Greg Wiggan
Biographic Data
| ID | 525661 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Greg Wiggan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Greg |
| FAMILY NAME | Wiggan |
| SIGNATURE | WIGGAN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7202-1028 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
STEM Without a Place: Black Girls’ Silent Struggles and Amplified Voices in STEM Education
Critical Race Structuralism: The Role of Science Education in Teaching Social Justice Issues in Urban Education and Pre-Service Teacher Education Programs
Using critical race structuralism (CRS), a new contribution, as well as primary and secondary data, this article explores the role of science in teaching social justice issues in urban education. In the United States, a teaching workforce, which is predominately White, middle class, and female, intersects with an increasingly diverse student population, creating a need for culturally responsive teaching practices, particularly in science, technol…
Critical Race Structuralism and Charles Mills’ Racial Contract: Pedagogical Practices for Twenty-first-century Educators
At the nexus of legislation and education lies a vigorous debate regarding teaching about racial and ethnic relations in U.S. schools. Applying critical race structuralism (CRS), a new contribution to the field, this research explores Charles Mills’ Racial Contract as a pedagogical tool to help meet the needs of twenty-first-century learners. The article examines the following question: How can teaching Charles Mills’ Racial Contract from a CRS p…
Countering miseducation: Situating K-12 Social Studies education within the Black Intellectual Tradition
“Countering Miseducation: Situating K-12 Social Studies Education within the Black Intellectual Tradition” combines two separate articles—Part I “Re-membering” The Teachings of PtahHotep: Educational Implications of the Oldest Book in the World” and Part II “Locating Early 20th Century K-12 Black Social Studies Educator, Leila Amos Pendleton, within the Black Intellectual Tradition.” Our aim is to speak to limitations and new possibilities in Soc…
An Environment of Excellence: A Case Study Examining a High-Performing African American Urban School’s Learning Climate and Approach to Critical Cultural Care
Studies on urban education and reform often focus on school failure, without exploring the positive impacts of curricula and pedagogy on student achievement. In addition, existing studies often ignore two central components: school learning climates and care. This case study investigates student, teacher, and administrator experiences in a high-performing urban school in the South. Findings reveal that Ella Baker Academy (pseudonym) is uniquely c…
The National Teacher Shortage, Urban Education and the Cognitive Sociology of Labor
Outsider in the academy: Experiences and perspectives of Caribbean women attending predominantly White institutions in the southeastern region of the United States
Most studies on international education focus on Asian or European student experiences. This typically ignores the perspectives of African-descent international students. To that end, this phenomenological study examines the experiences of Afro-Caribbean international women pursuing graduate degrees at Predominantly White Institutions [PWIs] in the U.S. Using Black Feminist Post-Coloniality as a theoretical framework, this study antagonizes the r…
Retracted Article: Early Pioneers of the Americas: The Role of the Olmecs in Urban Education and Social Studies Curriculum
Urban School Success: Lessons From a High-Achieving Urban School, and Students’ Reactions to Ferguson, Missouri
Due to the recent racially motivated killings in Ferguson, Missouri (2014); Staten Island, New York (2014); Cleveland, Ohio (2014); Charleston, South Carolina (2015); Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2016); and Dallas, Texas (2016), racial and ethnic tensions have heightened across the United States. Whereas schools would seem like optimal spaces for racial inquiry and promoting understanding, most classroom lessons have been standardized to avoid critica…
Race, multiculturalisms and the role of science in teaching diversity: Towards a critical post-modern science pedagogy
This investigation explores the role of science in teaching about diversity in schools and among pre-service teachers. Driven by the ubiquitous presence of scientific innovation and global intersections of culture, a central concern in contemporary society is preparing a diverse and highly skilled workforce. However, increasingly diverse student populations must contend with a demographically homogenous teacher force that is largely unprepared to…
The genius of Imhotep: An exploration of African-centered curricula and teaching in a high achieving U.S. urban school
F razier, E dward F ranklin
Edward Franklin Frazier (1894–1962), more commonly known as E. Franklin Frazier, is widely known for his research on African American families, the middle class, and urban communities. A son of former slaves, Frazier was the first African American president of the American Sociological Association. Throughout his life, Frazier's scholarship was both intriguing and polemic. While many remember Frazier for his sometimes unpopular views, it is impor…
J ames, C. L. R
Cyril Lionel Robert James (1901–1989), also known as C. L. R. James, is recognized as one of the most seminal twentieth‐century theorists on racial and ethnic relations. He is also known as one of the leading figures of the Pan‐African movement and African liberation struggle. Through his writing, James explored issues of race, ethnicity, social class, and politics. Early in his career, James was a major contributor to Marxism and also the organi…
Pedagogy of empowerment: Student perspectives on critical multicultural education at a high-performing African American school
