Keffrelyn Brown

Assistant Professor
Curriculum & Instruction
Cultural Studies in Education

Office: SZB 436D

Phone: (512) 232-4257
Fax: (512) 471-8460
E-Mail: keffrelyn@mail.utexas.edu

Mailing Address

The University of Texas at Austin
Curriculum and Instruction
1 University Station
Austin, TX 78712-0379
UTMailCode: D5700

Profile

Keffrelyn is an assistant professor in department of curriculum & instruction with a primary appointment in the cultural studies in education area. She completed a Ph.D in curriculum & instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as holds an Ed.M in learning and teaching from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.S. in political science and psychology from the University of Houston. Keffrelyn is a former elementary and middle school teacher, school administrator, and curriculum developer. Her scholarly interests focus on understanding how pre-service and in-service teachers acquire, understand and use sociocultural knowledge to address the teaching of underserved student populations. She is also interested in the educational experiences of and knowledge produced and circulated about African American (students). Her work has been published in Educational Researcher, as well as in several education handbooks and encyclopedias. She is the past recipient of numerous scholarships, grants and fellowships, including the Wisconsin-Spencer Foundation Research Training Grant and the Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship. Keffrelyn is an affiliate faculty member with the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies and the Center for Women's and Gender Studies.

Terminal Degree

Ph.D Curriculum & Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Current Courses

Undergraduate Course:
ALD 327/AFR 374D Sociocultural Influences on Learning

Graduate Courses:
EDC 385G Cultural Knowledge of Teachers and Teaching
EDC 385G Qualitative Research in Educational Settings
EDC 380F Sociocultural Foundations

Research Interests and Expertise

~ teacher knowledge and beliefs
~ (multi)cultural studies
~ African American students
~ sociocultural knowledge
~ curriculum theory

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