Veselina Lambrev
Biographic Data
| ID | 5167846 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Veselina Lambrev |
| GIVEN NAMES | Veselina |
| FAMILY NAME | Lambrev |
| SIGNATURE | LAMBREV V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3622-6485 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Culturally responsive pedagogy in support of Roma students
Across Europe, anti-Roma sentiments and practices in education have hindered the inclusion of Roma people. Using the theoretical lens of culturally responsive teaching, this study examined Bulgarian teachers’ cultural awareness and the pedagogical strategies they employ to support Roma students. Interview data from 14 teachers were conducted at two high schools with predominantly Roma student populations. The analysis revealed that teachers belie…
Adaptive teacher leadership in a pandemic context
Exploring the value of community-based learning in a professional doctorate
This study reports on the value of community-based learning for the preparation of EdD graduates as practitioner researchers. To provide insights about the conditions that facilitated or constrained the development of inquiry abilities, the study applied a qualitative research approach examining the perceptions of 14 doctoral students who completed four community-based ‘group consultancy’ projects as part of their preparation in a U.S. profession…
Education reforms for inclusion? Interrogating policy-practice disjunctions in early childhood education in Bulgaria
This article examines how early childhood educators, as policy implementers, perceive reforms in Bulgaria’s education system that occurred between 2008 and 2018. Both Roma and non-Roma educators participated in this project that compares perceptions of Bulgarian teachers in public schools and Roma educators in informal educational settings operated by NGOs and religious institutions. Applying intersectionality as a framework, the study draws from…
They clip our wings’
This article presents data gathered among Bulgarian Romani communities during a project investigating the educational hardship of Roma people. Major social inequalities affect the educational and life chances of Roma students. Despite European Union political frameworks, the perspectives of Roma themselves remain undocumented. This paper addresses this gap by reporting on data from interviews with Roma parents and students, which reveal practices…
Constructing Roma students as ethnic ‘others’ through orientalist discourses in Bulgarian schools
This article uses the case of Bulgarian, predominantly Roma, schools to illustrate the long history of stereotypes about Roma people dating back to modernity’s discursive binary oppositions of ‘civilized’ vs. ‘barbarians.’ The data from a longitudinal study with 12 Bulgarian educators showed the modes by which Roma as the Other is created in the school context as a universal cognitive category, internalized in social and individual identities tha…
Cultural Mismatch in Roma Parents’ Perceptions
This article draws on data from a two-year qualitative study exploring the factors contributing to Roma students’ disparate outcomes in Bulgaria. I utilize ethnographic observations, oral history, and in-depth interviews with twenty Roma parents to gain understanding of Roma children’s “cultural capital” and relation to formal schools. The article builds on theoretical orientations, generated primarily in the U.S., that emphasize strengths and th…
Constructing Roma students as ethnic ‘others’ through orientalist discourses in Bulgarian schools
This article uses the case of Bulgarian, predominantly Roma, schools to illustrate the long history of stereotypes about Roma people dating back to modernity’s discursive binary oppositions of ‘civilized’ vs. ‘barbarians.’ The data from a longitudinal study with 12 Bulgarian educators showed the modes by which Roma as the Other is created in the school context as a universal cognitive category, internalized in social and individual identities tha…
They clip our wings’
This article presents data gathered among Bulgarian Romani communities during a project investigating the educational hardship of Roma people. Major social inequalities affect the educational and life chances of Roma students. Despite European Union political frameworks, the perspectives of Roma themselves remain undocumented. This paper addresses this gap by reporting on data from interviews with Roma parents and students, which reveal practices…
Adaptive teacher leadership in a pandemic context
Cultural Mismatch in Roma Parents’ Perceptions
This article draws on data from a two-year qualitative study exploring the factors contributing to Roma students’ disparate outcomes in Bulgaria. I utilize ethnographic observations, oral history, and in-depth interviews with twenty Roma parents to gain understanding of Roma children’s “cultural capital” and relation to formal schools. The article builds on theoretical orientations, generated primarily in the U.S., that emphasize strengths and th…
Cultural Mismatch in Roma Parents’ Perceptions
This article draws on data from a two-year qualitative study exploring the factors contributing to Roma students’ disparate outcomes in Bulgaria. I utilize ethnographic observations, oral history, and in-depth interviews with twenty Roma parents to gain understanding of Roma children’s “cultural capital” and relation to formal schools. The article builds on theoretical orientations, generated primarily in the U.S., that emphasize strengths and th…
Constructing Roma students as ethnic ‘others’ through orientalist discourses in Bulgarian schools
This article uses the case of Bulgarian, predominantly Roma, schools to illustrate the long history of stereotypes about Roma people dating back to modernity’s discursive binary oppositions of ‘civilized’ vs. ‘barbarians.’ The data from a longitudinal study with 12 Bulgarian educators showed the modes by which Roma as the Other is created in the school context as a universal cognitive category, internalized in social and individual identities tha…
Education reforms for inclusion? Interrogating policy-practice disjunctions in early childhood education in Bulgaria
This article examines how early childhood educators, as policy implementers, perceive reforms in Bulgaria’s education system that occurred between 2008 and 2018. Both Roma and non-Roma educators participated in this project that compares perceptions of Bulgarian teachers in public schools and Roma educators in informal educational settings operated by NGOs and religious institutions. Applying intersectionality as a framework, the study draws from…
They clip our wings’
This article presents data gathered among Bulgarian Romani communities during a project investigating the educational hardship of Roma people. Major social inequalities affect the educational and life chances of Roma students. Despite European Union political frameworks, the perspectives of Roma themselves remain undocumented. This paper addresses this gap by reporting on data from interviews with Roma parents and students, which reveal practices…
Exploring the value of community-based learning in a professional doctorate
This study reports on the value of community-based learning for the preparation of EdD graduates as practitioner researchers. To provide insights about the conditions that facilitated or constrained the development of inquiry abilities, the study applied a qualitative research approach examining the perceptions of 14 doctoral students who completed four community-based ‘group consultancy’ projects as part of their preparation in a U.S. profession…
Adaptive teacher leadership in a pandemic context
Culturally responsive pedagogy in support of Roma students
Across Europe, anti-Roma sentiments and practices in education have hindered the inclusion of Roma people. Using the theoretical lens of culturally responsive teaching, this study examined Bulgarian teachers’ cultural awareness and the pedagogical strategies they employ to support Roma students. Interview data from 14 teachers were conducted at two high schools with predominantly Roma student populations. The analysis revealed that teachers belie…
Sociology (7 works) · Romani and Gypsy Studies (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Bulgarian (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Perception (3 works) · Social science (3 works)