Valerie Shirley
- Associate Professor, Teaching/Learning and Sociocultural Studies
- Associate Professor, American Indian Studies-GIDP
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
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
No activities entered.
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.
