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Dr. Ranita Cheruvu

Lecturer

University of North Texas

Department of Teacher Education and Administration

(940) 565-2279

Email: Ranita.Cheruvu@unt.edu

Education

  • EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2014
    Major: Curriculum & Instruction
    Specialization: Early Childhood Education
    Dissertation: : Deepening and expanding our understanding of the identities and experiences of preservice teachers of color: Learning from their counterstories
  • MEd, Vanderbilt Univserity, 2001
    Major: Science Education
    Dissertation: Examining the Implementation of a Science Kit by a 5th Grade Teacher
  • MEd, Vanderbilt University, 2000
    Major: Elementary Education
    Specialization: Early Childhood
  • BS, Binghamton University, 1997
    Major: Biochemistry

Professional Positions

    Academic - P-12

  • Lead Teacher Kindergarten, Neighborhood House Charter School. Neighborhood House Charter School. (2003 - 2005).
  • Grade 1 teacher, Arlington Central School District. Arlington Central School District. (2001 - 2003).
  • Grade 5 teacher, Springfield Public Schools. Springfield Public Schools. (2000 - 2001).

    • Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Assistant Professor, William Paterson University. William Paterson University. (2014 - 2019).
  • Instructor, Columbia University. Columbia University. (2008 - 2014).

Professional Memberships

  • Reconceptualising Early Childhood Education. (September 2024 - Present).
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children. (September 2014 - Present).
  • National Council for Teaching English. (November 2013 - Present).
  • American Educational Research Association. (June 2013 - Present).
  • National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators. (June 2010 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Continuing Education Program, ACUE Effective Teaching Practices Framework Certificate, ACUE and UNT Faculty Success. Flower Mound,TX,United States of America. (August 2025).
  • Other (Convening of ITOC alumni and felloew), Critically Transforming Teacher Education: Insights from Racial Justice Leaders, Institute of Teachers of Color. United States of America. (January 26, 2024 - January 26, 2024).
  • Seminar, Cultivating Genius and Joy in Education, Institute of Teachers of Color. United States of America. (November 1, 2023 - November 1, 2023).
  • Tutorial, University Accreditation Improve System Training, UNT. United States of America. (September 2023 - September 2023).
  • Other (Meeting with other teacher educators of Color via a subgroup of the Institute of Teachers of Color), monthly professional meetings, Institute of Teachers of Color- ad hoc group. United States of America. (March 2021 - January 2023).
  • Other (Convening of ITOC teacher educator fellows and alumni), Critically Transforming Teacher Education: Insights from Racial Justice Leaders, ITOC. United States of America. (January 20, 2023 - January 20, 2023).
  • Self-Study Program, Management Training for Preschool Director Credentials, Care Courses School. United States of America. (June 2021 - June 2022).
  • Other (Online development for new faculty at UNT), Faculty First Flight, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 2019 - May 2020).
  • Workshop, Online Teaching Bootcamp, William Paterson University. Wayne ,NJ,United States of America. (May 2016 - May 2016).
  • Workshop, Writing Across the Curriculum, William Paterson University. Wayne ,NJ,United States of America. (August 2015 - 2015).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • EDCI 5020 - Curriculum Development for Culturally Diverse Learners, 1 course.
  • EDCI 5130 - Schooling in Society, 10 courses.
  • EDCI 6220 - Conceptual Models of Curriculum Development, 1 course.
  • EDEC 1010 - Learning With and From Children, 3 courses.
  • EDEC 3613 - Childhoods Across Time, Space and Place, 13 courses.
  • EDEC 3700 - Pedagogies and Practices of Early Childhood, 10 courses.
  • EDEC 4633 - Nurturing Children's Social Competence, 4 courses.
  • EDEC 5513 - Advanced Studies in Early Childhood Education, 4 courses.
  • EDEC 5613 - Curriculum Theory in Early Childhood Education, 1 course.
  • EDEC 6623 - Advocacy / Activism in Early Childhood Studies, 1 course.
  • EDEC 6910 - Special Problems, 4 courses.
  • EDEE 1010 - Teaching as Advocacy for Equity, 1 course.
  • EDEE 4890 - Practice Based Research, 2 courses.
  • EDME 4890 - Inquiry into Classroom Practice, 2 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • William Paterson University, CIED 2050 Foundations of Bilingual and Multicultural Education, Spring 2019.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, CIEC 3300 Integrated Language Arts & Social Studies Curriculum and Assessment, Spring 2019.
  • William Paterson University, CIED 3140 Professional Learning Seminar I, Spring 2019.
  • William Paterson University, EDUC 3140 Professional Learning Seminar I, Spring 2019.
  • William Paterson University, CIEC 2200 Early Chilhood Education Environments, Fall 2018.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, CIEC 3120 Emergent Language and Literacy, Fall 2018.
  • William Paterson University, CIEC 3120 Emergent Language and Literacy, Fall 2018.
  • William Paterson University, CIED 2050 Foundations of Bilingual and Multicultural Education, Fall 2018.
  • William Paterson University, CIED 3140 Professional Learning Seminar I, Fall 2018.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, EDUC 3240 Professional Learning Seminar II, Fall 2018.
  • William Paterson University, CIEC 3300 Integrated Social Studies and Language Arts, Spring 2018.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, EDUC 3140 Professional Learning Seminar I, Spring 2018.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, EDUC 3240 Professional Learning Seminar II, Spring 2018.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, CIEC 3120 Emergent Language and Literacy, Fall 2017.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, CIEC 3300 Integrated Language Arts & Social Studies Curriculum and Assessment, Fall 2017.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, EDUC 3240 Professional Learning Seminar II, Fall 2017.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, EDUC 3240 Professional Learning Seminar II, Fall 2017.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, CIEC 6180 Language and Literacy, Summer 2017.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, CIEC 3300 Integrated Language Arts & Social Studies Curriculum and Assessment, Spring 2017.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, CIEC 3300 Integrated Language Arts & Social Studies Curriculum and Assessment, Spring 2017.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, CIED 3240 Professional Learning Seminar II, Spring 2017.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, EDUC 3240 Professional Learning Seminar II, Spring 2017.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, CIEC 3300 Integrated Language Arts & Social Studies Curriculum and Assessment, Fall 2016.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, CIEC 3300 Integrated Language Arts & Social Studies Curriculum and Assessment, Fall 2016.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, CIED 3140 Professional Learning Seminar I, Fall 2016.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, EDUC 3240 Professional Learning Seminar II, Fall 2016.
  • Wiilam Paterson University, EDUC 3240 Professional Learning Seminar II, Fall 2016.

