Julie Landsman is a writer and consultant. She has published numerous books and articles on diversity and education. Her newest book, Growing Up White: A Veteran Teacher Reflects on Racism, has just been released by Rowman and Littlefield. Julie taught in the Minneapolis Public Schools for 25 years. She has also taught education and creative writing at Carleton College, Hamline University, St. Thomas University, Metropolitan State University and the Loft Literary Center. Rowman also publishes her books, Basic Needs: A Year With Street Kids in a City School and A White Teacher Talks About Race, memoirs and reflections on teaching in urban schools. She co-edited White Teachers/Diverse Classrooms with Professor Chance Lewis of Texas A&M University This book is available with accompanying DVD from Stylus Press.

Julie's fiction and poetry have been published widely in literary magazines and anthologies.

JULIE WILL BE PRESENTING AT THE WHITE PRIVILEGE CONFERENCE APRIL 8 AND 9, 2010, TEACHING AT THE LOFT LITERARY CENTER WINTER 2010. JULIE WILL BE A KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT MCTE CONFERENCE, DULUTH MINNESOTA APRIL 24, 2010.