E. Sybil Durand
- Associate Professor, Teaching/Learning and Sociocultural Studies
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-1311
- Education, Rm. 512
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- sybildurand@arizona.edu
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
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)
Courses
2025-26 Courses
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Proposal
EDL 676 (Fall 2025)
2024-25 Courses
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Social Issues thrgh Youth Lit
TLS 250 (Spring 2025) -
Issues Lang,Rdng+Culture
TLS 595 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Independent Study
TLS 699 (Summer I 2024) -
Global Citizenship
TLS 386 (Spring 2024) -
Preceptor-University Teaching
TLS 791A (Spring 2024) -
Social Justice and Equity
TLS 640 (Spring 2024) -
Lit For Adolescents
TLS 585 (Fall 2023) -
Social Worlds of Youth
TLS 385 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Global Citizenship
TLS 386 (Spring 2023) -
Learning about Adolescence
TLS 385 (Fall 2022)
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..
