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Derek Fenner

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in Lexington, KY, The United States

October 26, 1973

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Derek Fenner is an artist, educator, and researcher working on Ohlone land in Oakland, California. He earned his MFA in writing and poetics from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University. He has an MA in educational leadership from Mills College. After a decade of experience as an art educator and administrator in the Massachusetts juvenile justice system, he completed his Doctorate in education at Mills College. His research interests include, youth participatory action research as pedagogy, juvenile justice education, decolonizing methodologies, and arts based research. He is the arts learning program manager for the Alameda County Office of Education, where he also served as a faculty member for the Integrated L ...more

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	Arcana: A Stephen Jonas Reader by Stephen Jonas, David Rich (Afterword), Joseph Torra (Introduction) 4.59 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Favorite Color is Red 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I No Longer Believe in the Sun: Love Letters to Katie Couric it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jump Cuts: Essays on Surrealism, Film, Music, Culture, and Other Utopian Topics

by Mark Polizzotti

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