Education

Allison Anders earned her Ph.D. in Education from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.

Research

Anders studies the everyday experiences of targeted youth and the k-20 educational settings they navigate, contexts of education, systemic inequities, and qualitative methodologies. Her research includes work with incarcerated youth, children with refugee status, and LGBTQ youth. 

Teaching

Anders teaches EDFI 747: Critical Race Theory, EDFI 730: Qualitative Epistemologies, Paradigms, and Theories, EDFI 731: Qualitative Research in Education, EDFI 833: Narrative Inquiry, EDFI 836: Ethnography and Education, EDFI 837 Qualitative Case Study, and EDFI 845: Social Theory and Social Justice.

Selected Publications

Anders, A. D. & Noblit, G. W. (Eds.) (2024). Evolutions in Critical and Postcritical Ethnography:  Crafting Approaches. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58827-3

Anders, A. D. & DeVita, J. (2024). Intersectionality: A legacy from critical legal studies and critical race theory. In D. Mitchell (Ed.) Intersectionality and higher education: Theory, research and praxis (pp. 14-32). Peter Lang.

Anders, A. D., DeVita, J. M., Fisher, L. A., Corr, C.  & Myers, C.  (2023). Looking back to look forward: Exploring Crenshaw’s structural, political, and representational intersectionality in sport. Cultural Studies ßà Critical Methodologies.
https://doi.org/10.1177/15327086231207825

Walker, D. & Anders, A. D. (2021). “China Virus” and “Kung-Flu”: A critical race case study of Asian American journalist’ experiences during COVID-19, Cultural Studies ßà Critical  Methodologies. https://doi.org/10.1177/15327086211055157

Anders, A. D. & DeVita, J. M. (2020). Coaches, gender non-conforming youth and athletics: Examining male identity and masculine expression. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 33(9), 954-970.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2019.1693067

DeVita, J. & Anders, A. D. (2018). LGTQ faculty and professionals in higher education: Defining allies, identifying support. College Student Affairs Journal, 36(2), 63-80. https://doi.org/10.1353/csj.2018.0016

Anders, A. D. & Diem, J. D. (2018). Un-naming collaboration: an unexpected catalyst for understanding participation in critical ethnography. The Qualitative Report, 23(10), 1186-1204.  
https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2018.3425

Lester, J. N. & Anders, A. D. (2018). Engaging ethics in postcritical ethnography: Troubling transparency, trustworthiness, and advocacy. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research (FQS), 19(3) Art. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/fqs- 19.3.3060

Anders, A. D. & Lester, J. N. (2018). Examining loss: Postcritical ethnography and what could be otherwise. Qualitative Inquiry, 1-11. DOI: 10.1177/1077800418784327