Dr. Thomas has research interests exploring anti-racist and critical literacy education in early childhood classrooms and communities. She also examines child guidance and classroom management practices in early childhood, especially in regard to equity. Dr. Thomas often employs arts-based methodologies including poetic inquiry.
Early Childhood Education
School of Teacher Preparation, Administration, and Leadership
Department Phone: (575) 646-4820
Publications:
Thomas, R.K. (2021). The ballad of Black and white (creative piece). Anthropology and Education Quarterly. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.12377
Thomas, R. K. (2020). Poetic juxtaposition: A method for connecting data, theory, and everyday texts. Qualitative Inquiry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800420948080
Thomas, R. K. (2019). Developing a vocabulary to talk about race in the white home: One family’s experience. Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership in Education, 4(2), 61-72.
Thomas, R.K. (2019). Identifying your skin is too dark as put-down: Enacting whiteness as hidden curriculum through a bullying prevention program. Curriculum Inquiry 49(5). doi: 10.1080/03626784.2019.1687258
Warner, C.K., Nash, K.T., Thomas, R., Bell, C., Strekalova-Hughes, E., Panther, L., & Atiles, J. (2016). Re-conceptualizing context and complexity in teacher education: Learning teaching as an interpretive process. The SOJO Journal: Educational Foundations and Social Justice Education. 2(1), 59-73.
Thomas, R. K. (2016) Discovering our own whiteness. Perspectives and Provocations in Early Childhood Education, 3, 1-11. Retrieved from: http://www.earlychildhoodeducationassembly.com/journals.html
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