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Teacher Education and Administration. (August 2025).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Teacher Education and Administration. (August 2025 - December 2025).
  • Dissertation Defense Committee Member, "(Dis)lodging Past-Present-Future Whiteness Discourses in Early Childhood Spaces: Using Arts-Informed Research with White Educators to Make Sense of Race and Racism," Teacher Education and Administration. (October 21, 2025).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Critical & Reconceptualist Perspectives in ECEC," Teacher Education and Administration. (May 2025 - August 2025).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "KOREAN/KOREAN AMERICAN AND ASIANCRIT INFORMED CURRICULUM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE CONTEXTS," Teacher Education and Administration. (February 14, 2025).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Teacher Education and Administration. (December 11, 2024).
  • Dissertation Defense Committee Member, "EXAMINING THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HOW TEACHER EDUCATORS INCORPORATE DISABILITY INTO THE CURRICULUM OF A GENERAL EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM," Teacher Education and Administration. (October 2024 - October 28, 2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Teacher Education and Administration. (February 2020 - October 2024).
  • Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Teacher Education and Administration. (September 2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Teacher Education and Administration. (September 4, 2024).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Teacher Education and Administration. (September 2023 - May 2024).
  • Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Teacher Education and Administration. (February 2024).
  • Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Teacher Education and Administration. (October 2023 - October 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Teacher Education and Administration. (December 2020 - May 2021).
  • Supervised Research, "Selective Mutism and Its Impact on Childhoods," Teacher Education and Administration. (August 2020 - November 2020).
  • Supervised Research, "Children & Consumerism: The effects of advertising and consumerism on childhoods since the 1990s," Teacher Education and Administration. (August 2020 - November 2020).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Cheruvu, R., Martinez, C. (2023). Decentering Whiteness in Early Childhood Teacher Education. Reimagining Diversity, Equity, and Justice in Early Childhood. 166-178. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003399155-15
  • Cheruvu, R. (2019). Disrupting Standardized Early Education through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies with Young Children. Disrupting and Countering Deficits in Early Childhood Education. 103-118. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315102696-7
  • Cheruvu, R., Strasser, J., Bresson, L. (2017). Supporting children’s understanding about diversity. Big Questions for Young Minds: Extending Children’s Thinking. NAEYC.
  • Souto-Manning, M., Cheruvu, R., Couse, L., Recchia, S. (2015). Multiculturally sustaining pedagogy in early childhood teacher education. Handbook of Early Childhood Teacher Education.
  • Goodwin, A., Genishi, C., Cheruvu, R. (2012). Responding to multiple diversities in early childhood education: How far have we come?. Diversities in Early Childhood Education: Rethinking and Doing. 3-10. Routledge.

