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Papers Presented at Professional Conferences

 

“The Politics of Women’s Literacy.”  55th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems.  Philadelphia, PA.  August 12-15, 2005 (Forthcoming)

 

“Contradictions of Policy: Homeless and Low-Income Women in Adult Basic Literacy Programs.” 86th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.  Montreal, Quebec.  April 11-15, 2005.

 

“Literacy for Change: Creating Alternative Discourses in the Education of Latinas.” Siglo XXI: Latino/a Research into the 21st Century.  Inter-University Program on Latino Research (IUPLR), University of Texas-Austin.  January 26-29, 2005.

 

“The Politics of Women’s Literacy in the Post-welfare Era.” National Academy of Education, 2004 Fall Annual Meeting. Stanford University, Palo Alto CA.  October 6-10, 2004.

 

“Multiple Identities and Shifting Boundaries: Insider Research in Marginalized Communities.” Co-authored with Shobha Hamal-Gurung. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Study of Social Problems. Atlanta, GA. August 15-19, 2003.

 

“Future Directions for the Education of Massachusetts Latinos.” Network 2002, Massachusetts Adult Education Conference. Marlborough, MA. October 23-24, 2002.

 

“The Effects of Massachusetts Education Reform on Latino Students.” From Rhetoric to Reality: Language Minority Students and Educational Reforms Conference. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. October 5, 2002.

 

“Literacy for Social Change: A Participatory, Community Service Learning Collaboration.” 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Chicago, IL. August 15-17, 2002.

 

“Can Adult Education Programs Provide a Way Out? A Study of Popular Education and Homeless Mothers.” Trapped by Poverty/Trapped by Abuse Research Conference. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. October 26-28, 2001.

 

“I’m Ready to Learn: Ethnographic Portraits of Homeless Latinas and Popular Education in Boston.” 23rd International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Washington, D.C. September 6-8, 2001.

 

“The Right to Literacy: An Ethnography of Popular Education and Homeless Mothers in the Era of Welfare Reform.” 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Seattle, WA. April 9-11, 2001.