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Looking for new resources that highlight the scholarship of the School of Education & Human Development faculty and staff? We are proud to share the following recently published books and book chapters, showcasing their expertise and commitment to equity, innovation, and meaningful educational practice.

Books

The Transformative Student Voice research collective at CU, including SEHD’s Carlos Hipolito Delgado, PhD, professor of counseling, Dane Stickney, PhD, assistant teaching professor in ASPIRE to Teach, together with former SEHD colleague Shelley Zion, PhD and CU Bouder colleague Ben Kirshner, published two books with Harvard Education Press in 2025.

• Transformative Student Voice for Teachers: A Guide to Classroom Action (Stickney, Kirshner, Zion, & Hipolito-Delgado)
• Transformative Student Voice: Partnering with Young People for Equitable Schools (Zion, Kirshner, & Hipolito-Delgado)

Nancy L. Commins, PhD, clinical professor emeritus, co-authored Humanizing Pedagogies with Multilingual Learners: Transforming Teaching in the Content Areas with former SEHD faculty member Kara Viesca (Routledge, 2025).

Noteworthy Book Chapters

Margarita Bianco, EdD, associate professor in special education and founder of Pathways2Teaching), Robin Brandehoff, PhD, assistant professor in educational foundations) Marvin Lynn, PhD, Dean, Madhavi Tandon, PhD, senior instructor, and antwan jefferson, PhD, associate dean for instructional and inclusive excellence and associate teaching professor) contributed to a special edition of State Education Standard (NASBE, 2025) titled The Educators Students Deserve: Four State Policy Approaches. 

Robin Brandehoff, PhD,  assistant professor in educational foundations, contributed two chapters:

• “Kanaka ‘Ōiwi methodologies to honor moʻōlelo, communities, aloha ‘āina, and make it hānai”in Light a Fire and Watch it Burn: Disruptive Qualitative Methods in Education Research (Meyers Education Press, 2025)

• More Than Promises, Más Que Promesas in Student Success and Intersectionality at Hispanic-serving Institutions: Policy and Practice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)

Sofía Chaparro, assistant professor in culturally & linguistically diverse education, co-authored the chapter Raciolinguistic Ideologies in The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism (Routledge, 2025).

Cristina Gillanders, associate professor in early childhood education, contributed Using Culturally Sustaining Literature for Latino Children in the Early Childhood Classroom in Multicultural Literature for Latino Bilingual Children: Their Words, Their Worlds, Second Edition (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025).

Elena Sandoval-Lucero, PhD, assistant teaching professor in the Leadership for Educational Organizations program, co-authored Considering Informal Caregivers’ Needs in Palliative Care and Bereavement: Making the Case for Family-Centered Care in Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment and Care: Reflections for the Education of Survivors and Healthcare Providers (IGI Global, 2025).

Kent Seidel, PhD, founding co-director of the Center for Practice Engaged Education Research, authored Chapter 2, Stages of Concern: Perspectives on Engaging with Innovation, and Julie Oxenford-O’Brian, PhD, co-director of the Center for Practice Engaged Education Research, authored Chapter 9 Using CBAM to Study Implementation of Innovation in PreK-12 Districts, in The Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM): Constructs, Evidence, Applications, and Implications for Facilitating Change (Sage, 2025).

Elizabeth Steed, professor in early childhood special education, co-authored two chapters in The Preschool Inclusion Toolbox, Second Edition (Paul H. Brookes, 2025):

• Creating Policies and Procedures That Support Preschool Inclusion 
• Supporting Preschool Inclusion Through High-Quality Professional Development

Tom “YiLe” Su, LMFT, assistant professor in couple and family therapy, authored Diversity, Intersectionality, and the Role of Religion in Intercultural Relationships in The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health (Routledge, 2025).

SEHD celebrates the creativity, scholarship, and dedication of our faculty and staff in producing these important books and chapters. Their work enriches the field of education, informs classroom practice, and supports equitable and inclusive learning experiences for students and communities. We thank these authors for advancing knowledge and fostering innovation that strengthens education locally, nationally, and globally.