    • Journal Article

  • Vasquez, R., Leathers, S., Lee, A., Cheruvu, R. (2025). The cruelty is the point: racial gaslighting in teacher education. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 1-15. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2025.2452648
  • Templeton, T.N., Cheruvu, R. (2020). Childhood innocence for settler children: Disrupting colonialism and innocence in early childhood curriculum. New Educator. The School of Education of The City College of New York and The Association of Teacher Educators.
  • Templeton, T.N., Cheruvu, R. (2020). Childhood Innocence for Settler Children: Disrupting Colonialism and Innocence in Early Childhood Curriculum. The New Educator. 16 (2) 131-148. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/1547688x.2020.1734264
  • Souto-Manning, M., Cheruvu, R. (2016). Challenging and Appropriating Discourses of Power: Listening to and Learning from Early Career Early Childhood Teachers of Color. Other. 49 (1) 9-26. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2015.1121793
  • Cheruvu, R., Souto-Manning, M., Lencl, T., Chin-Calubaquib, M. (2015). Race, Isolation, and Exclusion: What Early Childhood Teacher Educators Need to Know About the Experiences of Pre-Service Teachers of Color. The Urban Review. 47 (2) 237-265. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-014-0291-8
  • Cheruvu, R. (2014). Teacher researchers as teacher educators: Practicing what we teach. Childhood Education. 9 (3) 225-228.
  • Goodwin, A.L., Smith, L., Souto-Manning, M., Cheruvu, R., Tan, M.Y., Reed, R., Taveras, L. (2014). What Should Teacher Educators Know and Be Able to Do? Perspectives From Practicing Teacher Educators. Journal of Teacher Education. 65 (4) 284-302. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022487114535266
  • Cheruvu, R. (2014). Focus on Teacher as Researcher: Teacher Educators as Teacher Researchers: Practicing What We Teach. Childhood Education. 90 (3) 225-228. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/00094056.2014.911636

    • Other

  • Axelrod, Y., Black, F., Cheruvu, R., Murphy, A.M., Perez, M.S., Rabadi-Rao, A., Rollins, E., Saavedra, C.M. (2018). Representation of people of color in critical early childhood spaces: Issues and possibilities.. Teachers College Record. https://www.tcrecord.org/Opinion.asp

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Cheruvu, R. (Presenter), CTL7009H: Anti-Discriminatory Education, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada. (2019 - 2019).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Doherty, M.J. (Presenter), Holmes, Z. (Presenter), Nah, J. (Presenter), Kim, K. (Presenter), Cheruvu, R. (Presenter), American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, The lived experiences of childcare stakeholders in one U.S. context: Challenges and possibilities, American Educational Research Association, Chicago, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Cheruvu, R. (Presenter), Mankiw, S. (Presenter), NAEYC PDI, Preservice teachers emerging understandings and dispositions towards critical literacy., NAEYC, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2015).

    • Other

  • Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), Templeton, T.N. (Author & Presenter), Childhood Innocence for Settler Children: Disrupting Colonialism and Innocence in Early Childhood Curriculum, Teachers College, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Mankiw, S. (Presenter), Cheruvu, R. (Presenter), NAEYC ANUUAL CONFERENCE, The power of critical thinking and the great outdoors, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2018).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Pérez, M.S. (Author & Presenter), Harmon, F. (Author & Presenter), Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), Holmes, Z. (Author & Presenter), Castillo, J. (Author & Presenter), Arias, B. (Author & Presenter), Swadner, B.B. (Author & Presenter), Lam, C. (Author & Presenter), Doherty, M.J. (Author & Presenter), Reconceptualizing Early Chilhood Education (RECE) Conference 2025, Decolonizing and Enacting Just Early Childhood Presents and Futures in Tumultous Times, RECE, Santiago, Chile, Chile. (2025).
  • Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), , M. (Author & Presenter), AERA, Reimagining Diversity, Equity and Social Justice in Early Childhood Education, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), NCTE Annual Convention, Assemblages of Racial Literacy, NCTE, St Louis, United States of America. (2017).
  • Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), Mankiw, S. (Author & Presenter), NCTE Annual Convention, Early Childhood Preservice Teachers’ Emerging Understandings of Critical Literacy., NCTE, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2016).
  • Watson, V. (Author & Presenter), Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), Yoon, H. (Author & Presenter), Butler, T. (Author & Presenter), NCTE Annual Convention, Emerging Perspectives on Critically Conscious Research: (Re)considering Qualitative Research Methodologies Toward Social Justice and Transformation., NCTE, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2013).

