Cristina L Lash
Biographic Data
| ID | 208036 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cristina L Lash |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cristina L |
| FAMILY NAME | Lash |
| SIGNATURE | LASH C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Reno |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3515-6553 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Racial individualism in middle school
This study explores how the ideology of racial individualism—which prioritizes an understanding of racism as individual wrongdoing—becomes embedded in the curriculum and discourse of the middle school social studies classroom and becomes embedded in the curriculum and discourse of the middle school social studies classroom to shape the racial socialization of students shapes the racial socialization of students. I provide a case study of one teac…
Youth perceptions of national change in middle school
While ample research has examined how youth in the United States define ‘Americanness’, little attention has been given to how youth imagine the nation of the future, particularly in light of ongoing immigration. This study investigates how middle school students envision necessary national reforms, and how these views reflect different models of nationalism. To explore how these perceptions are informed by experiences in school and the local com…
Multicultural citizenship education as resistance
Research and Other Forms of Rhetoric in Media Coverage of Student Achievement
Background Media play an important role in shaping public perceptions of education policies, yet few studies have explored how research evidence is included in media coverage of education reforms. Purpose In this study, we investigate how research appears in the public discourse of student achievement in the context of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (2011-2013). Specifically, we analyze the school reforms and st…
Place-Based Reform in the Context of Neighborhood Change
Nationwide, place-based initiatives aiming to improve school and community outcomes are in the midst of neighborhood demographic change. We explore this issue through a case study of the Mission Promise Neighborhood (MPN). We discuss how the social and educational context of MPN poses several challenges to implementing Promise Neighborhood reforms. Drawing on enrollment and residence data from San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) and the…
Making Americans
Cristina L. Lash, Making Americans: Schooling, Diversity, and Assimilation in the Twenty-First Century, RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 5, Immigration and Changing Identities (August 2018), pp. 99-117
Defining "American" in the context of immigration
Immigration has dramatically changed the face of the nation in the last thirty years, yet it is unclear how children currently define "Americanness" in light of these demographic and cultural shifts. This research explores how elementary students define what it means to be American in the context of immigration-driven diversity. Based on a survey of fourth and fifth graders in an elementary school located in a high-immigrant community, the author…
Making Americans
Cristina L. Lash, Making Americans: Schooling, Diversity, and Assimilation in the Twenty-First Century, RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 5, Immigration and Changing Identities (August 2018), pp. 99-117
Multicultural citizenship education as resistance
Place-Based Reform in the Context of Neighborhood Change
Nationwide, place-based initiatives aiming to improve school and community outcomes are in the midst of neighborhood demographic change. We explore this issue through a case study of the Mission Promise Neighborhood (MPN). We discuss how the social and educational context of MPN poses several challenges to implementing Promise Neighborhood reforms. Drawing on enrollment and residence data from San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) and the…
Racial individualism in middle school
This study explores how the ideology of racial individualism—which prioritizes an understanding of racism as individual wrongdoing—becomes embedded in the curriculum and discourse of the middle school social studies classroom and becomes embedded in the curriculum and discourse of the middle school social studies classroom to shape the racial socialization of students shapes the racial socialization of students. I provide a case study of one teac…
Defining "American" in the context of immigration
Immigration has dramatically changed the face of the nation in the last thirty years, yet it is unclear how children currently define "Americanness" in light of these demographic and cultural shifts. This research explores how elementary students define what it means to be American in the context of immigration-driven diversity. Based on a survey of fourth and fifth graders in an elementary school located in a high-immigrant community, the author…
Defining "American" in the context of immigration
Immigration has dramatically changed the face of the nation in the last thirty years, yet it is unclear how children currently define "Americanness" in light of these demographic and cultural shifts. This research explores how elementary students define what it means to be American in the context of immigration-driven diversity. Based on a survey of fourth and fifth graders in an elementary school located in a high-immigrant community, the author…
Making Americans
Cristina L. Lash, Making Americans: Schooling, Diversity, and Assimilation in the Twenty-First Century, RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 5, Immigration and Changing Identities (August 2018), pp. 99-117
Place-Based Reform in the Context of Neighborhood Change
Nationwide, place-based initiatives aiming to improve school and community outcomes are in the midst of neighborhood demographic change. We explore this issue through a case study of the Mission Promise Neighborhood (MPN). We discuss how the social and educational context of MPN poses several challenges to implementing Promise Neighborhood reforms. Drawing on enrollment and residence data from San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) and the…
Research and Other Forms of Rhetoric in Media Coverage of Student Achievement
Background Media play an important role in shaping public perceptions of education policies, yet few studies have explored how research evidence is included in media coverage of education reforms. Purpose In this study, we investigate how research appears in the public discourse of student achievement in the context of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (2011-2013). Specifically, we analyze the school reforms and st…
Youth perceptions of national change in middle school
While ample research has examined how youth in the United States define ‘Americanness’, little attention has been given to how youth imagine the nation of the future, particularly in light of ongoing immigration. This study investigates how middle school students envision necessary national reforms, and how these views reflect different models of nationalism. To explore how these perceptions are informed by experiences in school and the local com…
Multicultural citizenship education as resistance
Racial individualism in middle school
This study explores how the ideology of racial individualism—which prioritizes an understanding of racism as individual wrongdoing—becomes embedded in the curriculum and discourse of the middle school social studies classroom and becomes embedded in the curriculum and discourse of the middle school social studies classroom to shape the racial socialization of students shapes the racial socialization of students. I provide a case study of one teac…
Sociology (7 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (5 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Geography (3 works)