Shandra Jones

Biographic Data

ID4624671
NAMEShandra Jones
GIVEN NAMESShandra
FAMILY NAMEJones
SIGNATUREJONES S
AFFILIATIONSHarvard Graduate School of Education
ORCID0000-0001-6428-8822
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS27
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Equipping Educators for Equity Through Ethnic‐Racial Identity Curriculum: Comparing Teachers' Fidelity of Implementation Across Remote and in‐Person Training

    Open AccessAdriana J Umaña‐taylor, Stefanie Martinez‐fuente et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology2025Cited by: 2References: 60

    Professional development (PD) to help teachers learn to use curriculum materials can be effective in aiding fidelity of implementation and supporting student learning. PD may be particularly necessary for curricula focused on students' ethnic‐racial identities, given educators' potential discomfort and limited formal training focused on strategies for discussing race/ethnicity in class. The Equipping Educators for Equity through Ethnic‐Racial Ide…

  • The Role of Ethnic-Racial Identity and Self-Esteem in Intergroup Contact Attitudes

    Open AccessKristia A Wantchekon, Elana R McDermott et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2023Cited by: 6References: 46

  • So, like, it’s all a mix of one: Intersecting contexts of adolescents’ ethnic-racial socialization

    Open AccessMichael R Sladek, Adriana J Umaña‐taylor et al.ARTICLEChild Development2022Cited by: 19References: 23

    Cultural-ecological theories posit that ethnic-racial identity (ERI) development is shaped by transactions between contexts of ethnic-racial socialization, yet research considering intersections among multiple contexts is limited. In this study, Black, Latino, White, and Asian American adolescents (N = 98; M age = 16.26, SD = 1.09; 55.1% female identifying) participated in surveys and focus group discussions (2013-2014) to share insights into ERI…

  • The Last Negroes at Harvard: The Class of 1963 and the 18 Young Men Who Changed Harvard Forever

    Shandra JonesARTICLEHarvard Educational Review2021

    Literature on postsecondary education is littered with terminology like “sense of belonging,” “inclusion,” “engagement,” “academic and career identity development,” and “organizational culture.” And a significant amount of that literature has focused on understanding, explaining, and remedying the racialized disparities in college outcomes—from access and retention through to completion.Readers will find none of those terms in Kent Garrett and Je…

  • Mexican-Origin Adolescent Mothers’ Economic Contexts, Educational Re-Engagement, and Their Children’s School Readiness

    Open AccessElana R McDermott, Laudan B Jahromi et al.ARTICLEChild Development2021

    Drawing on data from a longitudinal study of 204 Mexican-origin adolescent mothers, their mother figures, and their children, the current investigation examined (a) adolescent mothers’ educational re-engagement and attainment beginning during their pregnancy and ending when their child was 5 years old; and (b) the influence of the family economic context on adolescent mothers’ educational re-engagement and attainment and their children’s academic…

  • Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto

    Shandra JonesARTICLEHarvard Educational Review2020

    Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto by Kevin M. Gannon ; Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press, 2020. 184 pp. $19.99 (Kindle, paper). (Kindle electronic version, $19.99). Because of the increasing diversity of students arriving on campuses, colleges and universities across the United States