Leading Equity

About Brittany Aronson, Ph.D.

Brittany Aronson is an Assistant Professor of Sociocultural Foundations in Educational Leadership at Miami University. She earned her Ph.D. in Cultural Studies in Education from the University of Tennessee and she also holds two certificates in Qualitative Research Methods in Education and Educational Policy. Brittany’s research and teaching are grounded in issues of critical social justice for both future and practicing educators. Her research interests include critical teacher preparation, social justice education, critical race theory, critical whiteness studies, and educational policy. These interest stem from her former elementary school teaching experiences and current work with teacher education. Her research couples her cultural studies and social foundations in education background with current contemporary issues. She has been published in Review of Educational Research, Journal of Critical Policy Studies, Teachers College Record, and Multicultural Perspectives.

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• Sarah White
• Critical Social Justice Group
• Classroom observations
• Some interesting findings from observing Sarah
• Some of Sarah’s challenges towards being Culturally Responsive
• Present-day Sarah
• Advice for teachers looking for additional teaching support

Connect with Brittany

Twitter: @loves218

Email: [email protected]

Additional Resources 

From Teacher Education to Practicing Teacher: What Does Culturally Relevant Praxis Look Like?

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About Noah Karvelis

Noah Karvelis studied music education at the University of Illinois and is currently a music teacher in Phoenix, Arizona. He is also a musician, community organizer working with the Arizona #RedForEd movement, and will begin his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this Fall. Noah's research focuses upon the intersections of education, power, and democracy. 

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• Why Hip Hop in the classroom
• The power of music videos in the classroom
• Hip Hop Pedagogy to connect with students
• Getting started with Hip Hop Pedagogy
• Resources for Hip Hop Pedagogy
• Creating a sustainable Hip Hop class environment

Connect with Noah

Twitter: @Noah_Karvelis

Email: [email protected]

Additional Resources

Race, Class, Gender, and Rhymes: Hip Hop as Critical Pedagogy

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Enroll Now for the Teaching Through A Culturally Diverse Lens Program

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About Ryan Heath, Ph.D.

Ryan Heath is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Syracuse University. Previously, Ryan spent over a decade working in a variety of afterschool, summer and experiential education programs, and working as a clinical social worker. Currently, his research seeks to understand how extracurricular programs (including afterschool programs, summer programs and other organized activities) promote the social-emotional development of low-income youth, students of color, and other historically marginalized youth. To improve the reach, quality, and impact of these programs, his work aims to elucidate how extracurricular programs interface with other social-ecological contexts that affect youth - such as schools, peers, and families - and to identify the potential mechanisms through which extracurricular programs influence youth’s social-emotional development and educational attainment. 

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• Disadvantaged youth in extracurricular programs
• The absence of disadvantaged youth in extracurricular programs
• The impacts of extracurricular programs for participants
• LGBTIQ youth participation in extracurricular programs
• Students of color participation in extracurricular programs
• Socio-economic status data in extracurricular programs
• Recruitment strategies for disadvantaged youth into extracurricular programs

Connect with Ryan

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Additional Resources

Extracurricular activities and disadvantaged youth: A complicated but promising story

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Learn more about my Teaching Through a Culturally Diverse Lens Course

About Brenda Barrio, Ph.D.

Dr. Brenda Barrio is an assistant professor of special education. Dr. Barrio observed and experienced the inequities within the educational system in the United States as an immigrant of Mexico and later as a bilingual special education teacher in Texas. With a charge of social justice in education, her career focus as an educator for the past 16 years has been to enhance the lives of students with disabilities and students of color through equity and access. Dr. Barrio’s research focuses on addressing disproportionality of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in special education through the use of culturally responsive practices.

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• Why culturally responsive and relevant IEP’s are so important
• The Culturally Responsive and Relevant IEP Builder (CRRIB)
• Involving families in the IEP process
• How teachers can use culturally responsive and relevant approaches to help students meeting goals
• Getting started with CRRIB
• Addressing our biases
• Eduardo

Connect with Brenda

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @DrBBarrio

Additional Resources

Designing Culturally Responsive and Relevant Individualized Educational Programs

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