Spring 2017: Volume 5, Issue 2

Critical Forum: South Asian Americans in Higher Education

South Asian Americans in Higher Education: Background and Future Directions

JUSTIN T. SAMUEL, The University of Texas at Austin

Emerging Considerations for Diversity Education of South Asian American Students

PURVI PATEL, Washington University in St. Louis

VIRAJ PATEL, University of Pennsylvania

Lions, Tigers, and South Asian Greeks: Oh, My! The Opportunity for More Research!

BILAL BADRUDDIN, Howard University

False Binaries: Recentering South Asian Identity for Healing

SHRUTI DESAI, McKendree University

Critical Forum: Reflecting on Modern Public-School Teacher Experience

Reflecting on Modern Public-School Teacher Experience: An Overview of Select Challenges Facing the Educator Workforce with an Emphasis on Teachers of Color

WESLEY L. EDWARDS, The University of Texas at Austin

Integration and the Achievement Gap: Innovation in Dallas, Texas

WILL MADDOX, Dallas Independent School District

Understanding the Role of Teacher Decision-Making in Voluntary Teacher Turnover: A Review

SARA KEMPER, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

Avoiding the Gaze of the Test: High Stakes Literacy Policy Implementation

THEA WILLIAMSON, The University of Texas at Austin

Critical Forum: STEM Education

Arizona’s Rising STEM Occupational Demands and Declining Participation in the Scientific Workforce: An Examination of Attitudes among African Americans toward STEM College Majors and Careers

JERLANDO F. L. JACKSON, University of Wisconsin – Madison

LAVAR J. CHARLESTON, University of Wisconsin – Madison

CHANCE W. LEWIS, University of North Carolina – Charlotte

JUAN E. GILBERT, University of Florida

WALTER P. PARRISH III, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Book Review 

Review of Jean Conteh and Gabriela Meier (Eds). (2014), The Multilingual Turn in Languages Education: Opportunities and Challenges. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 328 pages.

ASTRID N. SAMBOLÍN MORALES, University of Colorado Boulder