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Prairie Endres-Parnell and Lora Helvie-Mason, “Playing Professional: An Autoethnography of Imposter Phenomenon (Syndrome) at Work.” Journal of Texas Women School Executives 6(1): https://issuu.com/tasanet/docs/jtwse-2021

Prairie Endres-Parnell, Lora Helvie-Mason, Amber Harris-Bozer, Misty Smith, Christy Tabors, Elizabeth Wallace, Nathalie Jones, Marcie Reynolds, Sarah Maben, “ Women’s Mentoring Network - From the Keyboards of Intentional Women” Journal of Texas Women School Executives 6(1): https://issuu.com/tasanet/docs/jtwse-2021

Prairie Endres-Parnell, et. al. (2020). Culture Wars and the Politics of Finding Dory. Edited by Shearon Roberts.  Recasting the Disney Princess in an Era of New Media and Social Movements.  Lexington Books.

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Gerald and Patricia Gutek (2020). America's Early Montessorians: Anne George, Margaret Naumburg, Helen Parkhurst and Adelia Pyle. Palgrave McMillan.

This book traces the early history of the Montessori movement in the United States through the lives and careers of four key American women: Anne George, Margaret Naumburg, Helen Parkhurst, and Adelia Pyle. Caught up in the Montessori craze sweeping the United States in the Progressive era, each played a significant role in the initial transference of Montessori education to America and its implementation from 1910 to 1920. Despite the continuing international recognition of Maria Montessori and the presence of Montessori schools world-wide, Montessori receives only cursory mention in the history of education, especially by recognized historians in the field and in courses in professional education and teacher preparation. The authors, in seeking to fill this historical void, integrate institutional history with analysis of the interplay and tensions between these four women to tell this educational story in an interesting—and often dramatic—way.  

Thalia Mulvihill and Raji Swaminathan (2020), Arts-Based Educational Research and Qualitative Inquiry. Routledge.

Arts-Based Educational Research and Qualitative Inquiry introduces novice qualitative researchers, within education and related fields, to arts-based educational research (ABER). Abundant prompts and exercises are provided to help readers apply the concepts and experiment with various applications of the ideas presented.

The authors walk the path with novice researchers offering a variety of approaches to the practice of arts-based methods, while providing a guided overview of ABER, and include pedagogical features in each chapter. Exercises are designed to assist educational researchers who wish to expand their repertoire of methodologies. The authors also weave into the discussion the possibilities and limitations of many types of arts-based methods while introducing readers to the growing methodological literature. By offering a tapestry of ways to engage the novice researcher, the book illustrates that it is not always possible to separate cognitive findings from aesthetic knowing.

Thalia Mulvihill and Raji Swaminathan (2022), Oral History and Qualitative Methodologies: Educational Research for Social Justice. Routledge.

Oral History and Qualitative Methodologies: Educational Research for Social Justice examines oral history methodological processes involved in the doing of oral history as well as the theoretical, historical, and knowledge implications of using oral history for social justice projects.

Oral history in qualitative research is an umbrella term that integrates history, life history, and testimony accounts. Oral history draws from various social science disciplines, including educational studies, history, indigenous studies, sociology, anthropology, ethnic studies, women’s studies, and youth studies. The book argues for the further development of a pedagogical culture related to oral history for educational research as part of the effort to diversify the range of human experiences educators, community members, and policy makers incorporate into knowledge-making and knowledge-using processes.

Rosalinda Ortiz was awarded the 2020-2021 Dissertation of the Year honor by Ball State University for her research on the Latino student’s transition from dual credit programs to the first year at a 4 year university. Dr. Ortiz teaches at Tarleton State University in Texas.

Jie Zhang

Jie Zhang (forthcoming in 2021), “The Geopolitics of ‘Being Lost’ (jiong) in China’s Most Popular Movie Franchise, in ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts.

Jie Zhang (forthcoming in 2022), “China’s First Professional Writer and His First Reader: Li Yu (1611-1680) and Du Jun (1611-1687),” in Crossing Genres: Perspectives of Premodern Chinese Literature, ed. Manling Luo. Brill.

Karen Kingsbury and Jie Zhang (forthcoming in 2022), Trans. Time Tunnel: Stories and Essays by Eileen Chang. New York Review Books.