    • Paper

  • Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), 10th Annual International Conference on Education and Social Justice, The Racial Literacy Project: Sustaining and Supporting Teachers of Color within a Community of Teacher Education and K-12 Professionals, Kevin Kumashiro, virtual, United States of America. (2020).
  • Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), Lee, A. (Author & Presenter), Leathers, S. (Author & Presenter), Vasquez, R. (Author & Presenter), AERA, The (Continued) Unbearable Whiteness of Teacher Education: Four Faculty of Color Navigating White Supremacist Entanglements, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), AERA Annual Meeting, “I am not the intended audience”: Re(envisioning) culturally responsive teacher education with preservice teachers of Color., AERA, San Antonio, United States of America. (2017).
  • Souto-Manning, M. (Author & Presenter), Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), AERA Annual Meeting, Multiculturally sustaining early childhood pedagogy, AERA, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2016).
  • Souto-Manning, M. (Author & Presenter), Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), Lencl, T. (Author & Presenter), Literacy Research Association Conference, Learning from the counterstories of preservice teachers of color: Normative discourses in early childhood education teacher education and the racialization of teacher identities., LRA, Carlsbad, CA, United States of America. (2015).
  • Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), Souto-Manning, M. (Author & Presenter), Lencl, T. (Author & Presenter), Chin-Calubaquib, M. (Author & Presenter), AERA Annual Meeting, Challenging and Appropriating Discourses of Power: Listening to and Learning from Successful Teachers of Color, AERA, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2015).
  • Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), NCTE Annual Convention, Negotiations of racial and linguistic identities amongst discourses of diversity: Learning from preservice teachers of color, NCTE, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2015).
  • Cheruvu, R. (Author), NCTE Annual Convention, Practicing what we teach: learning from the narratives of preservice teachers of color in the imagination of culturally responsive and sustaining teacher education practices., NCTE, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2015).
  • Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), ational Association for Multicultural Education Conference Annual Conference, Learning from Teachers of Color: Towards Multiculturally Responsive Teacher Education., NAME, United States of America. (2015).
  • Souto-Manning, M. (Author & Presenter), Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), AERA Annual Meeting, Challenging and Appropriating Discourses of Power: Listening to and Learning from Successful Teachers of Color, AERA, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2015).
  • lencl, T. (Author & Presenter), Chin-Calubaquib, M. (Author & Presenter), Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), Souto-Manning, M. (Author & Presenter), Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education Conference, Reconceptualizing teacher education through a Critical Race Theory lens: What early childhood teacher educators can learn from the experiences of pre-service teachers of color, RECE, Kent, OH, United States of America. (2014).

    • Poster

  • Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), AERA Annual Meeting, Deepening and expanding our understanding of the identities and experiences of preservice teachers of color: Learning from their counterstories, AERA, Philadelphia,PA, United States of America. (2014).
  • Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), NCTE Annual Convention, Negotiating Identities in an Early Childhood Critical Multicultural Education Course: Learning from Preservice Teachers of Color, NCTE, Boston. MA, United States of America. (2013).

    • Symposium

  • Perez, M. (Author & Presenter), Jones, N. (Author & Presenter), Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), Kim, K. (Author & Presenter), Holmes, Z. (Author & Presenter), Doherty, M.J. (Author & Presenter), Barces, A. (Author & Presenter), Castillo, J. (Author & Presenter), et, a. (Author & Presenter), Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education (RECE) conference, We are stronger together, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

