To contact the SIG, please send an email to individual board members or email the SIG at cesjsig at gmail.com. To be included on our listserv, please email one of the communications co-chairs.
Katy Swalwell
Co-Chair
Katy Swalwell, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at Iowa State University. A former high school social studies teacher, she currently teaches courses on curriculum theory, social justice, and elementary social studies education. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her research interests include social justice education, social class and labor history in the social studies curriculum, teacher activism, and the impact of de-unionization on teachers. She is the author of several articles and book chapters as well as Educating Activist Allies: Social Justice Pedagogy with the Suburban and Urban Elite (Routledge, 2013), which was one of CHOICE Magazine's "Oustanding Academic Titles" for 2013. Contact Dr. Swalwell at swalwell at iastate.edu.
Co-Chair
Katy Swalwell, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at Iowa State University. A former high school social studies teacher, she currently teaches courses on curriculum theory, social justice, and elementary social studies education. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her research interests include social justice education, social class and labor history in the social studies curriculum, teacher activism, and the impact of de-unionization on teachers. She is the author of several articles and book chapters as well as Educating Activist Allies: Social Justice Pedagogy with the Suburban and Urban Elite (Routledge, 2013), which was one of CHOICE Magazine's "Oustanding Academic Titles" for 2013. Contact Dr. Swalwell at swalwell at iastate.edu.
Bianca Baldridge
Co-Chair
Bianca J. Baldridge is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has been an educator within community based youth programs for over ten years. She studies the experiences of youth and educators within community-based educational spaces. More broadly, Bianca’s research interests are in social theory, sociology and education, community and school partnerships, after school education, sociology of youth, race and education, urban schooling, critical pedagogies, activism of Black youth, and youth literacy practices in community settings. Her work can be read in the American Educational Research Journal, Race, Ethnicity, and Education, & Contemporary Sociology. Contact Dr. Baldridge at bbaldridge at wisc.edu.
Co-Chair
Bianca J. Baldridge is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has been an educator within community based youth programs for over ten years. She studies the experiences of youth and educators within community-based educational spaces. More broadly, Bianca’s research interests are in social theory, sociology and education, community and school partnerships, after school education, sociology of youth, race and education, urban schooling, critical pedagogies, activism of Black youth, and youth literacy practices in community settings. Her work can be read in the American Educational Research Journal, Race, Ethnicity, and Education, & Contemporary Sociology. Contact Dr. Baldridge at bbaldridge at wisc.edu.
Sosanya Jones
Communications Co-Chair
Sosanya Jones is an assistant professor of Qualitative Research Methods and Higher Education in the Department of Educational Administration and Higher Education at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. A former Associate Director of GEARUP-VA and Coordinator of Student Success Programs for the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, Sosanya has extensive experience creating and facilitating college awareness outreach and retention programs for black and brown students. Her current research interests include governmental policies and practices related to equity and access, the politics of campus diversity, and auxiliary programs designed to support racially underrepresented student populations. Contact Dr. Jones at smjones at siu.edu.
Communications Co-Chair
Sosanya Jones is an assistant professor of Qualitative Research Methods and Higher Education in the Department of Educational Administration and Higher Education at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. A former Associate Director of GEARUP-VA and Coordinator of Student Success Programs for the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, Sosanya has extensive experience creating and facilitating college awareness outreach and retention programs for black and brown students. Her current research interests include governmental policies and practices related to equity and access, the politics of campus diversity, and auxiliary programs designed to support racially underrepresented student populations. Contact Dr. Jones at smjones at siu.edu.
Carolina Valdez
Communications Co-Chair
Carolina Valdez taught elementary school in Los Angeles while completing her Ph.D. in Urban Schooling at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research interests include critical ethnic studies pedagogy in the elementary classroom and teacher organizing. She organized in Los Angeles in several grassroots organizations, and helped found the People’s Education Movement (People’s Ed) in 2012, an organization for critical educators of color. Now an Assistant Professor at California State University, Monterey Bay, Carolina prepares elementary educators for social justice teaching and continues to support the development of People’s Ed chapters across the nation.
Communications Co-Chair
Carolina Valdez taught elementary school in Los Angeles while completing her Ph.D. in Urban Schooling at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research interests include critical ethnic studies pedagogy in the elementary classroom and teacher organizing. She organized in Los Angeles in several grassroots organizations, and helped found the People’s Education Movement (People’s Ed) in 2012, an organization for critical educators of color. Now an Assistant Professor at California State University, Monterey Bay, Carolina prepares elementary educators for social justice teaching and continues to support the development of People’s Ed chapters across the nation.
