Valerie Shirley
- Associate Professor, Teaching/Learning and Sociocultural Studies
- Associate Professor, American Indian Studies-GIDP
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 626-2232
- Education, Rm. 713
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- vshirley@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Curriculum Studies
- Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
- Indigenous Subjectivities: Dine' Youth (De)Construct Identity
- M.A. Curriculum and Instruction
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- To Walk in Beauty: Perspectives from Navajo College Students
- B.A. Elementary Education
- Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States
Interests
Teaching
Social Studies, Multicultural Education, Equity and Social Justice, Indigenous Education
Research
Indigenous Education, Indigenizing Curriculum & Pedagogy, Teaching for Social Justice, Qualitative Research
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Curriculum Theory+Policy
TLS 545 (Spring 2025) -
Independent Study
TLS 699 (Spring 2025) -
Dissertation
TLS 920 (Fall 2024) -
Found of Educ for Soc Jus
TLS 409 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Independent Study
TLS 399 (Summer I 2024) -
Dissertation
TLS 920 (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
TLS 399 (Spring 2024) -
Preceptor-University Teaching
TLS 791A (Spring 2024) -
Soc Sci In Multcult-Elem
TLS 327 (Spring 2024) -
Topics Lang,Rdng+Culture
TLS 495 (Spring 2024) -
Topics in Education
TLS 696 (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
TLS 920 (Fall 2023) -
Found of Educ for Soc Jus
TLS 409 (Fall 2023) -
Independent Study
TLS 399 (Fall 2023) -
Independent Study
TLS 699 (Fall 2023) -
Research
TLS 900 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Independent Study
TLS 399 (Summer I 2023) -
Independent Study
TLS 399 (Spring 2023) -
Soc Sci In Multcult-Elem
TLS 327 (Spring 2023) -
Topics Lang,Rdng+Culture
TLS 495 (Spring 2023)
2021-22 Courses
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Curriculum Theory+Policy
TLS 545 (Spring 2022) -
Independent Study
TLS 399 (Spring 2022) -
Independent Study
TLS 499 (Spring 2022) -
Found of Educ for Soc Jus
TLS 409 (Fall 2021) -
Preceptor-University Teaching
TLS 791A (Fall 2021) -
Topics Lang,Rdng+Culture
TLS 495 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Soc Sci In Multcult-Elem
TLS 327 (Spring 2021) -
Topics in Education
TLS 696 (Spring 2021) -
Found of Educ for Soc Jus
TLS 409 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Curriculum Theory+Policy
TLS 545 (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
TLS 399 (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
TLS 699 (Spring 2020) -
Found of Educ for Soc Jus
TLS 409 (Fall 2019) -
Preceptor-University Teaching
TLS 791A (Fall 2019) -
Topics Lang,Rdng+Culture
TLS 495A (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Topics in Education
TLS 696 (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
TLS 399 (Fall 2018) -
Preceptor-University Teaching
TLS 791A (Fall 2018) -
Soc Sci In Multcult-Elem
TLS 327 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Independent Study
TLS 299 (Summer I 2018) -
Independent Study
TLS 499 (Spring 2018) -
Soc Sci In Multcult-Elem
TLS 327 (Spring 2018) -
Curriculum Theory+Policy
TTE 545 (Fall 2017) -
Topics Lang,Rdng+Culture
TLS 495A (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Independent Study
LRC 699 (Spring 2017) -
Soc Sci In Multcult-Elem
TLS 327 (Spring 2017) -
Soc Sci In Multcult-Elem
TLS 327 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Independent Study
TTE 699 (Spring 2016) -
Schooling in America
TLS 350 (Spring 2016) -
Soc Sci In Multcult-Elem
TLS 327 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Shirley, V. (2017). Indigenous social justice pedagogy: Teaching into the risks and cultivating the heart. Critical Questions in Education.
Presentations
- Litson, B., Potter, K., Arnold, R. G., Shirley, V., Colombi, B. J., Ratcliffe, E. L., Ogden, K. L., & Chief, K. (2018, May). IndigeFEWSS: Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security-Sovereignty. NSF INFEWS PI workshop. Washington, DC: National Science Foundation.More info12. K. Chief, K. Ogden, E. L. Ratcliff, M. Kacira, B. J. Colombi, V. Shirley, R. Arnold, K. Simmons-Potter, B. Litson, “IndigeFEWSS: Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security-Sovereignty,” NSF INFEWS PI workshop, Washington, D.C., May 16-19, 2018.
- Shirley, V. (2016, February). 29th Annual TLS 2016 colloquy fireside chat. 29th Annual TLS 2016 colloquy fireside chat. Tucson, AZ.
Poster Presentations
- Chief, K., Shirley, V., Franklin, E. A., Rybin, J., Chief, K., Shirley, V., Franklin, E. A., & Rybin, J. (2022, September).
Teaching Core Subjects and Traditional Food Knowledge through Farm-to-School (F2S) Curriculum: The Useability and Cultural-Relevance of Garden Lessons serving Diné youth at an Off-Grid Charter School in Leupp, Arizona.
. Western Region American Association for Agricultural Education Research Conference. Las Cruces, New Mexico: AAAE.
