Research and teaching interests.
Culturally relevant pedagogy, teacher identity, race and racialization, critical whiteness studies, education and justice, social and cultural contexts of education, critical educational anthropology, critical qualitative research methods.
Courses taught
Culture, Power, and Education
Elementary Education Colloquium: Elementary education scholars as public intellectuals (Doctoral seminar)
Introduction to the elementary school
Foundations of Multicultural Education
School and Society
U.S. Peoples and Cultures
Student teaching seminar/ethnic studies in elementary school pilot
Selected publications
Mason, A.M. (2017). Race, Empire, and English Language Teaching: Creating Responsible and Ethical Anti-Racist Practice. Suhanthie Motha, 2014, New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 208 pp., $41.95 (paperback), $80.00 (hardcover), Educational Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00131946.2017.1355799.
Mason, A.M. (2017). Storying a social drama: How discourse and practice prevent transformation through culturally relevant pedagogy. Multicultural Perspectives, 19(1), 26-34.
Mason, A.M. (2016). Taking time, breaking codes: Moments in white teacher candidates' exploration of race, racism, and identity. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 29:8, 1045-1058, DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2016.1174899
Mason, A.M. (2015). Disciplining Dalmar: A demand to uncover racism and racialization in pursuit of culturally relevant pedagogy. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/jXC2GE8Js3a3jbNdqpzv/full
Mason, A.M. (2014). "Neutrality" and the new racism in teacher education. In Kumashiro, K. and Ngo, B. (2014). Six lenses for anti-oppressive education. New York: Peter Lang.
Mason, A.M. (2013). [Review of the book Immigration and the challenge of education: A social drama analysis in south central Los Angeles by Jaramillo, N.] International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.
Mason, A.M., Dubosarsky, M., Roehrig, G., Carlson, S., and Murphy, B. (2011). Harnessing collective wisdom: Culturally relevant early childhood education in practice. In Gregory, S., Ed. (2011). Voices of Native American Indian educators. National Indian Education Association.
Roehrig, G.H, Dubosarsky, M., Mason, A.M., Carlson, S., & Murphy, B. (2011). We look more, listen more, notice more: Impact of sustained professional development on Head Start teachers’ inquiry-based and culturally relevant science teaching practices. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 20, 566-578.
Courses taught
Culture, Power, and Education
Elementary Education Colloquium: Elementary education scholars as public intellectuals (Doctoral seminar)
Introduction to the elementary school
Foundations of Multicultural Education
School and Society
U.S. Peoples and Cultures
Student teaching seminar/ethnic studies in elementary school pilot
Selected publications
Mason, A.M. (2017). Race, Empire, and English Language Teaching: Creating Responsible and Ethical Anti-Racist Practice. Suhanthie Motha, 2014, New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 208 pp., $41.95 (paperback), $80.00 (hardcover), Educational Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00131946.2017.1355799.
Mason, A.M. (2017). Storying a social drama: How discourse and practice prevent transformation through culturally relevant pedagogy. Multicultural Perspectives, 19(1), 26-34.
Mason, A.M. (2016). Taking time, breaking codes: Moments in white teacher candidates' exploration of race, racism, and identity. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 29:8, 1045-1058, DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2016.1174899
Mason, A.M. (2015). Disciplining Dalmar: A demand to uncover racism and racialization in pursuit of culturally relevant pedagogy. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/jXC2GE8Js3a3jbNdqpzv/full
Mason, A.M. (2014). "Neutrality" and the new racism in teacher education. In Kumashiro, K. and Ngo, B. (2014). Six lenses for anti-oppressive education. New York: Peter Lang.
Mason, A.M. (2013). [Review of the book Immigration and the challenge of education: A social drama analysis in south central Los Angeles by Jaramillo, N.] International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.
Mason, A.M., Dubosarsky, M., Roehrig, G., Carlson, S., and Murphy, B. (2011). Harnessing collective wisdom: Culturally relevant early childhood education in practice. In Gregory, S., Ed. (2011). Voices of Native American Indian educators. National Indian Education Association.
Roehrig, G.H, Dubosarsky, M., Mason, A.M., Carlson, S., & Murphy, B. (2011). We look more, listen more, notice more: Impact of sustained professional development on Head Start teachers’ inquiry-based and culturally relevant science teaching practices. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 20, 566-578.