Media Contributions

    Newspaper

  • "LIbraries and book banning," Fort-Worth Star Telegram. (April 12, 2022).
  • "In-person classes resume at Frisco ISD schools," Community Impact Newspaper- Frisco. (September 4, 2020).
  • "Full day kindergarten," Community Impact Newspaper- Frisco. (February 7, 2020).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Yuan, T. (Co-Principal), Cheruvu, R. (Co-Principal), "Asian American Student Success Program Grant," sponsored by University of Massachusetts, Other, $3000 Funded. (2016 - 2018).
  • Yuan, T. (Co-Principal), Cheruvu, R. (Co-Principal), "Asian American Student Success Program Grant," sponsored by University of Massachusetts, Other, Funded. (2016 - 2018).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, EC-6 Curriculum Committee. (August 2025 - Present).
  • Other, Weatherford Articulation Agreement work. (February 2025 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Life-Work Faculty Resources (Faculty Senate). (October 2024 - Present).
  • Other (Institutional Effectiveness Peer Reviewer), Institutional Effectiveness. (August 2024 - Present).
  • Other (Co-Organizer), Early Childhood Education Program Recruitment. (January 2024 - Present).
  • Other, Lead Instructor for EDCI 5130. (November 2023 - Present).
  • Program Coordinator, MS in ECE. (March 2023 - Present).
  • Faculty Mentor, Doctoral program. (January 2023 - Present).
  • Other, Lead Instructor for EDEC 3700. (January 2023 - Present).
  • Other (review applications for MS program), MS applicant review. (January 2023 - Present).
  • Other (Mentor and support for Center for Young Children), Center for Young Children. (August 2022 - Present).
  • Other, Lead Instructor for EDEC 3613. (January 2020 - Present).
  • Other, Lead Instructor for EDEC 5130. (January 2020 - Present).
  • Other (Reviewer of Masters program applicants), Early Childhood Education. (September 2019 - Present).
  • Other, MS. ECE Lead Instructor for EDEC 5130. (September 2019 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor, M.Ed. in C&I (Early Childhood Specialization). (March 2023 - 2025).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Early Childhood Convening. (December 11, 2025).
  • Student Recruiter, UNT Grad Fair. (October 1, 2025).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Pathways to TCC: Strengthening Partnerships. (September 12, 2025).
  • Attendee, Orientation, First Flight. (August 2025).
  • Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (September 2024 - August 2025).
  • Committee Chair, Scholarship Committee. (September 2024 - August 2025).
  • Committee Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Curriculum Alignment. (September 2024 - May 2025).
  • Attendee, Orientation, COE First Flight. (August 2024).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee for Lecturer positions. (April 2024 - July 2024).
  • Other (Cadre Coordinator), Cadre Coordination. (January 2024 - May 2024).
  • Committee Member, ECE Search Committe. (August 2023 - December 2023).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee. (April 2023 - August 2023).
  • Other (Co-Lead Instructor for EDEC 3700), Design for ECE Specialization. (October 2021 - August 2022).
  • Other (Researching experiences of UG students of Color in our programs), Diversity & Equity Committee. (October 2019 - August 2021).
  • Committee Member, Ed.D Design. (January 2021 - May 2021).
  • Committee Member, EC 6/ESL Program Committee. (January 2020 - May 2021).
  • Committee Member, AD Hoc Committee on Committee Work/Service. (October 2019 - December 2020).
  • Prepare/Grade Certification Exams, M.Ed. in C&I. (September 19, 2020 - October 2020).
  • Other, Lead Instructor for EDEC 4633. (January 2020 - August 2020).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee- Mathematics Education. (October 2019 - May 2020).
  • Committee Member, Diversity & Equity Committee. (September 2019 - May 2020).
  • Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (September 2017 - June 2019).
  • Committee Member, Diversity Committee. (September 2017 - June 2019).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee- Early Childhood Education. (September 2018 - April 2019).
  • Committee Member, College/Unit Assessment Revisions Committee. (January 2018 - June 2018).
  • Committee Member, Enrollment & Admissions Faculty Advisory Committee. (September 2016 - June 2018).
  • Committee Member, edTPA Leadership Committee. (January 2017 - September 2017).
  • Committee Member, College Assessment Design Committee. (May 2017 - August 2017).
  • Committee Member, Collaborative Curriculum Design team. (January 2016 - May 2016).

Public Service

  • Other, Personal Service. (January 2023 - September 2024).
  • Guest Speaker, North Hi Mount Elementary School PTA. (December 14, 2020 - December 14, 2020).
  • Guest Speaker, Arlington Public Library System. (November 10, 2020 - November 10, 2020).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Equity & Excellence in Education. (November 2024 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Teaching and Teacher Education. (May 2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, The New Educator. (October 2019 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Early Childhood Education Assembly, NCTE. (November 2016 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Critical Social Educator. (August 2023 - September 2024).
  • Session Chair, AERA. (April 2024 - April 2024).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, AERA. (November 2023 - November 2023).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, AERA Division K. (2015 - 2017).
  • Officer, Treasurer, Critical Perspectives in Early Childhood Special Interest Group, AERA. (2014 - 2015).
  • Board of Advisors, Early Childhood Education Assembly, NCTE. (November 2013 - November 2015).
  • Committee Member, AERA Division K Awards Committee. (January 2015 - April 2015).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, Early Childhood Education Assembly, NCTE. (January 2014 - January 2015).

Consulting

  • Academic, University of North Texas, United States of America. (May 2023 - August 2023).
  • Professional Design Work – Non-profit, Food Trust, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (May 2018 - August 2018).