Aaron Leo
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 187533 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Aaron Leo |
| PRENOMES | Aaron |
| SOBRENOME | Leo |
| ASSINATURA | LEO A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University at Albany, State University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1226-6861 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
(En)Gendered Malevolence
Malayalam horror cinema frequently uses distant, rural locales as sites for supernatural narratives, creating a distinctly gothic mode of storytelling. Films like Aakasha Ganga (1999), Anandabhadram (2005) and Kumari (2022) interweave myth, folklore and witchcraft with Kerala’s natural environment, crafting an ecogothic aesthetic where the landscape exudes a menacing, uncanny presence. This article examines the emergence of a distinct Keralite ec…
From Symbolic to Authentic Family Reengagement Approaches
Family engagement has long been a priority for educators, policymakers, and researchers, and educational leaders play a crucial role in this process. Despite their importance, leaders are often underprepared to engage families authentically and encounter challenges in their attempts to build positive relationships with family members. This qualitative study examines how 25 educational leaders in four schools adapted family engagement practices in…
Refugees' Postsecondary Pursuits in a “College for All” Landscape
This paper furthers the study of refugees' postsecondary experiences by situating their aspirations and perspectives about college within a sociopolitical context characterized by a “college for all” hegemony which claims that social mobility and economic security are only possible with a college degree. Drawing on ethnographic data gathered among 11 refugees attending a community college in New York State, this project explores students' varied …
“I didn't want them to see that I was spent”
Research has demonstrated the difficulties faced by educators during the COVID-19 pandemic. In these unprecedented conditions, educators were asked to manage their emotions in new and challenging ways, thus exacerbating their relatively high levels of stress levels and burnout. We contribute to research on the pandemic's impact on educators through a qualitative case study conducted with 88 educators working in six schools across New York State. …
Agency in Constrained Spaces
The growing influence of high‐stakes exams has had drastic impacts on English learners and their teachers. The linguistic demands of these exams have harmed English learners' aspirations and attainment, while teachers are pressured to teach to the test and replace critical approaches to language learning with practices designed to encourage rapid language acquisition. Despite their constraining effects, educators, and students often find ways to …
Toward a Class-Conscious Approach to Cultural Responsiveness
The last several decades have seen a growth in scholarship and application of culturally responsive and sustaining educational (CRSE) approaches in schools serving youth of color. A growing body of research has shown how CRSE serves as an effective strategy to engage students of color, combat pernicious stereotypes, and improve academic outcomes. Notwithstanding these important contributions, CRSE scholarship and practice have not fully explored …
High Expectations, Cautionary Tales, and Familial Obligations
This ethnographic study explores the complex influence of family members on the educational aspirations of a group of diverse immigrants and refugees in New York State. Although families fostered high educational aspirations in participants, experiences of economic precarity, high-stakes exams, and downward mobility constrained youths' capacity to realize their goals. Despite these challenges, participants demonstrated a high level of determinati…
Gendered impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic
There is a growing concern that the COVID-19 pandemic has had disproportionate impacts on women, especially those with children. Female educators, and, in particular, those with childcare responsibilities, have also reported higher levels of stress and work-life challenges as compared to their male counterparts. It is unclear exactly which factors are behind these disparities. However, while some have pointed to the gendered division of domestic …
An ecological view of rural student aspirations
Prior research has pointed to various factors which influence rural students' aspirations; however, such factors are often treated in isolation without addressing the ways in which they interact with one another. To address these issues, this research applies Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory to an in-depth case study of a rural school located in New York's North Country. Our analysis utilises data collected from students and also draws on previ…
Teacher and Student Reciprocal Agency in Odds-Beating Schools
Background/Context In the field of education, the lens of agency has provided a valuable conceptual alternative to deterministic portrayals of schools as oppressive institutions where teachers and students have little power over the conditions in which they teach and learn. A number of studies have investigated teacher and student agency, but few have explored the relationships between the two, particularly in regard to how teacher and student ag…
Beyond Deficit and Determinism to Address the Latinx Attainment Gap
Despite recent gains, Latinx students still lag behind other subgroups on measures of academic attainment. Explanations for this gap have ranged from pernicious deficit ideologies to deterministic frameworks which emphasize differences in human capital. While culturally responsive pedagogies are promising alternatives, there are few studies that provide empirical evidence of their potential. This article addresses this gap by drawing on two quali…
