- Royce Fellowship
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Charu is developing the Komenda Library Project as a bridge between Komenda, Ghana, and the United States. The project will encourage dialogue between West Africans and Americans, cultivate American interest in the spirituality and culture of the people of Komenda, and generate an exchange of books for libraries in Komenda.
Charu received his Ed.M. from Harvard University in 2001 and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 2008. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Development at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His research interests include multimodal media production in the development of multiliteracies (especially critical media literacy);language and literacy practices of culturally and linguistically diverse urban adolescents (particularly African Americans) in school and non-school settings; racial justice/reparations in education; hip hop studies; community/school/university collaboration.