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E. Sybil Durand

  • Associate Department Head
  • Associate Professor, Teaching/Learning and Sociocultural Studies
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
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  • sybildurand@arizona.edu
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Biography

Dr. E. Sybil Durand is an associate professor of young adult literature in the Department of Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies in the College of Education. Her scholarship draws on feminist anti-colonial theories, culturally sustaining pedagogies, as well as content analysis, ethnographic, and participatory action research methodologies to examine how teachers and students engage representations of youth of color in literature written for young adults by authors of color situated in the U.S. and globally. Dr. Durand teaches courses in young adult literature and social justice at the University of Arizona. She earned her PhD in curriculum and instruction from Louisiana State University and her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Purdue University.

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Curriculum & Instruction
    • Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
    • Durand, E. S. (2012). Examining the curricular and pedagogical challenges and possibilities of post-colonial young adult literature: A narrative inquiry of book clubs with pre-service teachers. Louisiana State University.
  • M.S. Curriculum & Instruction
    • Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
  • B.S. Mass Communications
    • Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States

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Interests

Teaching

Young adult literaturePostcolonial/decolonial perspectives in young adult literatureCulturally sustaining pedagogies

Research

International young adult literatureRepresentations of youth of color in young adult literaturePostcolonial studies in educationYouth participatory action research (YPAR)

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Scholarly Contributions

Journals/Publications

  • martin, s. w., Shelton, S. A., Durand, E. S., & Hendrix-Soto, A. (2024). From the guest coeditors.. English Journal, 113(5), 11-13. doi:https://doi.org/10.58680/ej2024113611
  • Gonzalez, T., Durand, E. S., & Bertrand, M. (2017). "We're Trying to Take Action": Transformative Agency, Role Re-mediation, and the Complexities of Youth Participatory Action Research. Equity & Excellence in Education, 50(2), 142-154. doi:10.1080/10665684.2017.1301837
  • Durand, E. S. (2016). Literacy of the other: renarrating humanity. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 30(6), 596-598. doi:10.1080/09518398.2016.1252868

Presentations

  • Saco, S., & Durand, E. S. (2024, April). Subverting the canon through culturally relevant young adult literature circles.. American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA..

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