Debi Khasnabis

Debi Khasnabis teaches courses in multicultural and multilingual education in elementary teacher education and is the chair of Elementary Teacher Education at the University of Michigan School of Education. She conducts research on pedagogies of teacher education that support the development of culturally responsive teaching. Dr. Khasnabis has designed professional development opportunities for practicing teachers across southeast Michigan on the topics of homelessness and schools, anti-bias education, sytemically trauma-informed practice (SysTIP), culturally responsive teaching, family outreach, and multilingual learners. Prior to her work at the University of Michigan, Dr. Khasnabis was an elementary bilingual teacher (Spanish and English) in southwest Detroit. She earned her B.A. in Spanish and M.A. in Elementary Education at the University of Michigan, her Educational Specialist at Wayne State University in Bilingual Education Curriculum and Instruction, and her Ph. D. in Literacy, Language and Culture in Educational Studies at the University of Michigan.