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Kia Turner, M.Ed.
Mountain View, CA | kcturner@stanford.edu | (619) 737-6680
Education
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Ph.D. Race, Inequality, and Language in Education
Expected 2026
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M.Ed. Teacher Education
2017
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A.B. Honors Degree in History and Literature, Cum Laude in Field
Thesis: “Revolt! Rally! Revise!: Reclaiming the Power of the Black Narrative in Activist Achievements Against Harvard”
Teaching Experience
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Teaching Affiliate for Proseminar 2: Power & Knowledge [Introductory Sequence for First Year Graduate Students] (Winter 2023)
Beyond Equity Stanford Teacher Education Program Teaching Assistant (2022)
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Lead Middle School English Teacher, Instructional Coach (2017 - 2021)
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Mentor Teacher and Course Assistant (2017 - 2020)
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Instructional Coach (2018)
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10th Grade Constitutional Law Teacher (2016 - 2017)
Awards & Fellowships
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People’s Choice $1000 Grant Winner (2023)
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Summer Fellowship and Grant Winner (2021)
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Full-Tuition Fellowship Winner (2021)
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Learning for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance) Teaching Award (2020)
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National Council of Teachers of English (2018)
Publications
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Turner, K. Wallace, D. Miles-Langaigne, D., Deras, E. (Forthcoming). "Towards Black Abolition Theory within Radical Abolition Studies: Upending Practices, Structures, and Epistemes of Domination in Education, the World, and Beyond." Journal for Multicultural Education. .
Franz, H., Charity Hudley, A., Turner, K., Tano, M. (Forthcoming). “Writing towards Liberation: A Writing Guide to Support Black Students’ Linguistic Agency,” Special Issue of the Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics (JMOR): “Transdisciplinarity @ HBCUs: (Re)Writing Black Futures Beyond the Margin”
Robillard, S., Turner, K., Garcia, A., (Forthcoming). “The Future will be Physical: Embodiment and Multimodality in a Digital World,” Moving Preservice and Practicing Teachers toward Equity, Justice, and Antiracist Teaching through Digital Literacies, Routledge.
Bondie, R., Zusho, Akane., Turner, K., Cole, S., (Forthcoming). The Agile Teacher: Four Steps to Advancing ALL Students’ Learning through Deliberate Teaching Decisions. ASCD.
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Turner, K. (2022). “The Making of Abolitionist Classroom Community: A Call for Critical Collective Practices in the English Classroom,” National Council of Teachers of English Special Issues Volume 2: Racial Literacies Informed by the Sociopolitical and Sociocultural Contexts for Youth.
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Turner, K. (2020). “Tools for Liberation: Embracing Identity and Conflict in the Classroom,” Voices From the Middle.
Presentations
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Turner, K., Park, M., Wallace, D., Martin, M. (2023) “‘The Times Are Urgent; Let Us Slow Down: Illuminating Abolitionist Education through Collective Experimentation.” AERA National Convention.
Wallace, D., Turner, K., Cunningham, M., Jalloh, M. (2023) “ ‘I’m Not Alone Anymore’: A Community Review Board’s Efficacy in Iterating an Abolitionist History Curriculum.” AERA Annual Meeting.
Wallace, D. Park, M., Turner, K., (2023) “Breaking, Blooming, and Building: Towards an Abolitionist Social Studies Curriculum in Middle School Classrooms.” AERA Annual Meeting.
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Turner, K. (2022). The Making of Abolitionist Classroom Community: How to Dovetail Critical Collective Practices in the English Classroom with Writing of the Self” Presentation. National Convention National Council of Teachers of English.
Brown, A., Best-Green, B., Bell, J., Nevárez, A., Turner, K., Daly, A., Ebder, H., “NCTE Author Strand -- Special Issues, Volume 2: Racial Literacy: Sociopolitical and Sociocultural Contexts for Youth” Presentation. National Convention National Council of Teachers of English.
Turner, K. Wallace, D. (2022). “Exploring Anti-Carceral Education: Towards Mapping and Historicizing Contemporary Educators’ Theory and Praxis in Abolitionist Terms” Presentation. Quarry Farms Symposium.
Turner, K., Camiscoli, S., Cunningham, M., and Osario, O. (2022) “Living Abolitionist Education: Perspectives from Youth, Activists, and Researchers on What Education Beyond Schooling Should Look Like” Allied Media Conference Presentation.
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Turner, K. (2021). “Black Girls in Schools and Anti-Carceral Resistance” Invited Talk. Black Feminism and Anti-Carceral Resistance Stanford Course.
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Turner, K. (2019). “Tools for Liberation” Presentation. National Convention National Council of Teachers of English
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Turner, K. (2018). “Writing Stories Through Talk: Incorporating Discussion into the Writer’s Workshop” Presentation. National Convention National Council of Teachers of English.