Melissa Colón
Biographic Data
| ID | 195749 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Colón |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Colón |
| SIGNATURE | COLÓN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Boston |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1633-668X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Disaster Schooling Experiences and Emergent Crises
This paper examines the disaster schooling experiences of Puerto Rican educators, families, and students across multiple crises following Hurricane Maria. Drawing on 11 months of ethnographic research, we analyze how schooling unfolded across disasters and how long‐standing vulnerabilities and structural inequalities shaped responses. Findings reveal the significant role of schools and educators in supporting children and underscore the need for …
Disaster schooling in US contexts
This integrative literature review examines PK-12 disaster schooling in US contexts, centering the experiences and knowledge systems of Black, Indigenous, and Latine (BIL) students, families, educators, and communities. Drawing on critical frameworks of disasters and schooling projects, and utilizing the PRISMA protocol, 844 articles were identified, with 18 meeting the inclusion criteria. Findings highlight how BIL communities navigated state ne…
Testimonialistas’ Self‐Determination
This article highlights the Testimonios of Boricua (Puerto Rican) women in their twenties who were pregnant and parenting in their high school‐age years and whose gender and familial self‐determination and freedom were severely regulated by a suffocating network of colonial state institutions. At the center of this network was school. Mechanized to uphold gendered ideologies and materialities in the repressive campaign against Boricua women, US s…
A Systems ‘Analysis of Latine Education in Massachusetts
Despite attending schools in a state internationally recognized for innovation, research and education, Latine students in Massachusetts, USA continue to disproportionately experience discrimination, economic segregation, health disparities and racial inequities that have shaped their schooling experiences and outcomes across the educational pipeline (Colón, “We are beautiful people”: The schooling experiences of Puerto Rican school‐aged mothers …
Getting to the Warm Hand-Off
Home visiting is often thought of as a key entry point into a system of care. Findings from this study confirm this premise, highlighting both the centrality of home visiting in helping families navigate local systems of care, and the insufficiency of these systems to meet family needs
Developing Research and Community Literacies to Recruit Latino Researchers and Practitioners to Address Health Disparities
Developing Research and Community Literacies to Recruit Latino Researchers and Practitioners to Address Health Disparities
Getting to the Warm Hand-Off
Home visiting is often thought of as a key entry point into a system of care. Findings from this study confirm this premise, highlighting both the centrality of home visiting in helping families navigate local systems of care, and the insufficiency of these systems to meet family needs
Testimonialistas’ Self‐Determination
This article highlights the Testimonios of Boricua (Puerto Rican) women in their twenties who were pregnant and parenting in their high school‐age years and whose gender and familial self‐determination and freedom were severely regulated by a suffocating network of colonial state institutions. At the center of this network was school. Mechanized to uphold gendered ideologies and materialities in the repressive campaign against Boricua women, US s…
A Systems ‘Analysis of Latine Education in Massachusetts
Despite attending schools in a state internationally recognized for innovation, research and education, Latine students in Massachusetts, USA continue to disproportionately experience discrimination, economic segregation, health disparities and racial inequities that have shaped their schooling experiences and outcomes across the educational pipeline (Colón, “We are beautiful people”: The schooling experiences of Puerto Rican school‐aged mothers …
Disaster Schooling Experiences and Emergent Crises
This paper examines the disaster schooling experiences of Puerto Rican educators, families, and students across multiple crises following Hurricane Maria. Drawing on 11 months of ethnographic research, we analyze how schooling unfolded across disasters and how long‐standing vulnerabilities and structural inequalities shaped responses. Findings reveal the significant role of schools and educators in supporting children and underscore the need for …
Disaster schooling in US contexts
This integrative literature review examines PK-12 disaster schooling in US contexts, centering the experiences and knowledge systems of Black, Indigenous, and Latine (BIL) students, families, educators, and communities. Drawing on critical frameworks of disasters and schooling projects, and utilizing the PRISMA protocol, 844 articles were identified, with 18 meeting the inclusion criteria. Findings highlight how BIL communities navigated state ne…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (2 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Inequality (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Natural disaster (2 works) · Nursing (2 works)