Pedagogies of Resistance and Public Pedagogies

Articles

• Annamma, S. A., & Handy, T. (2019). DisCrit solidarity as curriculum studies and transformative praxis. Curriculum Inquiry, 49(4), 442–463. https://doi.org/10.1080/03626784.2019.1665456 
• Au, W. (2021). A pedagogy of insurgency: Teaching and organizing for radical racial justice in our schools. Educational Studies, 57(2), 109–123. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131946.2021.1878181 
• Baugh, M. (2024). The “Ed Scare” and the ritualistic burning of Black texts. RSA Journal, 35(1), 91-118. https://doi.org/10.13135/1592-4467/10000 
• Becnel, B. (2024). US book banning as racialized political strategy. RSA Journal, 35(1), 47-65. https://doi.org/10.13135/1592-4467/10387 
• Dunn, D. C., Chisholm, A., Spaulding, E., & Love, B. L. (2021). A radical doctrine: Abolitionist education in hard times. Educational Studies, 57(3), 211–223. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131946.2021.1892684 
• El Sabbagh, J., & Schwarz, C. (2023). Classroom communities, pandemic portals: Rethinking solidarity through pedagogy and practice. Educational Studies, 59(2), 221–235. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131946.2023.2169692 
• Elwell, A., & Buchanan, R. (2019). Feminist pedagogies in a time of backlash. Gender and Education, 33(2), 156–170. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2019.1680810 
• Ferrari, A. (2024). Mice, slurs and freedom fries: American tensions between teaching the literary canon and the need for a national narrative in the era of book bans. RSA Journal, 35(1), 67-90. https://doi.org/10.13135/1592-4467/9973 
• Hannegan-Martinez, S. (2019). From punk love to compa love: A pedagogical paradigm to intervene on trauma. The Urban Review, 51, 659–675. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-019-00540-3 
• Kynard, C. (2023). Black/Queer/Intersectional/Abolitionist/Feminist: Essay-ish on the “deep sightings” of Black feminisms during shock-and-awe campaigns of white supremacy. Peitho, 26(1). https://cfshrc.org/article/black-queer-intersectional-abolitionist-feminist-essay-ish-on-the-deep-sightings-of-black-feminisms-during-shock-and-awe-campaigns-of-white-supremacy-in-memory-of-linda-brodkey/  
• Kynard, C. (2023). “Oh no she did NOT bring her ass up in here with that!” Racial memory, radical reparative justice, and Black feminist pedagogical futures. College English, 85(4), 318-345. https://doi.org/10.58680/ce202332458 
• Kynard, C. (2018). Stayin woke: Race-radical literacies in the makings of a higher education. College Composition and Communication, 69(3), 519–529. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44784941 
• Kynard, C. (2016). This bridge: The BlackFeministCompositionist’s guide to the colonial and imperial violence of schooling today. Feminist Teacher, 26(2–3), 126–141. https://doi.org/10.5406/femteacher.26.2-3.0126 
• Ladson-Billings, G. (2021). I’m here for the hard re-set: Post pandemic pedagogy to preserve our culture. Equity & Excellence in Education, 54(1), 68–78. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2020.1863883 
• Leger, S., & Verna, C. F. (2023). Pedagogies of social justice in Miami: Reflections on healing wounds of discrimination and inequity while teaching at a state-funded university. Peitho, 26(1). https://cfshrc.org/article/pedagogies-of-social-justice-in-miami-reflections-on-healing-wounds-of-discrimination-and-inequity-while-teaching-at-a-state-funded-university/ 
• Li, S. (2024). Why would some feminist activists want to ban Nineteen Eighty-Four, and why shouldn’t they? Studies in Social Science & Humanities, 3(1), 59–65. https://www.paradigmpress.org/SSSH/article/view/971
• Locke, M. A., Guzman, V., Hallaran, A. E., Arciniegas, M., Friedman, T. E., & Brito, A. (2022). Counternarratives as DisCrit praxis: Disrupting classroom master narratives through imagined composite stories. Teachers College Record, 124(7), 150-173. https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681221111433 
• Long, A. (2014). Teaching women’s rights and the imperialist agenda. Feminist Teacher, 24(3), 234–241. https://doi.org/10.5406/femteacher.24.3.0234 
• Reynolds, H. M., Silvernell, D., & Mercer, F. (2020). Teaching in an era of political divisiveness: An exploration of strategies for discussing controversial issues. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 93(4), 205–212. https://doi.org/10.1080/00098655.2020.1762063 
• Riley, D., & Claris, L. (2009). From persistence to resistance: Pedagogies of liberation for inclusive science and engineering. International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 1(1). https://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/view/25 
• Santellano, K., Higuera, K., & Arriaga, F. (2021). Latina educators in sociology: Combating Trumpism with critical pedagogy. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 7(1), 134-140. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332649220977569 
• Schlobohm, A., & Johnson, J. H. (2024). Courageous conversations: Preparing students to lead in a politically polarized business environment. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/23294906241233873 
• Shelton, S. Z. (2020). Disability justice, white supremacy, and harm reduction pedagogy: Enacting anti-racist crip teaching. JCSCORE: Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, 6(1), 191-208. https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2642-2387.2020.6.1.190-208 
• Siuty, M. B., & Meyer, K. M. (2024). Cripistemologies of teacher education: Centering disabled ways of knowing in learning to teach. Journal of Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224871241301996 
• Veletsianos, G., & Houlden, S. (2020). Radical flexibility and relationality as responses to education in times of crisis. Postdigital Science and Education 2, 849–862. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-020-00196-3 
• Zami, L. (2021). Dancing after life: Flexible spacetimes of Black female resistdance. Dance Research Journal, 53(2), 67–87. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0149767721000206  

