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Dr. Laura Kalmes

Assistant Professor
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Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 329
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Current Courses

EAF 512.001 Advanced Topics: Research Methodology

EAF 526.001 Critical Readings in Educational Foundations: Culturally Responsive Practice

EAF 413.001 Critical Social Theory & Resistant Knowledge Projects

EAF 228.014 Social Foundations Of Education

EAF 599.051 Dissertation Research

EAF 583.001 Seminar In Educational Leadership

EAF 228.012 Social Foundations Of Education

EAF 228.013 Social Foundations Of Education

Teaching Interests & Areas

Critical theory, culturally-sustaining pedagogy, school-to-prison pipeline, policy analysis, trauma-informed care in schools

Research Interests & Areas

Kalmes’s academic interests broadly encompass critical education theory; educational policy analysis; and critically democratic research, policies, and practices in education. More specifically, her research focuses on educational equity, curriculum, theory, cultural studies, the politics of knowledge, and grassroots educational organizing.

PhD Education Policy Studies

University of Wisconsin-Madison