Before Anita Danker retired from full-time teaching in 2008, Dr. Danker was an associate professor of education at Assumption University. Currently, she serves on the Framingham Cultural Council and as a member of the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail Advisory Board. She continues to teach a graduate course on diversity in education, present lectures on local history topics, and pursue her research interests, which include women’s history and the labor movement in Massachusetts. Her book, Multicultural Social Studies: Using Local History in the Classroom, was published by Teachers College Press. Dr. Danker has written numerous articles in the fields of local history and education that have been published in the Massachusetts Historical Review, the Historical Journal of Massachusetts, and other academic journals.
Education
Boston University, School of Education Doctorate in Curriculum and Teaching — 1998
University of Massachusetts, Boston Master of Arts in American Civilization — 1988
Framingham State College Master of Education — 1976
State College at Boston, Boston Bachelor of Science in Education — 1965