Popular Press

• Alonso, J. (2024, Apr. 5). Student interest in gender studies on the rise, despite political hostility. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/academics/2024/04/05/more-students-take-gender-studies-even-it-comes-under-attack 
• Baker, C. N. (2024, Aug. 16). From the frontlines of the MAGA war on higher education: The Ms. Q&A with New College of Florida professor Amy Reid. Ms. https://msmagazine.com/2024/08/16/new-college-florida-ron-desantis-gender-studies-edi-woke-critical-race-theory/ 
• Baker, C. N., & Rodrigues, M. (2021, Aug. 11). Critical race theory bans target feminist professors: “This Is censorship.” Ms. https://msmagazine.com/2021/08/11/critical-race-theory-feminist-teachers-women-gender-studies/ 
• Balani, S. (2023, Jun. 24). “Creating dangerous gaps”: U. professors weigh in on nationwide surge in book bans. Brown Daily Herald. https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2023/06/creating-dangerous-gaps-professors-weigh-in-on-nationwide-surge-in-book-bans 
• Guy-Sheftall, B. (2023, Jul. 25). The essential connection between book bans and Black feminism. CLIR News, 153. https://www.clir.org/2023/07/the-essential-connection-between-book-bans-and-black-feminism/ 
• Knisely, L. (2023, Oct. 3). Teaching patriarchy post-“Barbie.” Ms. https://msmagazine.com/2023/10/03/teaching-patriarchy-barbie/ 
• Moody, J. (2022, Feb. 9). How K-12 book bans affect higher education. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/02/10/how-k-12-book-bans-affect-higher-education 
• Quinn, R. (2025, Feb. 6). As the DEI crackdown escalates, faculty choose between silence and resistance. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/diversity-equity/2025/02/06/trump-attacks-dei-faculty-pick-between-silence 
• Ross, E. M. (2023, Nov. 30). Navigating book bans: A guide for educators as efforts intensify to censor books. Harvard Graduate School of Education. https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable-knowledge/23/11/navigating-book-bans 
• Ross, E. M. (2023, Nov. 30). Teaching in the face of book bans: Creative ways educators can adjust their curriculum during “treacherous” times. Harvard Graduate School of Education.  https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable-knowledge/23/11/teaching-face-book-bans 
• Shayne, J. (2020, Feb. 24). The Trump era proves that women’s studies matters. Ms. https://msmagazine.com/2020/02/24/i-cant-believe-im-still-making-the-case-for-gender-women-sexuality-studies/ 
• Stout, C., & Wilburn, T. (2021, Jun. 9). CRT Map: Efforts to restrict teaching racism and bias have multiplied across the U.S. ChalkBeat. https://www.chalkbeat.org/22525983/map-critical-race-theory-legislation-teaching-racism/
• Zahneis, M. (2024, Nov. 13). A Texas university tells professors their teaching and research will be under “intense scrutiny.” The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-texas-university-tells-professors-their-teaching-and-research-will-be-under-intense-scrutiny 

