Education

Research Interests

I'm a specialist in children's media of the US, including animation, comic books, picture books, games, novels, and poetry. I am finishing a book on the history of comic books in US libraries.

Related Publications

• Disciplining Girls: Understanding the Origins of the Classic Orphan Girl Story. Johns Hopkins University Press (2011).

• A Literature of Questions: Nonfiction for the Critical Child. University of Minnesota Press (2018). ISBN: 9781517903015

Research Interests

Research Interests

I study critical race theory in education, a perspective that was born out of a critique of the US as a liberal/racial nation-state. I have been thinking through how critical race theory may be adapted in a transnational analysis given the interconnectedness of global racial violence—from detention of Muslim international students on American university campuses to Gaza, Myanmar, Kashmir, India, and Western China.