This dissertation analyzes how suburban school districts made sense of and planned to reduce inequality between 2019–2021. Previous literature has found that suburban schools, despite their reputation as the best in the country, are deeply unequal (Lewis and Diamond 2015; Lewis-McCoy 2014). Building on this previous scholarship, I ask: How...
This dissertation aims to: 1) characterize the range of beliefs museum practitioners have about racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity; 2) their understanding of the role of race, culture, and ethnicity in minoritized learners’ sensemaking; and 3) the areas of tension and symmetry between practitioners’ values and their perception of their...
In today’s climate of rising economic inequality, drone warfare, xenophobic politics, and Big Brother technology, understanding how we might best design learning environments to provide opportunities for expanding the purpose and potentialities of STEM education for minoritized communities grows in importance daily. This dissertation is a 3-part study that examines...