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2024

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Discourses that Undermine Union Movements: A Multimodal Analysis of Union-Busting Videos, Theresa A. Catalano and Julia Schleck

2023

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Migrants, COVID-19, and Italy: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of and Resistance to Nationalist Discourses, Alessia Barbici Wagner, Theresa Catalano, and Bryan Meadows

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Effective Teachers of Multilingual Learners: A Mixed-Method Study of UK and US Critical Sociocultural Teaching Practices, Naomi Flynn, Annela Teemant, Kara Mitchell Viesca, and Ratha Perumal

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The High School in the Middle of Everywhere: Nebraska’s Lincoln High, Edmund T. Hamann, Janet M. Eckerson, and Mark Larson

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Comparison of Rural and Urban High School Science and Engineering Integration in Two School Districts, Elizabeth Hasseler and Elizabeth B. Lewis

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Multiple Case Study of Science and Engineering Integration in Secondary School Across Six School Districts, Elizabeth Hasseler and Elizabeth B. Lewis

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“It’s Like They Don’t Recognize What I Bring to the Classroom”: African Immigrant Youths’ Multilingual and Multicultural Navigation in United States Schools, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Alex Kumi-Yeboah, and Anthony Mawuli Sallar

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Why Domain-Specific Science Knowledge Matters in Teacher Certification: Focusing on Evidence for Effective Science Teaching (Revised Version), Elizabeth B. Lewis, Lyrica L. Lucas, Amy Tankersley, and Elizabeth Hasseler

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Greater than the Sum of its Parts: Centering Science within Elementary STEM Education, Deepika Menon, Amy S. Bauer, Katie L. Johnson, Elizabeth Hasseler, Amanda Thomas, Ricardo Martinez, and Guy Trainin

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Preservice Elementary Teachers Conceptions and Self-Efficacy for Integrated STEM, Deepika Menon, Deef A. A. Shorman, Derek Cox, and Amanda Thomas

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Religious influences on the growth of literacy practice, Loukia K. Sarroub and Cassandra Schroeder

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Exploring STEM Teaching Assistants’ Self-Efficacy and Its Relation to Approaches to Teaching, Cody R. Smith, Deepika Menon, Annette Wierzbicki, and Jenny Dauer

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Scaffolding Learning for Teachers of Multilingual Learners Through Agency, Leadership, and Collaboration, Kara Viesca, Cindy H. Linzell, Peiwen Wang, Molly Heeren, Jessica Mitchell-McCollough, and Alexa Yunes-Koch

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‘Chinese virus’: A critical discourse analysis of anti-Asian racist discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic, Peiwen Wang and Theresa Catalano

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“It was just my name!”: A CRT/CRF Analysis of International Female Graduate Students’ Perceptions and Experiences Regarding Their Ethnic Name, Peiwen Wang, Xiaoyan Gu, and Amanda Morales

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The Bilingual Literacy Development Model: A Holistic Way to Support Spanish-Speaking Children, Stephanie Wessels

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“Just attaching a face”: Engaging local refugee communities in preservice teacher education focused on students with immigrant/refugee backgrounds, Stephanie Wessels, Theresa Catalano, Jenelle Reeves, Alison E. Leonard, Uma Ganesan, Alessia Barbici-Wagner, and Consuelo Gallardo

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From Bilingual to Biliteracy: Learning from Families, Stephanie Wessels and Guy Trainin

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Teaching with collective resilience during COVID-19: Korean teachers and collaborative professionalism, Minseok Yang, Yujin Oh, Sunbin Lim, and Taeyeon Kim

2022

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Striving Towards Authenticity in the Self Through Dress and Appearance: Stories of Latina Adolescent Immigrants, Mary Alice Casto, Jennifer Paff Ogle, Maricela DeMirjyn, Amanda Morales, and Sarah Silvas-Bernstein

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Dancing across difference: arts and community-based interventions as intercultural education, Theresa Catalano and Amanda R. Morales

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Preparing Teachers for Culturally Responsive/Relevant Pedagogy (CRP): A Critical Review of Research, Wen-Chia Chang and Kara Viesca

