In my dissertation study, I use ethnographic methods along with Critical Discourse Analysis, to examine the production of teaching during the Texas Education Agency's takeover of the Houston Independent School District.
[presented at LRA 2024] PI: Dr. Jason Griffith. We use critical discourse analysis to look at the (mis)uses of rhetoric employed in the practice of banning books.
Humanizing and Antiracist Coaching Project
PI: Dr. Charlotte Land. Through interviews and focus groups we seek to understand how teacher prep programs, and particularly supervisors/mentors, support pre-service teachers in taking up anti-racist practices as they enter the teaching profession.
No Turning Back! Our Journey Towards Critical Race Consciousness
[presented at AERA 2024] Maure Aguirre Ortega and I use duoethnographic methods to explore how walking together can challenge our subscription to whiteness and support us on our journeys towards critical race consciousness.