Success and Failure in the “Land of Opportunities”
Despite the wide-ranging scholarship on the educational attitudes held by native-born members of the middle and working class, few researchers have examined the impact of class on the attitudes of new arrivals. This article addresses this gap using data gathered through an ethnographic study conducted among 30 newly arrived refugee and immigrant youth from varying class backgrounds. Although all the students expressed high aspirations, those from…
We're Just Separate From Everybody
Recent scholarly work has explored the experiences of racialization among Muslim immigrants in the United States. Such work has challenged a static view of race strictly tied to phenotype by highlighting the significance of culture and religion to racial ascription as well as the varied ways individuals respond to their own racialized position. While valuable, much of this scholarship has analyzed the racialization of Muslim immigrants as it rela…
Success and Failure in the “Land of Opportunities”
Despite the wide-ranging scholarship on the educational attitudes held by native-born members of the middle and working class, few researchers have examined the impact of class on the attitudes of new arrivals. This article addresses this gap using data gathered through an ethnographic study conducted among 30 newly arrived refugee and immigrant youth from varying class backgrounds. Although all the students expressed high aspirations, those from…
High Expectations, Cautionary Tales, and Familial Obligations
This ethnographic study explores the complex influence of family members on the educational aspirations of a group of diverse immigrants and refugees in New York State. Although families fostered high educational aspirations in participants, experiences of economic precarity, high-stakes exams, and downward mobility constrained youths' capacity to realize their goals. Despite these challenges, participants demonstrated a high level of determinati…
Gendered impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic
There is a growing concern that the COVID-19 pandemic has had disproportionate impacts on women, especially those with children. Female educators, and, in particular, those with childcare responsibilities, have also reported higher levels of stress and work-life challenges as compared to their male counterparts. It is unclear exactly which factors are behind these disparities. However, while some have pointed to the gendered division of domestic …
Beyond Deficit and Determinism to Address the Latinx Attainment Gap
Despite recent gains, Latinx students still lag behind other subgroups on measures of academic attainment. Explanations for this gap have ranged from pernicious deficit ideologies to deterministic frameworks which emphasize differences in human capital. While culturally responsive pedagogies are promising alternatives, there are few studies that provide empirical evidence of their potential. This article addresses this gap by drawing on two quali…
Agency in Constrained Spaces
The growing influence of high‐stakes exams has had drastic impacts on English learners and their teachers. The linguistic demands of these exams have harmed English learners' aspirations and attainment, while teachers are pressured to teach to the test and replace critical approaches to language learning with practices designed to encourage rapid language acquisition. Despite their constraining effects, educators, and students often find ways to …
Toward a Class-Conscious Approach to Cultural Responsiveness
The last several decades have seen a growth in scholarship and application of culturally responsive and sustaining educational (CRSE) approaches in schools serving youth of color. A growing body of research has shown how CRSE serves as an effective strategy to engage students of color, combat pernicious stereotypes, and improve academic outcomes. Notwithstanding these important contributions, CRSE scholarship and practice have not fully explored …
Refugees' Postsecondary Pursuits in a “College for All” Landscape
This paper furthers the study of refugees' postsecondary experiences by situating their aspirations and perspectives about college within a sociopolitical context characterized by a “college for all” hegemony which claims that social mobility and economic security are only possible with a college degree. Drawing on ethnographic data gathered among 11 refugees attending a community college in New York State, this project explores students' varied …
We're Just Separate From Everybody
Recent scholarly work has explored the experiences of racialization among Muslim immigrants in the United States. Such work has challenged a static view of race strictly tied to phenotype by highlighting the significance of culture and religion to racial ascription as well as the varied ways individuals respond to their own racialized position. While valuable, much of this scholarship has analyzed the racialization of Muslim immigrants as it rela…
Teacher and Student Reciprocal Agency in Odds-Beating Schools
Background/Context In the field of education, the lens of agency has provided a valuable conceptual alternative to deterministic portrayals of schools as oppressive institutions where teachers and students have little power over the conditions in which they teach and learn. A number of studies have investigated teacher and student agency, but few have explored the relationships between the two, particularly in regard to how teacher and student ag…
Beyond Deficit and Determinism to Address the Latinx Attainment Gap
Despite recent gains, Latinx students still lag behind other subgroups on measures of academic attainment. Explanations for this gap have ranged from pernicious deficit ideologies to deterministic frameworks which emphasize differences in human capital. While culturally responsive pedagogies are promising alternatives, there are few studies that provide empirical evidence of their potential. This article addresses this gap by drawing on two quali…