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Developing intercultural competence in multilingual science classrooms: a narrative study, Uma Ganesan and Amanda Morales

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Representing transition experiences: A multimodal critical discourse analysis of young immigrants in children’s literature, Xiaoyan Gu and Theresa Catalano

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Changing faces and persistent patterns for education in the New Latinx Diaspora, Edmund T. Hamann and Linda Harklau

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Research team as methodology: The value of pluri-national research teams for studying education and migration., Edmund T. Hamann, Betsabé Román, Juan Sánchez García, and Víctor Zúñiga

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Secondary Science Teachers’ Curricular Use of NGSS Engineering Practices, Elizabeth Hasseler, Amy Tankersley, Ana M. Rivero, Lyrica L. Lucas, and Elizabeth B. Lewis

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Spiritual and religious meaning making in language and literacy studies: global perspectives on teaching, learning, curriculum and policy, Mary M. Juzwik, Robert Jean LeBlanc, Denise Dávila, Eric D. Rackley, and Loukia K. Sarroub

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Novice general education teachers’ perceptions of preparedness in U.S. public schools: The impact of learning about and working with multilingual students, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Qizhen Deng Ph.D., and Kara Viesca

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“At School, It’s a Completely Different World”: African Immigrant Youth Agency and Negotiation of Their Adaptation Processes in US Urban Schools, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Hanihani Moundiba Traore, and Guy Trainin

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Conflict of allegiance: Professional development challenges in transforming science teachers' identities and practices, Elizabeth B. Lewis

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Discourse in Inquiry Science Classrooms, DiISC, Version 2.0 (User’s manual for an observation research instrument), Elizabeth B. Lewis, Dale R. Baker, Lyrica L. Lucas, Amy Tankersley, Elizabeth Hasseler, Ana Rivero, and Brandon Helding

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Noyce Science, 2012-2021 Ten Cohorts of Teachers, Master of Arts for Science Teaching Brings Science to Life, UNL Noyce Track 1, Phase 2 Grant Activity Brochure, Elizabeth B. Lewis, Elizabeth Hasseler, Lindsay Augustyn, Tori Pederson, and Grace Kovar

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Linguistically Responsive Leaders: Working With Multilingual Students and Their Families, Aprille Phillips, Joan Barnatt, and Kara Viesca

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Understanding "Death": Creating Student Opportunities for Meaningful Emotional Expression in the Science Classroom, Zachary Schafer and Lawrence C. Scharmann

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Developing Critical Cultural Awareness in the ELT Classroom, Akiko Takagi and Aleidine J. Moeller

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Quality content teaching for multilingual students: An international examination of excellence in instructional practices in four countries, Kara Viesca, Annela Teemant, Jenni Alisaari, Johanna Ennser-Kananen, Naomi Flynn, Svenja Hammer, and Sara Routarinne

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(Re)Turning To Freirean Philosophy in Preparing Content Teachers to Work with Multilingual Students, Kara Viesca, Peiwen Wang, Brandon Heinz, and Alexa Yunes-Koch

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(Re)Turning to Freirean Philosophy in Preparing Content Teachers to Work with Multilingual Students, Kara Viesca, Peiwen Wang, Brandon Heinz, and Alexa Yunes-Koch

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“It was just my name!”: A CRT/CRF Analysis of International Female Graduate Students’ Perception and Experiences Regarding Their Ethnic Name, Peiwen Wang, Xiaoyan Gu, and Amanda R. Morales

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A meta-analysis examining technology-assisted L2 vocabulary learning, Aiqing Yu and Guy Trainin

2021

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Influence of Science Experiences on Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Beliefs, Saiqa Azam and Deepika Menon

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Shaping the teaching and learning of intercultural communication through virtual mobility, Theresa Catalano and Andrea Muñoz Barriga

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Dance as dialog: A metaphor analysis on the development of interculturality through arts and community-based learning with preservice teachers and a local refugee community, Theresa Catalano, Uma Ganesan, Alessia Barbici Wagner, Jenelle Reeves, Alison E. Leonard, and Stephanie Wessels

