Inspired by Jacqueline Woodson's (2014) memoir, this article examines the ways Tamika
and Malia, two African American adolescent girls and fraternal twins, act as Brown girl …

School discipline disparities for African American students in urban schools continue to be a
topic of contention. While research has rightfully called into question the practices and …

In this case study, we analyze commentary made in school board meetings by both board
members and community members over a period of five years in Jefferson County Public …

In this article we highlight analyses conducted in two qualitative literacy studies to discuss
various implications of a blended, or hybrid, approach to multimodal analysis. By …

This paper examines the multiliteracies practices (New London Group, 1996) of 20 high
school students who participated in a weeklong summer research institute at the start of a 6 …

This article describes a three-year qualitative study on how youth of color in one community-
based organization, Durham Community Youth, used the mentor text, Dr. Martin Luther King …

This paper draws on qualitative interview data with student-residents and alumni of an
undergraduate residential learning community at a large US university. The authors bring …

Informed by the embodied perspective on humanizing pedagogy, this study examines how
one Afro-Puerto Rican and one African American teacher candidate explored humanizing …

As few studies document how teachers in urban contexts positively contribute to a college-
going culture, this study adopts a counter-narrative approach, with a conceptual framework …

Children's play remains a key site for negotiating identities as young children try on different
possibilities from popular culture and the broader social landscape. While this play can be …