Success and Failure in the “Land of Opportunities”
Despite the wide-ranging scholarship on the educational attitudes held by native-born members of the middle and working class, few researchers have examined the impact of class on the attitudes of new arrivals. This article addresses this gap using data gathered through an ethnographic study conducted among 30 newly arrived refugee and immigrant youth from varying class backgrounds. Although all the students expressed high aspirations, those from…
We're Just Separate From Everybody
Recent scholarly work has explored the experiences of racialization among Muslim immigrants in the United States. Such work has challenged a static view of race strictly tied to phenotype by highlighting the significance of culture and religion to racial ascription as well as the varied ways individuals respond to their own racialized position. While valuable, much of this scholarship has analyzed the racialization of Muslim immigrants as it rela…
An ecological view of rural student aspirations
Prior research has pointed to various factors which influence rural students' aspirations; however, such factors are often treated in isolation without addressing the ways in which they interact with one another. To address these issues, this research applies Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory to an in-depth case study of a rural school located in New York's North Country. Our analysis utilises data collected from students and also draws on previ…
High Expectations, Cautionary Tales, and Familial Obligations
This ethnographic study explores the complex influence of family members on the educational aspirations of a group of diverse immigrants and refugees in New York State. Although families fostered high educational aspirations in participants, experiences of economic precarity, high-stakes exams, and downward mobility constrained youths' capacity to realize their goals. Despite these challenges, participants demonstrated a high level of determinati…
Gendered impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic
There is a growing concern that the COVID-19 pandemic has had disproportionate impacts on women, especially those with children. Female educators, and, in particular, those with childcare responsibilities, have also reported higher levels of stress and work-life challenges as compared to their male counterparts. It is unclear exactly which factors are behind these disparities. However, while some have pointed to the gendered division of domestic …
Agency in Constrained Spaces
The growing influence of high‐stakes exams has had drastic impacts on English learners and their teachers. The linguistic demands of these exams have harmed English learners' aspirations and attainment, while teachers are pressured to teach to the test and replace critical approaches to language learning with practices designed to encourage rapid language acquisition. Despite their constraining effects, educators, and students often find ways to …
Toward a Class-Conscious Approach to Cultural Responsiveness
The last several decades have seen a growth in scholarship and application of culturally responsive and sustaining educational (CRSE) approaches in schools serving youth of color. A growing body of research has shown how CRSE serves as an effective strategy to engage students of color, combat pernicious stereotypes, and improve academic outcomes. Notwithstanding these important contributions, CRSE scholarship and practice have not fully explored …
“I didn't want them to see that I was spent”
Research has demonstrated the difficulties faced by educators during the COVID-19 pandemic. In these unprecedented conditions, educators were asked to manage their emotions in new and challenging ways, thus exacerbating their relatively high levels of stress levels and burnout. We contribute to research on the pandemic's impact on educators through a qualitative case study conducted with 88 educators working in six schools across New York State. …
(En)Gendered Malevolence
Malayalam horror cinema frequently uses distant, rural locales as sites for supernatural narratives, creating a distinctly gothic mode of storytelling. Films like Aakasha Ganga (1999), Anandabhadram (2005) and Kumari (2022) interweave myth, folklore and witchcraft with Kerala’s natural environment, crafting an ecogothic aesthetic where the landscape exudes a menacing, uncanny presence. This article examines the emergence of a distinct Keralite ec…
From Symbolic to Authentic Family Reengagement Approaches
Family engagement has long been a priority for educators, policymakers, and researchers, and educational leaders play a crucial role in this process. Despite their importance, leaders are often underprepared to engage families authentically and encounter challenges in their attempts to build positive relationships with family members. This qualitative study examines how 25 educational leaders in four schools adapted family engagement practices in…
Refugees' Postsecondary Pursuits in a “College for All” Landscape
This paper furthers the study of refugees' postsecondary experiences by situating their aspirations and perspectives about college within a sociopolitical context characterized by a “college for all” hegemony which claims that social mobility and economic security are only possible with a college degree. Drawing on ethnographic data gathered among 11 refugees attending a community college in New York State, this project explores students' varied …
Sociology (9 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Ethnography (6 obras) · Critical Race Theory in Education (5 obras) · Pedagogy (4 obras) · Scholarship (4 obras) · Gender Studies (3 obras) · Gender Studies (3 obras) · Immigration (3 obras)