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Valerie Shirley

  • Associate Professor, Teaching/Learning and Sociocultural Studies
  • Associate Professor, American Indian Studies-GIDP
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
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  • vshirley@arizona.edu
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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

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Interests

Teaching

Social Studies, Multicultural Education, Equity and Social Justice, Indigenous Education

Research

Indigenous Education, Indigenizing Curriculum & Pedagogy, Teaching for Social Justice, Qualitative Research

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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.
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    12. 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.

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