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Identities<\/h1>\n

What conceptions of self emerge from early childhood through adulthood?
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Presentations<\/h2>\n
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  • Staggs, M.M. & Brown, J.C. (2023, April). Multilingual Learners\u2019 Science Identities through the Lenses of Recognition, Funds of Knowledge, and Classroom Experience. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Chicago, IL.<\/li>\n
  • Staggs, M.M. & Brown, J.C. (2023, January). Pathways to Affirming Multilingual Learners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Science Identities in High School Biology Classes: Teacher Understanding and Actions. Paper presented at the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE). Salt Lake City, UT.<\/li>\n
  • Green, K., Silva, R. (2023). Let\u2019s Have Courageous Conversation About IDEAS: Engaging in Difficult Discourse to Unpack Perspectives of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Academia, and Students (IDEAS). Paper presented at the Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.<\/li>\n
  • Wright, S. A. (2022, May). Paper Presentation: \u201cUnearthing the Humanity: An A\/r\/tographic Inquiry into Undergraduate Teacher Candidates\u2019 Ideological Experiences and Perspectives.\u201d Paper presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Virtual.<\/li>\n
  • Mathews, H. M., Weiss, M., McKenney, N., & Silva, R. (2022). Coherence in Special Education Teacher Preparation: Developing Sustainable Professional Identities. Paper presented at the Teacher Education Division (TED) 45th Annual Conference, Richmond, VA.<\/li>\n
  • Israel, M., Bergeron, L., Cox, B., Milenkovic, L., & Bennett, A. (2022). K-8 inclusive computer science education stories: Lessons from a research practice partnership. Panel presentation at the RESPECT Conference, Philadelphia PA.<\/li>\n
  • Shafiei Rezvani Nejad, H. (March 2021). Responding to monolingual policies: A matter of teacher ideology. Presented at American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Virtual Conference.<\/li>\n
  • Silva, Carolyn. (2021, May). Beyond Latinidad, Towards Blackness: The Educational Experiences of Afro Brazilian Immigrants in South Florida. Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.<\/li>\n
  • Silva, Carolyn. (2020, December). Miami\u2019s Forgotten Brazilians: Racialization and the Politics of Exclusion of AfroBrazilians in South Florida. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida.<\/li>\n
  • Silva, Carolyn. (2020, December). Miami\u2019s Forgotten Brazilians: Racialization and the Politics of Exclusion of AfroBrazilians in South Florida. The Future of AfroLatinx Studies. Latinx Project. New York University.<\/li>\n
  • Aulino, C. & Washington, E. (December 2020).Theorizing Race for Economics Education: A Juxtaposition of Carter G. Woodson and Frantz Fanon. Paper presented at the National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Virtual.<\/li>\n
  • Shafiei Rezvani Nejad, H. (October 2020). Multilingualism leading to multicultural education despite monolingual mandates! A matter of teacher ideology. Presented at NAME 30th Annual International Conference (NAME 1st Dual-Platform Conference), Montgomery, AL.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Publications<\/h2>\n
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    • Uysal, H. (2021). [Review of the book Communicating identities, by G. Barkhuizen & P. Strauss]. Journal of Latinos and Education, 20(2), 208-211.<\/li>\n
    • Silva, Carolyn. (2021). Review of the book Aesthetics of Excess: The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment, by Jillian Hernandez. Women\u2019s Studies Quarterly. 49(3 & 4), 411-412.<\/li>\n
    • Zhu, S. & Fang, Z. (2019). Has the prose quality of science textbooks improved over the past decade? A linguistic perspective. Journal of World Languages.<\/li>\n
    • Fan, F., & de Jong, E. J. (2019). Exploring professional identities of nonnative-English-speaking teachers in the United States: A narrative case study. TESOL Journal, 10(4), 38-54.<\/li>\n
    • Yilmaz, T. (2016). The Motivational Factors of Heritage Language Learning in Immigrant Bilingualism. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 6, 191-200.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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