Faculty

LaMont Terry

Assistant Professor, Education

A former classroom teacher, Terry's research focuses on the creation of "counter-space" as an alternative environment for the mathematics education of high school-aged black males.

Contact

  • Office: Booth 108
  • Email: lterry@oxy.edu
  • Phone: (323) 259-2617

Education: A.B., M.A.T., Occidental College; Ph.D., UCLA

He explores the impact of critical literacies on the formation of black males' racial and mathematics identities, as well as their social agency within a context of participatory action research. He also works with K-12 educators who are engaging students across Los Angeles and in Southern California with socially and racially just pedagogies.