Despite decades of education reform, the US school curricula remain virtually unchanged. Multi-billion dollar initiatives such as No Child Left Behind, Common Core State Standards, Race to the Top, and Every Student Succeeds Act have not resulted in significant academic gains or curricula change. The exclusion of diversity and multiculturalism in US classrooms and textbooks underserves all students and inaccurately perpetuates a hegemonic narrati…
Tracking Students Through Life: A Critical Structural Analysis of Academic Tracking of Mexican Immigrant Students in the United States and Korean Immigrant Students in Japan
Teaching the Whole Child: The Importance of Culturally Responsiveness, Community Engagement, and Character Development in High Achieving African American Students
Last of the Black Titans: The Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 21st Century
Cultural studies provides an analytical toolbox for both making sense of educational practice and extending the insights of educational professionals into their labors. In this context Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education provides a collection of books in the domain that specify this assertion. Crafted for an audience of teachers, teacher educators, scholars and students of cultural studies and others interested in cultural studies and …
Student Achievement for Whom? High-performing and Still ‘Playing the Game,’ the Meaning of School Achievement Among High Achieving African American Students
From Opposition to Engagement: Lessons from High Achieving African American Students
The National Teacher Shortage, Urban Education and the Cognitive Sociology of Labor
The genius of Imhotep: An exploration of African-centered curricula and teaching in a high achieving U.S. urban school
From Opposition to Engagement: Lessons from High Achieving African American Students
Outsider in the academy: Experiences and perspectives of Caribbean women attending predominantly White institutions in the southeastern region of the United States
Most studies on international education focus on Asian or European student experiences. This typically ignores the perspectives of African-descent international students. To that end, this phenomenological study examines the experiences of Afro-Caribbean international women pursuing graduate degrees at Predominantly White Institutions [PWIs] in the U.S. Using Black Feminist Post-Coloniality as a theoretical framework, this study antagonizes the r…
Teaching the Whole Child: The Importance of Culturally Responsiveness, Community Engagement, and Character Development in High Achieving African American Students
Critical Race Structuralism: The Role of Science Education in Teaching Social Justice Issues in Urban Education and Pre-Service Teacher Education Programs
Using critical race structuralism (CRS), a new contribution, as well as primary and secondary data, this article explores the role of science in teaching social justice issues in urban education. In the United States, a teaching workforce, which is predominately White, middle class, and female, intersects with an increasingly diverse student population, creating a need for culturally responsive teaching practices, particularly in science, technol…
Pedagogy of empowerment: Student perspectives on critical multicultural education at a high-performing African American school
Despite decades of education reform, the US school curricula remain virtually unchanged. Multi-billion dollar initiatives such as No Child Left Behind, Common Core State Standards, Race to the Top, and Every Student Succeeds Act have not resulted in significant academic gains or curricula change. The exclusion of diversity and multiculturalism in US classrooms and textbooks underserves all students and inaccurately perpetuates a hegemonic narrati…
Urban School Success: Lessons From a High-Achieving Urban School, and Students’ Reactions to Ferguson, Missouri
Due to the recent racially motivated killings in Ferguson, Missouri (2014); Staten Island, New York (2014); Cleveland, Ohio (2014); Charleston, South Carolina (2015); Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2016); and Dallas, Texas (2016), racial and ethnic tensions have heightened across the United States. Whereas schools would seem like optimal spaces for racial inquiry and promoting understanding, most classroom lessons have been standardized to avoid critica…
Tracking Students Through Life: A Critical Structural Analysis of Academic Tracking of Mexican Immigrant Students in the United States and Korean Immigrant Students in Japan
Student Achievement for Whom? High-performing and Still ‘Playing the Game,’ the Meaning of School Achievement Among High Achieving African American Students
From Opposition to Engagement: Lessons from High Achieving African American Students
Student Achievement for Whom? High-performing and Still ‘Playing the Game,’ the Meaning of School Achievement Among High Achieving African American Students
Last of the Black Titans: The Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 21st Century
Cultural studies provides an analytical toolbox for both making sense of educational practice and extending the insights of educational professionals into their labors. In this context Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education provides a collection of books in the domain that specify this assertion. Crafted for an audience of teachers, teacher educators, scholars and students of cultural studies and others interested in cultural studies and …
Teaching the Whole Child: The Importance of Culturally Responsiveness, Community Engagement, and Character Development in High Achieving African American Students
F razier, E dward F ranklin
Edward Franklin Frazier (1894–1962), more commonly known as E. Franklin Frazier, is widely known for his research on African American families, the middle class, and urban communities. A son of former slaves, Frazier was the first African American president of the American Sociological Association. Throughout his life, Frazier's scholarship was both intriguing and polemic. While many remember Frazier for his sometimes unpopular views, it is impor…