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Laura Quaynor Fiscal Co-Chair Dr. Laura Quaynor is an assistant professor of Educational Leadership in the College of Education at Lewis University. She previously worked at the University of South Carolina Aiken in the School of Education, and in the K-12 system as an ESL and French Immersion teacher. Her work focuses on citizenship education and language education in contexts of migration and conflict, particularly in West Africa and the United States. Her writing draws on post-colonial and social justice lenses to conceptualize schooling, citizenship and citizenship education. In her current projects, she is interested the ways bilingual and multilingual education in the United States intersects with national discourses around citizenship and the civic participation of immigrant and refugee youth. She has authored recent publications in the journals Teachers' College Record, Research in Comparative and International Education, and the Journal of Peace Education. She is active in the Comparative and International Education Society as well as AERA, and is particularly interested in considering social justice from global and transnational perspectives. Contact Dr. Quaynor at quaynola at lewisu.edu. |
Beth Sondel
Fiscal Co-Chair
Beth Sondel is an assistant professor at NC State University in the College of Education. Her primary line of research partners critical theory and qualitative methods to investigate the potential for public schools to perpetuate and/or interrupt social inequalities. More specifically, she is interested in how teachers come to understand, attempt to implement, and advocate for equity and justice in their classrooms within their given socio-political context. She has addressed these questions in the context of market-based reforms in New Orleans and, more recently, in pre-service teacher programs and Social Studies Methods courses. Prior to entering academia, Beth was a sixth grade English and Social Studies teacher. Contact Dr. Sondel at blsondel@ncsu.edu.
Fiscal Co-Chair
Beth Sondel is an assistant professor at NC State University in the College of Education. Her primary line of research partners critical theory and qualitative methods to investigate the potential for public schools to perpetuate and/or interrupt social inequalities. More specifically, she is interested in how teachers come to understand, attempt to implement, and advocate for equity and justice in their classrooms within their given socio-political context. She has addressed these questions in the context of market-based reforms in New Orleans and, more recently, in pre-service teacher programs and Social Studies Methods courses. Prior to entering academia, Beth was a sixth grade English and Social Studies teacher. Contact Dr. Sondel at blsondel@ncsu.edu.
Sandra L. Osorio
Program Co-Chair
Dr. Sandra L Osorio is an assistant professor at Illinois State University in the School of Teaching and Learning. She earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, under the direction of Dr. Anne Haas Dyson. She is a former bilingual educator who worked with children from diverse, racial, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds for over 7 years. Her own personal narrative growing up bilingual and having a deficient-based identity placed upon her because of her linguistic differences has served as source of motivation to become an educator and researcher. Her research and teaching interests include: multicultural education, social justice, critical pedagogy, and pre-service teachers’ cultural awareness. Contact Dr. Osorio at sosorio at ilstu.edu.
Program Co-Chair
Dr. Sandra L Osorio is an assistant professor at Illinois State University in the School of Teaching and Learning. She earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, under the direction of Dr. Anne Haas Dyson. She is a former bilingual educator who worked with children from diverse, racial, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds for over 7 years. Her own personal narrative growing up bilingual and having a deficient-based identity placed upon her because of her linguistic differences has served as source of motivation to become an educator and researcher. Her research and teaching interests include: multicultural education, social justice, critical pedagogy, and pre-service teachers’ cultural awareness. Contact Dr. Osorio at sosorio at ilstu.edu.
Shantá R. Robinson
Program Co-Chair
Shantá R. Robinson began her professional career as a high school history teacher in Charlotte, NC. She earned her PhD in Educational Studies at the University of Michigan where she specialized in the sociology of education, qualitative methodologies, and issues of race, class, and access in secondary schooling. Her most recent work focuses on the educational experiences and aspirations of homeless adolescents. In Fall 2015, Shantá joined the School of Social Service Administration department at the University of Chicago as a postdoctoral scholar, transitioning to assistant professor in 2017. Her work can be read in International Studies in Sociology of Education, The High School Journal, and Review of Research in Education.
Program Co-Chair
Shantá R. Robinson began her professional career as a high school history teacher in Charlotte, NC. She earned her PhD in Educational Studies at the University of Michigan where she specialized in the sociology of education, qualitative methodologies, and issues of race, class, and access in secondary schooling. Her most recent work focuses on the educational experiences and aspirations of homeless adolescents. In Fall 2015, Shantá joined the School of Social Service Administration department at the University of Chicago as a postdoctoral scholar, transitioning to assistant professor in 2017. Her work can be read in International Studies in Sociology of Education, The High School Journal, and Review of Research in Education.
Many thanks to past Board members for their hard work and dedication!