Books and Chapters

• Atkinson, J., & Ray, S. J. (Eds.). (2024). The existential toolkit for climate justice educators: How to teach in a burning world. University of California Press. 
• Del Vecchio, D., Spady, S., & Toomey, N. (2018). Pedagogical applications of Toward What Justice?  In E. Tuck & K. W. Yang (Eds.), Toward what justice? Describing diverse dreams of justice in education (Chapter 8). Routledge. 
• Dey, S. (2023). Green academia: Towards eco-friendly education systems. Routledge. 
• Giroux, H. A. (2025). Theory and resistance in education: Towards a pedagogy for the opposition (2nd ed.). Bloomsbury Academic. 
• Eagle Shield, A., Paris, D., Paris, R., & San Pedro, T. (Eds.). (2020). Education in movement spaces: Standing Rock to Chicago Freedom Square. Routledge.  
• Giroux, H. A. (2022). Pedagogy of resistance: Against manufactured ignorance. Bloomsbury Academic. 
• Grande, S. (2018). Refusing the university. In E. Tuck & K. W. Yang (Eds.), Toward what justice? Describing diverse dreams of justice in education (Chapter 3). Routledge. 
• Karsgaard, C. (2023). Instagram as public pedagogy: Online activism and the Trans Mountain pipeline. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Mikulan, P., & Zembylas, M. (Eds.). (2024). Working with theories of refusal and decolonization in higher education. Routledge. 
• Nussbaum, M. C. (2024). Not for profit: Why democracy needs the humanities. Princeton University Press. 
• Palmer, R. T., Flowers, A. M., & Jones, S. (Eds.). (2023). Black scholarship in a white academy: Perseverance in the face of injustice. Johns Hopkins University Press. 
• Parker-Shandal, C. A. H. (2022). Restorative justice in the classroom: Liberating students’ voices through relational pedagogy. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Plana, M. C., & Castillo, D. A. (Eds.). (2023). Scholars in COVID times. Cornell University Press. 
• Revelles-Benavente, B., & González, A. M. (Eds.). (2017). Teaching gender: Feminist pedagogy and responsibility in times of political crisis. Routledge. 
• Tuitt, F., Haynes, C., & Stewart, S. (Eds.). (2023). Race, equity, and the learning environment: The global relevance of critical and inclusive pedagogies in higher education. Routledge. 

Other

• Banned! Series from Ms. https://msmagazine.com/tag/banned-series/ 
• Branham, S. (Ed.). (2024). When resistance is futile: Teaching under ideological threat [Special issue]. Feminist Pedagogy, 5(3). https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/feministpedagogy/vol5/iss3/ 
• Bryant, J., & Appleby, C. (2025, Jan. 22). These states’ anti-DEI legislation may impact higher education [Anti-DEI legislation tracker]. Best Colleges. https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/anti-dei-legislation-tracker/ 
• Clayman Institute for Gender Research. (2024, Apr. 17). The attack on DEI: What’s behind it and what comes next [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/0bZK4nx59vE?si=XmRfU7IlAh_xXNjY  
• Crenshaw, K. (2023, Feb. 28). Open letter on fighting “anti-woke” censorship of intersectionality and Black feminism [Letter and petition]. ActionNetwork. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/open-letter-on-fighting-anti-woke-censorship-of-intersectionality-and-black-feminism 
• The Dismantling of DEI [Regularly updated DEI legislation tracker and articles]. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/package/the-assault-on-dei 
• Clark-Taylor, A., Regan, H., & Rotramel, A. (2024). Protecting our futures: Challenges and strategies for women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. National Women’s Studies Association. Mather Center Research Briefs, 5. https://commons.case.edu/mathercenter-briefs/5 
• Fitzsimons, C. (2022) Feminist pedagogy and reproductive rights [Project report]. Department of Adult and Community Education, Maynooth University. https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/17030/ 
• Goldberg, A. E. (2024). The impact of anti-DEI legislation on LGBTQ+ faculty in higher education. Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law. https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/anti-dei-laws-higher-ed/  
• Harper, S., Chang, M. J., Cole, E. R., et al. Truths about DEI on college campuses: Evidence-based expert responses to politicized misinformation. USC Race and Equity Center. https://seis.ucla.edu/news/ucla-scholars-collaborate-in-new-report-pushing-back-against-attacks-on-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-initiatives/ 
• University of Chicago Library. (2024, Aug. 12). Confronting book bans: A panel discussion [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/HYew3aApC8w?si=FaQvFIF3dhrMw3YO