Nickolaus Ortiz
Biographic Data
| ID | 4420854 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nickolaus Ortiz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nickolaus |
| FAMILY NAME | Ortiz |
| SIGNATURE | ORTIZ N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3473-5534 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Equity-Focused Coaching
Equity-focused coaching—coaching that centers racism, patriarchy, and other oppressive systems—is a promising approach to supporting teachers in expanding learning opportunities for minoritized students. However, despite its known challenges, details of equity-focused coaching remain underexamined. This article presents an analysis of 27 equity-focused coaching sessions with ten secondary physics teachers, which incorporated classroom videos and …
From Theory to Practice
African American Language in science education
Ideologies of language and race are deeply connected in the United States. Language practices associated with racially marginalized communities, such as African American Language (AAL) or Spanglish, are often heavily stigmatized. Such stigma is not grounded in empirical research on language, but rather in “raciolinguistic ideologies” that reproduce white supremacy and oppression in teacher education and in US classrooms—including science classroo…
Abolitionist Time
A Review of Antar A. Tichavakunda's, Black Campus Life
Blackness and the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic brought booming economies, seemingly world-class health care systems, educational infrastructures, and the lives and well-being of nations to a complete standstill. Georgia was one of the few states that released their Shelter-in-Place order early, while reports suggest that Black communities have disproportionally higher rates of deaths and hospitalizations. What mathematics would allow students to critically examine the da…
Let our rejoicing rise without bound
My goal with this conceptual paper is to describe how Black Language can be valued, utilized, and incorporated into mathematics pedagogy. This framing requires a critical orientation towards language because Black Language is often a site of marginalization. I begin this conversation by defining Black Language and identifying its roots. I then highlight the connection between language and identity and suggest that since mathematics education scho…
Black English and Mathematics Education
Background/Context: The popularity surrounding culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP) is notable primarily within language and literacy content areas but is also making its rounds in other disciplines. Because of its assumed objectivity and status, the mathematics discipline has long been a site of disrupting or perpetuating inequity and thus warrants our focus in thinking about how any pedagogical framework influences the success of Black students…
African American Language in science education
Ideologies of language and race are deeply connected in the United States. Language practices associated with racially marginalized communities, such as African American Language (AAL) or Spanglish, are often heavily stigmatized. Such stigma is not grounded in empirical research on language, but rather in “raciolinguistic ideologies” that reproduce white supremacy and oppression in teacher education and in US classrooms—including science classroo…
Let our rejoicing rise without bound
My goal with this conceptual paper is to describe how Black Language can be valued, utilized, and incorporated into mathematics pedagogy. This framing requires a critical orientation towards language because Black Language is often a site of marginalization. I begin this conversation by defining Black Language and identifying its roots. I then highlight the connection between language and identity and suggest that since mathematics education scho…
Black English and Mathematics Education
Background/Context: The popularity surrounding culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP) is notable primarily within language and literacy content areas but is also making its rounds in other disciplines. Because of its assumed objectivity and status, the mathematics discipline has long been a site of disrupting or perpetuating inequity and thus warrants our focus in thinking about how any pedagogical framework influences the success of Black students…
Blackness and the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic brought booming economies, seemingly world-class health care systems, educational infrastructures, and the lives and well-being of nations to a complete standstill. Georgia was one of the few states that released their Shelter-in-Place order early, while reports suggest that Black communities have disproportionally higher rates of deaths and hospitalizations. What mathematics would allow students to critically examine the da…
Let our rejoicing rise without bound
My goal with this conceptual paper is to describe how Black Language can be valued, utilized, and incorporated into mathematics pedagogy. This framing requires a critical orientation towards language because Black Language is often a site of marginalization. I begin this conversation by defining Black Language and identifying its roots. I then highlight the connection between language and identity and suggest that since mathematics education scho…
A Review of Antar A. Tichavakunda's, Black Campus Life
African American Language in science education
Ideologies of language and race are deeply connected in the United States. Language practices associated with racially marginalized communities, such as African American Language (AAL) or Spanglish, are often heavily stigmatized. Such stigma is not grounded in empirical research on language, but rather in “raciolinguistic ideologies” that reproduce white supremacy and oppression in teacher education and in US classrooms—including science classroo…
Abolitionist Time
Equity-Focused Coaching
Equity-focused coaching—coaching that centers racism, patriarchy, and other oppressive systems—is a promising approach to supporting teachers in expanding learning opportunities for minoritized students. However, despite its known challenges, details of equity-focused coaching remain underexamined. This article presents an analysis of 27 equity-focused coaching sessions with ten secondary physics teachers, which incorporated classroom videos and …
From Theory to Practice
Sociology (6 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (5 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (3 works) · Conversation (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works)