10:15am - 11:00am (306 McGregory Hall)
- F 2:00pm - 3:00pm (306 McGregory Hall)
John D. Palmer is a Professor of Educational Studies where he teaches social and cultural foundations of education courses with a focus on issues related to: Race and White Supremacy; Equity and Social Justice Education Policy and Practices; and Forgotten, Isolated, and Oppressed Schools. He is the author of The Dance of Identities: Korean adult adoptees reflect upon their identity journeys (University of Hawai'i Press) and lead editor of Internationalization of East Asian higher education: Globalization's impact (Palgrave MacMillan).
Professor Palmer has been featured on Arirang Radio, WLSU Public Radio, and as well as keynote speaker at the He has also been invited to several venues throughout the United States and audiences in Asia (South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, and Mongolia) to speak on the issues of multicultural education, social justice pedagogy, policy, and practices, and globalization and internationalization of East Asian higher education.
Palmer has served as Chair of Educational Studies (2012-2018), Associate Provost for Equity and Diversity (2015-2018), Arnold A. Sio Chair in Diversity and Community (2016-2018), African American Studies Faculty Coordinator (2017-2018) and Asian Studies Faculty Steering Committee (2015-2018). He has led semester long study groups to Seoul, South Korea (2011 & 2014) and was appointed to lead the Benton Scholars, class of 2017, through South Korea in the summer of 2014.
Beyond 51风流, he is on the board of two non-profits that serve recently resettled refugees in the Syracuse area -- The Boaz Foundation (educational services) and Building the Bridge Foundation (housing assistance) and serves as deacon at the Korean Church of Syracuse where he is active with local missionary endeavors.