As promised, here is the list of readings that Dr. Strunk includes with his course:
Foundations / Sociohistorical Context
Gottesman, I. (2016). Revolutionary moments. In The critical turn in education (pp. 9–30).
Gottesman, I. (2016). Political economy and the academic left. In The critical turn in education (pp. 31–51).
Collins, D. R., & Cannella, G. S. (2021). Racisms in qualitative inquiry. Qualitative Inquiry, 27(10), 1139–1145.
Donmoyer, R. (2024). The paradigm wars reconsidered. In Young & Diem (Eds.), Handbook of critical education research (pp. 39–55).
Strunk, K. K. (2024). Critical approaches to quantitative research. In Young & Diem (Eds.), Handbook of critical education research (pp. 56–74).
De/Colonizing Approaches
Tuck, E., & Yang, K. W. (2012). Decolonization is not a metaphor. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 1(1), 1–40.
Pillow, W. S. (2019). Epistemic witnessing. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 32(2), 118–135.
Leonardo, Z., Singh, M. V., & Delgado Noguera, Z. (2024). Education and colonialism. In Young & Diem (Eds.), Handbook of critical education research (pp. 103–121).
Cutler, K. D., & Liou, D. D. (2024). Decoloniality content analysis. In Young & Diem (Eds.), Handbook of critical education research (pp. 715–734).
Indigenous Methodologies
Beck, N. (2018). Troubling the translating. In Winkle-Wagner et al. (Eds.), Critical theory and qualitative data analysis in education (pp. 46–51).
Walter, M., & Andersen, C. (2013). The paradigm of Indigenous methodologies. In Indigenous statistics (pp. 58–81).
Walter, M., & Andersen, C. (2013). Naryi kati (“good numbers”). In Indigenous statistics (pp. 82–110).
McKinley, B., Brayboy, J., & Chin, J. (2018). Tribal critical race theory. In DeCuir-Gunby et al. (Eds.), Understanding critical race research methods (pp. 51–63).
Critical Theory
Gottesman, I. (2016). Ideology and hegemony. In The critical turn in education (pp. 52–73).
Gottesman, I. (2016). Critical pedagogy. In The critical turn in education (pp. 74–93).
Strunk, K. K., & Betties, J. S. (2019). Using critical theory in educational research. In Strunk & Locke (Eds.), Research methods for social justice and equity (pp. 71–80).
Duncan-Andrade, J. M., & Morrell, E. (2008). Youth participatory action research. In The art of critical pedagogy (pp. 105–131).
Critical Race Theory & QuantCrit
Gottesman, I. (2016). Critical theories of race. In The critical turn in education (pp. 116–137).
Sung, K. K., & Coleman, N. (2019). Framing CRT methodologies. In Strunk & Locke (Eds.), Research methods for social justice and equity (pp. 45–58).
Dixson, A. D., James, A., & Frieson, B. L. (2018). Taking it to the streets. In DeCuir-Gunby et al. (Eds.), Understanding critical race research methods (pp. 64–75).
Stovall, D. (2018). Jazz methodology and CRT. In DeCuir-Gunby et al. (Eds.), Understanding critical race research methods (pp. 76–85).
Winkle-Wagner, J., Sulé, V. T., & Maramba, D. C. (2018). CRT policy analysis. In Critical theory and qualitative data analysis in education (pp. 193–204).
DeCuir-Gunby, J. T. (2020). Critical race mixed methodology. Educational Psychologist, 55(4), 244–255.
Teranishi, R. T. (2007). Critical quantitative research. New Directions for Institutional Research, 133, 37–49.
Garcia, N. M., Velez, V. N., & Huber, P. L. (2022). Critical race feminista quantitative praxis. Equity & Excellence in Education, 56(1–2), 190–205.
Castillo, W., & Gillborn, S. (2025). Leveraging QuantCrit. Educational Psychologist, 60(4), 301–316.
Velez, V. N., & Garcia, N. M. (2024). QuantCrit spatial research. In Young & Diem (Eds.), Handbook of critical education research (pp. 695–714).
Feminist Approaches
Gottesman, I. (2016). Feminist standpoint epistemology. In The critical turn in education (pp. 94–115).
Lather, P. (2008). (Post)feminist methodology. International Journal of Qualitative Research, 1(1), 55–64.
St. Pierre, E. A. (2000). Poststructural feminism. Qualitative Studies in Education, 13(5), 477–515.
Toliver, S. R. (2022). Womanist discourse analysis. Equity & Excellence in Education, 56(1–2), 206–220.
Queer Theory & Methodologies
Butler, J. (1993). Critically queer. GLQ, 1, 17–32.
Blockett, R. A. (2018). Queer of Color critique. In Critical theory and qualitative data analysis in education (pp. 109–123).
Nicolazzo, Z. (2017). Trans* epistemology. Urban Education, 56(3), 511–536.
Mayo, C., & Rodriguez, N. M. (2019). Queer pedagogies. In Queer pedagogies (pp. 1–8).
Strunk, K. K. (2024). QuantQueer. Educational Studies, 60(1), 5–18.
Shannon-Baker, P. (2021). Queering mixed methods research. In Encyclopedia of queer studies in education.
Cisneros, J. (2018). Undocuqueer meaning making. Journal of Homosexuality, 65(11), 1415–1434.
Shelton, S. A., & Lester, A. O. (2018). Trans youth narratives. Sex Education, 18(4), 391–405.
Dis/Ability Studies
Erevelles, N. (2019). Disability and intersectionality. Educational Studies, 55(6), 592–605.
Loutzenheiser, L. W., & Erevelles, N. (2019). Crippin’ educational studies. Educational Studies, 55(4), 375–386.
Annamma, S. A., Connor, D., & Ferri, B. (2013). DisCrit. Race Ethnicity and Education, 16(1), 1–31.
Annamma, S. A. (2017). Education journey mapping. Qualitative Inquiry, 24(1), 20–34.
Parekh, G. (2024). Critical disability quantitative inquiry. In Young & Diem (Eds.), Handbook of critical education research (pp. 414–429).
Participatory & Engaged Methods
Caraballo, L. et al. (2017). YPAR and critical epistemologies. Review of Research in Education, 41, 311–336.
Desai, S. R. (2019). YPAR in practice. In Strunk & Locke (Eds.), Research methods for social justice and equity (pp. 124–136).
Walls, J., & Holquist, S. E. (2019). Photo-elicitation methods. In Strunk & Locke (Eds.), Research methods for social justice and equity (pp. 151–162).
Andrzejewski, C. E., Arnberg, B., & Baggett, H. C. (2019). Transformative mixed methods. In Strunk & Locke (Eds.), Research methods for social justice and equity (pp. 241–253).
Heinecke, W. et al. (2024). Community-engaged research. In Young & Diem (Eds.), Handbook of critical education research (pp. 334–355).
Critical Policy & Organizational Analysis
Allan, E. J. (2010). Feminist poststructural policy analysis. In Reconstructing policy in higher education (pp. 11–35).
McCambly, H., & Mulroy, Q. (2024). Racialized quality politics. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 46(2), 192–221.
Ray, V. (2019). Racialized organizations. American Sociological Review, 84(1), 26–53.
McCoy-Simmons, C., Orphan, C. M., & Gándara, D. (2023). Policy intermediaries and racism. Educational Policy, 37(6), 1672–1699.