Ceasar McDowell
Professor of the Practice of Community Development
Room 9-541
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
Email: ceasar@mit.edu
Tel: (617) 253-7587
Current Research
Supporting communities in capturing and identifying local knowledge.
Selected Publications
McDowell, C. (1990) "Seeing the Unseen: Race, Class, and Gender in Science Education Research." Journal of Negro Education.
McDowell, C. (1996) "Democratic Education: Imagery, Language, and Culture." The International Journal of Social Education.
McDowell, C (1992) "Standardized Test and Program Evaluation: Inappropriate Measures in Critical Times." in Madison, A (ed.) New Directions for Program Evaluation: Minority Issues in Program Evaluation. Jossey-Bass.
with Sullivan, P (1993) "To Fight Swimming with the Current: Reclaiming Movement History." in Perry, T & Fraser, J. (eds) Freedom's Plow: Teaching for a Multicultural Democracy. Routledge, Chapman and Hall. New York.
McDowell, C. (1996) "Technology and Democracy: Reasons for Concern." Education Bulletin Harvard University.
Recent Classes
11.310J Media Technology and City Design and Development Spring
11.403 Springfield Studio Fall 09
11.441 Community Workshop I
11.442 Community Building Workshop II Spring
11.949 Engaging Community: Models & Methods for Designers and Planners Spring 10
11.954 Public Participation in a Digital Age Fall 09
Recent Awards
1991 W. K. Kellogg National Leadership Fellow
Additional Information
Dr. McDowell is chairperson of the Algebra Project. In addition he has developed programs for public discourse and conflict resolution among educators from Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland, and designed a public dialogue process for informing the Boston Foundation's Persistent Poverty project work in Boston.
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