MANUSCRIPTS

Durand, T.M., & Skubel, A. (under review).  “There’s just nothing really there”:  A mixed- methods investigation of ethnic-racial climate and ethnic-racial identity among White adolescents.

Wang, P., Durand, T.M., & Temurnikar, M. (under review). Shifting paradigms of teacher quality: Contemporary American students’ constructed meanings of “S.T.A.R” teachers in a diverse suburban middle school context.  

Temurnikar, M., & Durand, T. (under review). “I’m just not sure where to begin”: Making the case for identity-responsive career services.

Liao, C. X., & Durand, T.M. (in preparation).  “I’m just not a math person”:  How to foster positive learner identities in the classroom.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Durand, T.M., Temurnikar, M., & Wang, P. (2026, April).  “There’s nothing really there:” Meaning-making around the salience of race and identity among White adolescents.  Ed-talk and poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Wang, P., Durand, T.M., & Temurnikar, M. (2026, April).  Good teachers as “STAR” teachers: A qualitative study of early adolescents’ perspectives.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Temurnikar, M., Durand, T.M., & Wang, P. (2026, April). “I feel like I fit in”: Middle school students’ perceptions of psychological safety. Roundtable paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Liao, C. X. (2025, November). Using Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory to Help Teachers Foster Positive, Intersectional Learner Identities among Students of Color. Paper presented at the Biennial Graduate Student Diversity Challenge Conference, Boston, MA.