Teacher Educators as Scholar Citizens

Sarah Kaka is an Associate Professor of Education at Ohio Wesleyan University. She teaches secondary methods courses, foundations of education, and supervises students in the field. Her main area of focus is secondary social studies and education policy. She has published in peer-reviewed journals and has presented at local, state, national, and international conferences. Her research aims to bolster educator training programs in cultivating proficient, enduring educators across diverse environments, while also aiding practicing teachers in enhancing their effectiveness. Prior to making the shift to higher education, Dr. Kaka taught high school social studies for a decade in Virginia and Colorado. She is the editor of the book, Hollywood or History? An Inquiry-Based Strategy for Using Film to Teach About Inequality and Inequity Throughout History.Matthew S. Hollstein is an Associate Professor of Education at Kent State University. His research interests include civic environmentalism, controversial issues, and developing teachers as listeners to improve practice. His research seeks to improve teacher education and instruction through the inclusion of environmental education to expand teachers’ perception of civic environmental activism. For the last 11 years Matt has been the chair or co-chair of the Environmental and Sustainability Education Community of the National Council for the Social Studies whose goal is to foster the inclusion of environmental and sustainability education in social studies. He teaches in both the early childhood and middle childhood education programs at Kent State University. He taught K12 social studies across Ohio before completing his PhD at Ohio University.Elizabeth Kenyon is an Associate Professor of Education at Kent State University. Her scholarship is focused primarily on anti-racist teacher education, climate change education, and democratic citizenship education with young learners. She teaches primarily in the early childhood education program at Kent State. Prior to pursuing and receiving her PhD at Michigan State University, Elizabeth taught highschool and middle school for three years in Washington, D.C. and worked with youth in other capacities in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Washington DC. She is also a mother and a gardener.Nancy Patterson is a Professor of Education at Bowling Green State University. Her research is focused on democratic classroom practices and student/teacher perceptions of rights and responsibilities in schools. Recently, these commitments have included international lesson study research with early stage teacher candidates and the social studies as inquiry process. Professor Patterson teaches social studies introductory and methods courses and coordinates the Master of Education in Teaching and Learning program. She was a Fulbirght teaching and research scholar in Morocco and leads summer study abroad trips in the expeditionary learning model with teachers and students.

Teacher Educators as Scholar Citizens: Activism and Resistance in Uncertain Times offers accounts of education scholars finding their civic voices in challenging times and spaces. From lessons learned and still being learned to rising in opportune or necessary moments, the authors give hope and inspiration through their personal accounts and experiences. This book serves to help teacher educators as well as practitioners ways to build networks, support groups and causes in need, and impact their local and state communities.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: A Short History and Exploration of Scholar Activism by volume editors Elizabeth Kenyon and Nancy C. PattersonSection 1: Personal Narratives and Methodologies in Scholar ActivismChapter 2: Queer-Trans-Madness in Early Childhood Teacher Education by Adam DaviesChapter 3: From Reluctant to Radical: Embracing Allyship & the Power of Praxis by Sean CorriganChapter 4: Framing Whiteness: Asian American Duo-Autoethnographic Account of Resistance Scholarship by Laura M. Hsu and Divya AnandChapter 5: Representation and Resistance in the Academy: A Critical Feminist Autoethnography by Elizabeth Xeng de los Santos.Chapter 6: After the Activism, Then the Committee: Sustaining Educator Preparation Change at the State Level by Beth Kania-GoscheChapter 7: Badass in the Academy: Developing My Roots as a Scholar-Activist by Brianne KramerChapter 8: Finding Fugitive Spaces for Resistance in the Neo-liberal University by Evan Mooney and Elizabeth KenyonChapter 9: Rooms of Reflection & Resistance: An Educator-Scholar-Artivist’s Journey by Nupur Manoj SachdevaSection 2: Activism in Action: Strategies and Practices in Teacher EducationChapter 10: Building Capacity in Yourself and Within Your State: An Associate Dean’s Journey by Alicia CroweChapter 11: Addressing the "Big Chill" of Prohibited Concepts Legislation in Teacher Education: A View from Tennessee by Amanda FrasierChapter 12: Pedagogical Approaches to Foster Preservice Teachers’ Advocacy Mindset and Skills by Annia InsanaChapter 13: Liberation Over Tenure: Black Scholar Activism and Navigating Institutional Barriers in the Halls of Academia by Shelton K. Johnson and Weldon McWilliams, IVChapter 14: Practice What We Preach: The Teacher as Advocate and Leader by Stephen S. Masyada and Christopher SpinaleChapter 15: An Activist-oriented Approach to Building Anti-racist Teacher Preparation Curriculum by Starr E. Keyes, Nancy C. Patterson, Alicia Mrachko, Timothy Murnen, Sherri Horner, and Joanna WeaverChapter 16: Sustaining Scholar Activism through Relationality: Reflections of Resistance within the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program by Megan Tipler, Gillian Robinson, Karen West, Danielle Gardiner Milln, Trudy Cardinal, and Evelyn SteinhauerChapter 17: Empowering Educators for Justice: Building Community & Advancing Collective Activism During a Time of Curriculum Censorship by Julee Bauer, Mariana Carlon, Jess Jensen, Maria Parker, Briana Ronan, and Jesse SanfordChapter 18: Rising Up: A Call to Scholar Activism by volume editors Sarah J. Kaka and Matthew S. HollsteinAuthor Biographies