Henry Giroux
| Henry Giroux | |
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September 18, 1943 Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
| Occupation | Author, University Professor |
| Nationality | American, Canadian |
| Subject | Critical pedagogy, cultural studies, youth studies, higher education, cultural politics, social theory |
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Henry Giroux (born September 18, 1943) is an American and Canadian scholar and cultural critic. One of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy in the United States, he is best known for his pioneering work in public pedagogy, cultural studies, youth studies, higher education, media studies, and critical theory. In 2002 Routledge named Giroux as one of the top fifty educational thinkers of the modern period.
A high-school social studies teacher in Barrington, Rhode Island, for six years, Giroux has held positions at Boston University, Miami University, and Penn State University. In 2005, Giroux began serving as the Global TV Network Chair in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He has published more than 60 books, 200 chapters, and 400 articles, and is published widely throughout education and cultural studies literature.
Henry Giroux was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Alice (Waldron) and Armand Giroux. After teaching high-school social studies in Barrington, Rhode Island, for six years, Giroux earned his doctorate at Carnegie-Mellon in 1977. His first position as a professor was in education at Boston University, which he held for the next six years. Following that, he became an education professor and renowned scholar in residence at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. While there he also served as the founding Director of the Center for Education and Cultural Studies.
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