Valerie Shirley

Interests

Research

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

Teaching

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

Courses

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.