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Social Media, Populism, and COVID-19: Weibo Users’ Reactions to Anti-Chinese Discourse, Theresa Catalano and Peiwen Wang

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How Social Studies Teachers Choose News Resources for Current Events Instruction, Christopher H. Clark, Mardi Schmeichel, and H. James Garrett

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Factors Associated With Novice General Education Teachers’ Preparedness to Work With Multilingual Learners: A Multilevel Study, Qizhen Deng Ph.D., Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, and Kara Mitchell Viesca

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Teaching and Learning News Media in Politically Unsettled Times, H. James Garrett, Mardi Schmeichel, Joseph McAnulty, and Sonia Janis

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Picturing dual language and gentrification: An analysis of visual media and their connection to language policy, Edmund T. Hamann and Theresa Catalano

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What educators in Mexico and in the United States need to know and acknowledge to attend to the educational needs of transnational students, Edmund T. Hamann and Víctor Zúñiga

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Immigrant Background Students’ Names and Identities in U.S. Schools: Voices from the Underground, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba

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Cultural and linguistic experiences of immigrant youth: Voices of African immigrant youth in United States urban schools, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Alex Kumi-Yeboah, Patriann Smith, and Anthony Mawuli Sallard

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Setting Empirically Informed Policy Benchmarks for Physical Science Teaching, Elizabeth B. Lewis, Ana Rivero, Lyrica L. Lucas, Aaron Musson, and Brandon Helding

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Investigating Preservice Teachers’ Science Teaching Self-Efficacy: an Analysis of Reflective Practices, Deepika Menon and Saiqa Azam

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Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Identity Development in Learning to Teach Science: A Multi-site Case Study, Deepika Menon and Saiqa Azam

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Learner Ownership of Learning, Aleidine J. Moeller

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Learner Ownership of Learning, Aleidine J. Moeller

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The Interplay of Emotion, Cognition, and Learning in the Language Classroom, Aleidine J. Moeller

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Advice for Students of Color and First-Generation College Students: Successful Transitions from High School into and Within College/University, Amanda Morales

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Advice for Educational Counselors, Advisors, Faculty, and Staff: Paving the Pathways to Post-Secondary Education: Removing Barriers and Creating Opportunities for Students of Color (SOC) and First-Generation College Students (FGCS) to Flourish, Amanda R. Morales and Edmund T. Hamann

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To Teach as We are Known: The ‘Heart and Soul’ Labor of Teacher Educators of Color Working in PWIs, Amanda R. Morales and John Raible

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"The Lady from North Carolina": The Perils and Limitations of External Expertise, Aprille J. Phillips and Edmund T. Hamann

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“You Pulled the Chair from Right Under Me!”: How a Black Young Man Disappears from a High School Reading Class, Loukia K. Sarroub

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Introduction to Doing Fieldwork at Home: The Ethnography of Education in Familiar Contexts: In the Field at Home; Onward, & Bibliography, Loukia K. Sarroub and Claire Nicholas

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Empowering Salieri - Extracting the Genius in our Students, Zachary C. Schafer and Lawrence C. Scharmann

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Evolutionary theory: Coping with a Pandemic., Lawrence C. Scharmann

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Evolutionary Theory: Establishing Positive Learning Environments, Lawrence C. Scharmann

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Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic with Reliable Data, Lawrence C. Scharmann

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Vaccine Hesitancy - When Emotions Trump Reason, Lawrence C. Scharmann

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Designing an Integrated STEM Semester for Pre-service Elementary Teachers, Amanda Thomas, Matt Flores, Michael Hart, Elizabeth Hasseler, Tammera Mittelstet, Danae Peterson, and Amy Sokoll Bauer

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Invited Dialogue: Mapping the Intersections of Religion, Literacy, and Public Schooling for Displaced, Immigrant, and Refugee Children: A Conversation with Loukia K. Sarroub, Jennifer D. Turner and Loukia K. Sarroub

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Disrupting Evasion Pedagogies, Kara Mitchell Viesca and Tricia Gray

