Feminist Pedagogies

These are general readings on feminist pedagogies not included in our other pedagogy bibliographies (4, 98b, and 105g).

Articles

• Anderson, K., Flores Ruíz, E., Stewart, G. T., & Tlostanova, M. (2019). What can Indigenous feminist knowledge and practices bring to “Indigenizing” the academy? Journal of World Philosophies, 4(1), 121–155. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/index.php/jwp/article/view/2646 
• Beauboeuf-Lafontant, T. (2002). A womanist experience of caring: Understanding the pedagogy of exemplary Black women teachers. The Urban Review 34, 71–86. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014497228517 
• Diaz-Kozlowski, T. (2021). Provocations, perspectives, and possibilities of Chicana/Latina feminist pedagogies. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1357 
• Edwards, K. T. (2015). College teaching on sacred ground: Judeo-Christian influences on Black women faculty pedagogy. Race Ethnicity and Education, 20(1), 117–131. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2015.1095177 
• Edwards, K.T., & Thompson, V. J. (2016). Womanist pedagogical love as justice work on college campuses: Reflections from faithful Black women academics. New Directions for Adult & Continuing Education, 2016(152), 39-50. https://doi.org/10.1002/ace.20211 
• Fitzsimons, C. (2023). Towards an inclusive, critical feminist pedagogy. Concept: The Journal of Contemporary Community Education Practice Theory, 14(1), 1-10. https://concept.lib.ed.ac.uk/article/view/8809 
• Hill, D. C. (2018). Black girl pedagogies: Layered lessons on reliability. Curriculum Inquiry, 48(3), 383–405. https://doi.org/10.1080/03626784.2018.1468213 
• James-Gallaway, A. D. (2024). Framing Black feminist pedagogy through the contours of Black feminist thought: Black feminist praxis in and beyond the traditional classroom. Pedagogy, Culture & Society, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2024.2305724 
• James-Gallaway, A. D., & Harris, T. (2021). We been relevant: Culturally relevant pedagogy and Black women teachers in segregated schools. Educational Studies, 57(2), 124–141. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131946.2021.1878179 
• James-Gallaway, A. D., & Turner, F. F. L. (2021). Mobilizing betrayal: Black feminist pedagogy and Black women graduate student educators. Gender, Work & Organization, 28(S1), 24-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12554
• Jiménez, I. (2024). The future of English Is feminist: Teaching women of color feminisms. English Journal, 113(5), 41-48. https://doi.org/10.58680/ej2024113541 
• Lewis, M. M. (2017). A genuine article: Intersectionality, Black lesbian gender expression, and the feminist pedagogical project. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 21(4), 420–431. https://doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2016.1162034
• Omolade, B. (1987). A Black feminist pedagogy. Women’s Studies Quarterly, 15(3/4), 32–39. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40003434 
• Parks, S., Bell, J., Ellwood, S., & Deckman, S.L. (2022), Going beyond anti-racist pedagogical practices: Co-constructing a pro-Black classroom. Journal for Multicultural Education, 16(3), 259-271. https://doi.org/10.1108/JME-10-2021-0193
• Sheth, M. J., & Salisbury, J. D. (2022). “School’s a lie”: Toward critical race intersectional pedagogy for youth intellectual activism in policy partnerships. Educational Policy, 36(1), 100-141. https://doi.org/10.1177/08959048211059478 
• Story, K. A. (2017). Fear of a Black femme: The existential conundrum of embodying a Black femme identity while being a professor of Black, queer, and feminist studies. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 21(4), 407–419. https://doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2016.1165043

Books and Chapters

• Delgado Bernal, D. (Ed.). (2006). Chicana/Latina education in everyday life: Feminista perspectives on pedagogy and epistemology. SUNY Press. 
• Ford, J., & Jaramillo, N. E. (Eds.). (2023). Disrupting colonial pedagogies: Theories and transgressions. University of Illinois Press.  
• Griffin, A. A., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (Eds.). (2024). All about Black girl love in education: bell hooks and pedagogies of love. Routledge.
• Jiménez, I. (2018). Show up and show out: Teaching queer Latina femme pedagogies, blogging queer Black femme identities. In S. Talburt (Ed.), Youth sexualities: Public feelings and contemporary cultural politics (Volume 2, Chapter 2). Praeger. 
• Marshall, J. E., & Skibba, C. (Eds.). (2022). Trauma-informed pedagogy: Addressing gender-based violence in the classroom. Emerald Publishing.
• Perlow, O. N., Wheeler, D. I., Bethea, S. L., & Scott, B. M. (Eds.). (2018). Black women’s liberatory pedagogies: Resistance, transformation, and healing within and beyond the academy. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Pugliese, N. (2023). Feminist pedagogies. In M. Duarte, K. Losleben, & K. Fjørtoft (Eds.), Gender diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia (pp. 204-212). Routledge. Available open access at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003363590-22/feminist-pedagogies-nastassja-pugliese 
• Staples-Dixon, J. M. (2024). Extraordinary pedagogies: An endarkened feminist approach to revolutionizing teacher consciousness. Teachers College Press.  
• Zerai, A. (2025). Black feminist interventions to decolonize the Westernized university: Epistemology, research methodology, and pedagogy. Lexington Books. 

Other

• Brown, M. (n.d.). On Black feminist pedagogies. Blackfeminisms.com. https://blackfeminisms.com/pedagogy-black-feminist/ 
• Kynard, C. (n.d.). BlackFeministPedagogies.com. https://www.blackfeministpedagogies.com/ 
• Rogers, A. B., & Misiak, A. (Eds.). (2020). Feminist pedagogies [Special issue]. MAI, 5(Winter).  https://maifeminism.com/issues/issue-5-feminist-pedagogies/