Seminar on Communication, Representation, and Cultural History
Philosophies and Epistemologies of Education
Leadership, Multiculturalism and Social Justice
Urban Arts Integration
Critical Theory and Pedagogy (independent study)
Critical Theories of Racism (independent study)
Applications for Teaching in Urban Schools (honors)
Cultural Proficiency I
Cultural Proficiency II
Urban Education and Immigration (honors)
Social Context of Urban Schools (honors)
Youth, Culture, and Society (honors)
Foundations of Education
Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
Selected Publications
Co-editor, The Selected Works of Antonia Darder: On Theory, Politics, and Struggle (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Co-editor, The Critical Pedagogy Reader (4th edition) (Routledge, 2023)
Author, Youth Gangs, Racism, and Schooling: Vietnamese American Youth in a Postcolonial Context (Palgrave, 2015)
Co-author, “The Indispensable Praxis of Antonia Darder: An Introduction,” in The Selected Works of Antonia Darder: On Theory, Politics, and Struggle (Bloomsbury, 2025)
[Reprint] “Racism, Schooling, and the Streets: A Critical Analysis of Vietnamese American Youth Gang Formation in Southern California,” in Research and Reflections on Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement (Purdue University Press, 2025)
[Reprint] “Critical Perspectives in Youth Gang Formation in the United States,” in Oxford Encyclopedia of Race and Education (Oxford University Press, 2024)
“Beyond ‘Bread and Circus’: Reading and Teaching Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed,” in The Student Guide to Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed (2nd edition) (Bloomsbury, 2024)
[Reprint] “Theories of Racism, Asian American Identities, and a Materialist Critical Pedagogy,” in The Critical Pedagogy Reader (4th edition) (Routledge, 2023)
“The Exigency of Radical Class Politics: A Personal Journey,” in On Class, Race and Educational Reform (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Honors & Professional Memberships
2016 Critics’ Choice Book Award Recipient (for Youth Gangs, Racism, and Schooling: Vietnamese American Youth in a Postcolonial Context), American Educational Studies Association
2013 Committee on Scholars of Color in Education, Early Career Scholars Fellow, American Educational Research Association