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Translanguaging for biliteracy: Book reading practices in a Chinese bilingual family, Shuling Yang, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, and Stephanie Wessels

2020

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Intercultural Competence in Pre-Service Teacher Candidates, Joan Barnatt, Lisa Andries D’Souza, Ann Marie Gleeson, Kara Mitchell Viesca, and Jessica Wery

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The visual representation of dual language education, Theresa Catalano

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Transformative Interviewing and the Experiences of Multilingual Learners not Labeled “ELL” in US Schools, Theresa Catalano, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, and Kara Mitchell Viesca

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Googly eyes and yard signs: Deconstructing one professor’s successful rebuffing of a right-wing attack on an academic institution, Theresa Catalano and Ari Kohen

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Social Studies Teacher Perceptions of News Source Credibility, Christopher H. Clark, Mardi Schmeichel, and H. James Garrett

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Las implicaciones de la migración transnacional entre Estados Unidos / México para el desarrollo profesional de los docentes: perspectivas antropológicas // The implications of US/Mexico Transnational Migration for teacher professional development: anthropological perspectives, Edmund T. Hamann

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Partners, Not Adversaries: Higher Education and Diverse Schools, Edmund T. Hamann

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The Equity and Engagement Challenges of Teaching Reading in Middle School, Edmund T. Hamann and Stephanie Malone

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“It’s Like They Don’t Recognize What I Bring to the Classroom”: African Immigrant Youths’ Multilingual and Multicultural Navigation in United States Schools, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Alex Kumi-Yeboah, and Anthony Mawuli Sallar

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Identity Negotiation in Multilingual Contexts: A Narrative Inquiry into Experiences of an African Immigrant High School Student, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba and James Oloo

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Identity Negotiation in Multilingual Contexts: A Narrative Inquiry into Experiences of an African Immigrant High School Student, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba and James Oloo

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Navigating multiple worlds of Ghanaian-born immigrant adolescent girls in US urban schools, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Adaurennaya C. Onyewuenyi, Alex Kumi-Yeboah, and Anthony Mawuli Sallar

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Educating Effective Science Teachers: Preparing and Following Teachers Into the Field, Elizabeth Lewis, Ana Rivero, Aaron Musson, Lyrica L. Lucas, Amy Tankersley, and Brandon Helding

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Influence of the Sources of Science Teaching Self-Efficacy in Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Identity Development, Deepika Menon

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Impact of Mobile Technology‐Based Physics Curriculum on Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Technology Self‐Efficacy, Deepika Menon, Meera Chandrasekhar, Dorina Kosztin, and Douglas Steinhoff

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Learning Science With Mobile Technologies: Opportunities for Enhancing Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Science Conceptual Understanding, Deepika Menon, Zarah Salas, Allison Mellendick, Meera Chandrasekhar, and Dorina Kosztin

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Reflection and Inquiry-based Teaching: Exploring Reflective Practices in Beginning Secondary Science Teachers, Ana Rivero and Elizabeth B. Lewis

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Book review: Neha Vora, Teach for Arabia: American Universities, Liberalism, and Transnational Qatar, Loukia K. Sarroub

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Examining GLOCAL Scales and Mapping Literacy Landscapes: What We Can Learn as Ethnographers through Geospatial Analyses, Loukia K. Sarroub and William R. England

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Creating Proactive and Positive Approaches for Teaching Evolution, Lawrence C. Scharmann

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Evolutionary Theory in Applied Problem-Solving, Lawrence C. Scharmann

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Insights into nature of science and evolution education, Lawrence C. Scharmann

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Scientific Theories and the Power of Enquiry, Lawrence C. Scharmann

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Theories - A Powerful Tool for Science, Lawrence C. Scharmann

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Critical relationships in managing students’ emotional responses to science (and evolution) instruction, Lawrence C. Scharmann and Bette L. Grauer

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Selfies as Postfeminist Pedagogy: The Production of Traditional Femininity in the US South, Mardi Schmeichel, Stacey Kerr, and Chris Linder

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The downfall: listening to non-urban communities and their language ideologies, Jessica Sierk and Theresa Catalano