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White, Kristen
Associate Professor
FACULTY
Biography
Dr. Kristen White is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher and Special Education. Her area of focus is Reading and Literacy and family engagement. Dr. White teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in reading and literacy.
More about Kristen White
Publications & Presentations
White, K., L.M. Kennedy, & Bancroft, B. (in press). Using children's literature to facilitate antiracist pedagogy: An interdisciplinary, rural-based collaboration. In Austin, T., & Ebsworth, M.E., (Eds.), Building antiracist communities. Multilingual Matters.
Peltier, M.R., Edwards, P.A., Sweeney, J., Reichmuth, H.L., White, K.L., & Rice, D. (2025). Exploring what
educators know about enacting asset-based family engagement. Social Sciences Journal.
White, K. L., Degener, S., Tondreau, A., Gardiner, W., Hinman, T. B., Dussling, T. M., Stevens, E. Y., & Wilson,N. S. (2024) Nice girls like us: Confronting white liberalism in teacher education and ourselves. Education Sciences (special issue), 14(6). https://www.mdpi.com/22277102/14/6/610
Education
PhD in Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education with a Language and Literacy Specialization
M.A., Educational Technology
B.A., Elementary Education, Minors in Spanish and Bilingual Education
Research Interests
Antiracist pedagogy
Prescriptive literacy curriculum materials
Family and community engagement
Membership in Professional Organizations
Literacy Research Association
International Literacy Association
American Educational Research Association
Michigan Reading Association