J ames, C. L. R
Cyril Lionel Robert James (1901–1989), also known as C. L. R. James, is recognized as one of the most seminal twentieth‐century theorists on racial and ethnic relations. He is also known as one of the leading figures of the Pan‐African movement and African liberation struggle. Through his writing, James explored issues of race, ethnicity, social class, and politics. Early in his career, James was a major contributor to Marxism and also the organi…
Pedagogy of empowerment: Student perspectives on critical multicultural education at a high-performing African American school
Despite decades of education reform, the US school curricula remain virtually unchanged. Multi-billion dollar initiatives such as No Child Left Behind, Common Core State Standards, Race to the Top, and Every Student Succeeds Act have not resulted in significant academic gains or curricula change. The exclusion of diversity and multiculturalism in US classrooms and textbooks underserves all students and inaccurately perpetuates a hegemonic narrati…
Tracking Students Through Life: A Critical Structural Analysis of Academic Tracking of Mexican Immigrant Students in the United States and Korean Immigrant Students in Japan
Race, multiculturalisms and the role of science in teaching diversity: Towards a critical post-modern science pedagogy
This investigation explores the role of science in teaching about diversity in schools and among pre-service teachers. Driven by the ubiquitous presence of scientific innovation and global intersections of culture, a central concern in contemporary society is preparing a diverse and highly skilled workforce. However, increasingly diverse student populations must contend with a demographically homogenous teacher force that is largely unprepared to…
The genius of Imhotep: An exploration of African-centered curricula and teaching in a high achieving U.S. urban school
Urban School Success: Lessons From a High-Achieving Urban School, and Students’ Reactions to Ferguson, Missouri
Due to the recent racially motivated killings in Ferguson, Missouri (2014); Staten Island, New York (2014); Cleveland, Ohio (2014); Charleston, South Carolina (2015); Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2016); and Dallas, Texas (2016), racial and ethnic tensions have heightened across the United States. Whereas schools would seem like optimal spaces for racial inquiry and promoting understanding, most classroom lessons have been standardized to avoid critica…
Outsider in the academy: Experiences and perspectives of Caribbean women attending predominantly White institutions in the southeastern region of the United States
Most studies on international education focus on Asian or European student experiences. This typically ignores the perspectives of African-descent international students. To that end, this phenomenological study examines the experiences of Afro-Caribbean international women pursuing graduate degrees at Predominantly White Institutions [PWIs] in the U.S. Using Black Feminist Post-Coloniality as a theoretical framework, this study antagonizes the r…
Retracted Article: Early Pioneers of the Americas: The Role of the Olmecs in Urban Education and Social Studies Curriculum
An Environment of Excellence: A Case Study Examining a High-Performing African American Urban School’s Learning Climate and Approach to Critical Cultural Care
Studies on urban education and reform often focus on school failure, without exploring the positive impacts of curricula and pedagogy on student achievement. In addition, existing studies often ignore two central components: school learning climates and care. This case study investigates student, teacher, and administrator experiences in a high-performing urban school in the South. Findings reveal that Ella Baker Academy (pseudonym) is uniquely c…
The National Teacher Shortage, Urban Education and the Cognitive Sociology of Labor
Critical Race Structuralism and Charles Mills’ Racial Contract: Pedagogical Practices for Twenty-first-century Educators
At the nexus of legislation and education lies a vigorous debate regarding teaching about racial and ethnic relations in U.S. schools. Applying critical race structuralism (CRS), a new contribution to the field, this research explores Charles Mills’ Racial Contract as a pedagogical tool to help meet the needs of twenty-first-century learners. The article examines the following question: How can teaching Charles Mills’ Racial Contract from a CRS p…
Countering miseducation: Situating K-12 Social Studies education within the Black Intellectual Tradition
“Countering Miseducation: Situating K-12 Social Studies Education within the Black Intellectual Tradition” combines two separate articles—Part I “Re-membering” The Teachings of PtahHotep: Educational Implications of the Oldest Book in the World” and Part II “Locating Early 20th Century K-12 Black Social Studies Educator, Leila Amos Pendleton, within the Black Intellectual Tradition.” Our aim is to speak to limitations and new possibilities in Soc…
Critical Race Structuralism: The Role of Science Education in Teaching Social Justice Issues in Urban Education and Pre-Service Teacher Education Programs
Using critical race structuralism (CRS), a new contribution, as well as primary and secondary data, this article explores the role of science in teaching social justice issues in urban education. In the United States, a teaching workforce, which is predominately White, middle class, and female, intersects with an increasingly diverse student population, creating a need for culturally responsive teaching practices, particularly in science, technol…
STEM Without a Place: Black Girls’ Silent Struggles and Amplified Voices in STEM Education
Sociology (16 works) · Pedagogy (13 works) · Political science (13 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Mathematics education (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Racism (7 works) · Curriculum (6 works)