Crystena A. H. Parker-Shandal is Associate Professor of Social Development Studies at Renison University College at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Her research on peacebuilding education in diverse multicultural classrooms with marginalized children shows how dialogic pedagogies facilitate inclusive spaces where all students have the opportunity to participate and have their voices heard. She is the author
Peacebuilding, Citizenship, and Identity: Empowering Conflict and
Dialogue in Multicultural Classrooms (2015) and co-editor of
Finding Refuge In Canada (2021).