Emancipatory Education
Liberatory Ed for Marginalized Learners
Grounded in both the rich diversity and innovative nature of our region, we navigate
the complexities of liberatory education, bilingual teacher readiness, instructor
preparation for intersectional communities, and the nexus of language and identity
through research and scholarship. Our research aims to counter destabilizing forces, regenerate futures, and support
the educational needs of marginalized communities. Below is a rotating selection of our standout investigators in these areas.
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Selected Publications
Briceño, A., Rodriguez-Mojica, C., Muñoz-Muñoz, E. (2018). From English learner to Spanish learner: Raciolinguistic beliefs that influence heritage Spanish speaking teacher candidates. Language and Education, 32(3).
Castrellón, L. (2021). As Soon as They Hear ‘Undocumented,’ They Stop Advising: Theorizing a (Sub) conscious Evasion of Responsibility from Institutional Agents to Undocumented Students. Educational Studies 57(3).
Guillory, Lacy, V., Warren, J., Malloy, K., Aquino, E., de Bourbon, S. (2024). Decolonizing qualitative research strategies: A tribalCrit approach to the study of Native American and Indigenous students at an MSI. SAGE Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research.
Marx, R., Kettrey, H. (2016). Gay-Straight Alliances are Associated with Lower Levels of School-Based Victimization of LGBTQ+ Youth: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45.
Poza, L., (2017). Translanguaging: Definitions, Implications, and Further Needs in Burgeoning Inquiry. Berkeley Review of Education, 6(2).
Wiggins, Y., Harrington, B., Gerstel, N., (2022). Families and the Financial Support of College Students: Comparing Blacks and Asian Americans. Sociological Perspectives, 23(4).
Award Highlights
Anyon, “CA-MTSS Pilot” — UCLA, 2022
Briceño, “Cultivating and Sustaining Biliteracy And Bilingualism in Multilingual Youth” — Santa Clara University, 2022
Goward, Morales, "Spartan Phalanx: Holistic, Support To Retain Students On Academic Probation" — Department of Education, 2023
Jetcheva, Rojas, Wiggins, Andreopoulos, Gutmann, “Empowering Low-Income Students to Succeed in Engineering and Computer Science” — NSF, 2023
Marie, “Ethnic Studies Wellness Project” — Zuckerberg Chan Foundation, 2019
Marx, “Evaluation of LGBTQ Initiatives” — Santa Clara County, 2021
Poza, Pizarro, Marie, Watson, “Ethnic Studies Residency Program Consortium Implementation Grant (2023-2026)” — California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2023
Affiliates
CSU Social Science Research and Instructional Center
Digital Humanities Research Institute
Institute for Emancipatory Education
Featured Faculty
Yolanda Anyon
Associate Professor of Social Work
Racism, School Discipline, Restorative Justice, Youth Participatory Action Research,
Critical Theory
ORCID: 0000-0002-5707-8568
Allison Briceño
Associate Professor of Teacher Education
Biliteracy, Bilingual Education, Literacy, Critical Literacy, Children's Literature
ORCID: 0000-0002-7137-9906
Liliana E. Castrellón
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership
Educational Leadership, Social Justice Leadership, Immigration and Education Policy,
Latina/o/x/e Students, Higher Education
ORCID: 0000-0002-9701-549X
Shonda Goward
Associate Vce Provost of Undergraduate Advising and Student Success
Low-Income Students, Race and Ethnicity, Student Success, Retention
ORCID: 0000-0002-3234-046X
Veneice Guillory-Lacy
Assistant Professor of Counselor Education
CRT, Indigenous Epistemologies, Emancipatory Education, Decolonizing Education, Teacher
Education, Counseling Education, Educational Leadership, Critical Qualitative Methods
Tiffani Marie
Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
Youth Wellness, Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Apocalyptic Education
ORCID: 0000-0002-6042-496X
Robert Marx
Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Development
Queer and Trans Youth, School- and Community-Based Supports, Sexual Assault Prevention
Programming
ORCID: 0000-0002-7566-5010
Luis E. Poza
Associate Professor of Teacher Education
Language Ideologies, Bilingual Education, Language Policy, Multilingual Learners,
Raciolinguistics
ORCID: 0000-0002-6775-8719
Megan Thiele Strong
Associate Professor, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Soc. Sciences
Environmental Sociology, Dialoguing for Social and Environmental Justice, Anti-Racism,
Sociology of Education, Mental Health, Social Stratification
ORCID: 0000-0002-5629-3602
Wanda Watson
Associate Professor of Teacher Education
Education, Elementary Education, Special Education, Race, Ethnicity, Culture
Yolanda Wiggins
Assistant Professor of Social Sciences
Higher Education, STEM Education, The Family, Race/Ethnicity, Qualitative Methods,
Public Policy, Public Sociology
ORCID: 0000-0002-7329-1641
Potential collaborators and members of the media may contact us at officeofresearch@sjsu.edu.
