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Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
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Research Biography

My research interests include philosophy of education, gender and sexuality studies, environmental education, and multicultural theory. My book, Disputing the Subject of Sex (Rowman and Littlefield, 2004, reprinted in paperback, 2007) details clashes over AIDS education and gay inclusive multicultural education in New York State in the 1980's and 1990's. I am currently finishing work on gay/straight alliances in public schools and their work in the formation of associational identities, examining how such groups organize around and address differences of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, and sexuality. My next research projects examine environmental education programs and the implications of relatively low-impact technologies for gender and mobility.

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998
  • M.A., Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994
  • B.A., History & Women's Studies, State University of New York, 1989

Key Professional Appointments

  • Associate Professor, EPS and GWS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005--
  • Assistant Professor, Educational Policy Studies/ Women's and Gender Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003--
  • Interim Director, Gender and Women's Studies Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006-2009
  • Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2001-2003
  • Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1998-2001

Activities & Honors

  • Distinguished College Scholar, College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005-2006

Grants

  • Principal Investigator, Queering school communities: Gay straight alliances and the politics of association, Campus Research Board, 2005

Selected Publications

  • “Queer Lessons: Sexual and Gender Minorities and Multiculturalism,” Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives, eighth edition, edited by James Banks and Cherry Banks, (New York: Wiley, Sept. 2010), 209-227.
  • Obscene Associations: Gay-Straight Alliances, the Equal Access Act, and Abstinence-Only Policy, Sexuality Research and Social Policy, vol. 5 no. 2 (June 2008), 44-55.
  • Queering Foundations: Queer and LGBT Educational Research, Review of Research in Education, vol. 31, 2007, 76-94.
  • “Pushing the Limits of Liberalism: Queerness, Children, and the Future,” Educational Theory, 56 (4): 469-487.
  • C. Mayo (2004). Queering school communities: Ethical curiosity and gay straight alliances. Journal of gay and lesbian issues in education, vol. 1, no. 3., 23-36.

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