Boni Wozolek
Dr. Wozolek is currently an Assistant Professor at Penn State University, Abington College. She received her PhD from the School of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Studies from Kent State University. Her work considers questions of social justice, qualitative research methods, and teaching practices that focus on the examination of race, sexual orientations, and gender identities (and their multiple forms of expression) in schools.
Biography
Dr. Wozolek is currently an Assistant Professor at Penn State University, Abington College. She received her PhD from the School of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Studies from Kent State University. Her work considers questions of social justice, qualitative research methods, and teaching practices that focus on the examination of race, sexual orientations, and gender identities (and their multiple forms of expression) in schools. Dr. Wozolek is the recipient of the 2012 James T. Sears Award for her paper The Nested Nature of M/othering: Complicating Curriculum Conversations, a 2016 Outstanding Dissertation Recognition Award from Division B (Curriculum Studies) of the American Educational Research Association, and a 2018 inductee into Kent State University’s Hall of Fame for her work with marginalized populations. She is the author of nearly 25 articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries, has a special forum with GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, and a forthcoming special issue with the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education with David Lee Carlson at Arizona State University. Recent publications include contributions to Cultural Studies<>Critical Methodologies, The Urban Review Educational Studies, the Journal of LGBT Youth, and the Journal of Gender Studies. Her recent research projects and grant work include thinking with queer middle school youth, evaluating juvenile diversion programs in urban contexts, and assessing institutional-community relations through community engaged research. Finally, Dr. Wozolek has three forthcoming books—an edited book on Black Lives Matter in Education with SUNY Press, an co-edited book on emancipatory practices in education with Brill, and a solo-authored book on Assemblages of Violence with Routledge.Education
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PhD- Kent State University
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Queer theory, Critical Race Theory, Qualitative Research, Curriculum Theory, Educational Foundations
Websites
Books
Articles
Intellectual Gatekeepers: Reclaiming Black Queer Youth as the Public
Published: Oct 23, 2020 by Intra-Public intellectualism: Critical Qualitative Inquiry in the Academy
Authors: Boni Wozolek
Wozolek, B. (in press). Intellectual Gatekeepers: Reclaiming Black Queer Youth as the Public. In J. Sweet, D.L. Carlson, and T. Wells (Eds.), Intra-Public intellectualism: Critical Qualitative Inquiry in the Academy. Fort Myers, FL: Myers Educational Press.
Marginalized by intersectionality: Teachers and scholars of color participating in assemblages of violence
Published: Oct 09, 2020 by The Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color
Authors: Boni Wozolek
Wozolek, B. (in press). Marginalized by intersectionality: Teachers and scholars of color participating in assemblages of violence. In C.D. Gist & T.J. Bristol (Eds.), The Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color. New York, NY: Routledge.
Race, gender, and sexual orientations in curriculum studies
Published: Oct 09, 2020 by The Oxford Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies
Authors: Boni Wozolek
Wozolek, B. (in press). Race, gender, and sexual orientations in curriculum studies. In M. Fang He & B. Shubert (Eds.) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
“It’s not fiction, it’s my life”: LGBTQ+ Youth of Color and Kinships in an Urban School
Published: Aug 19, 2020 by Theory into Practice
Authors: Boni Wozolek
Wozolek, B. (in press). “It’s not fiction, it’s my life”: LGBTQ+ Youth of Color and Kinships in an Urban School, Theory into Practice.
Critical Gender Geographies
Published: Aug 19, 2020 by The Oxford Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality
Authors: Boni Wozolek
Wozolek, B. (in press). Critical Gender Geographies. In C. Mayo (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
The World Language Crisis: Problems and Solutions: Diminishing Language Programs in US Schools
Published: May 19, 2020 by The Pennsylvania Language Forum
Authors: Sydney McQuiggan and Boni Wozolek
McQuiggan, S. & Wozolek, B. (2020). The World Language Crisis: Problems and Solutions: Diminishing Language Programs in US Schools, The Pennsylvania Language Forum, 90(1), 22-26.
The queer love project: AESA, fatigue, and building the body of an organization
Published: Apr 01, 2020 by GLQ: The Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies
Authors: Wozolek, B., Bettez, S., Kelly, H. & Sintos Coloma, R.
Dialogue on queerness and running a successful educational conference.
Queer Battle Fatigue in Classrooms and Communities
Published: Apr 01, 2020 by GLQ: The Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies
Authors: Boni Wozolek
Introduction to a special forum on Queer Battle Fatigue
Hidden Curriculum of Violence: Affect, Power, and Policing the Body
Published: Mar 31, 2020 by Educational Studies
Authors: Boni Wozolek
This paper argues that there is a hidden curriculum of violence that can be traced through affective resonances that exist within an assemblage of violence.
Middle Grades Ethnographies in Theory and Practice
Published: Oct 07, 2019 by The International Handbook of Middle Level Education Theory, Research, and Policy
Authors: Boni Wozolek and Walter Gershon
Middle Grades Ethnographies in Theory and Practice