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Handbook of Social Justice Interventions in Education

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  • Offers sustained attention on social justice interventions in real-world settings
  • Enriches the different international perspectives on interventionist frameworks, models, programs, pedagogies, curriculum, and activities
  • Presents action and advocacy across the educational spectrum on behalf of traditionally underrepresented populations
  • Offers an array of possibilities, ideas, methods, strategies, and outcomes for readers to selectively build on

Part of the book series: Springer International Handbooks of Education (SIHE)

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Table of contents (58 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Introduction to the Collection

    • Carol A. Mullen
    Pages 1-8
  3. General Background of Social Justice Literature

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
    2. Inclusion as Social Justice: Nancy Fraser’s Theory in the South African Context

      • Ellison Musara, Carolyn (Callie) Grant, Jo-Anne Vorster
      Pages 39-58
    3. Defining Social Justice in Education

      • John C. Pijanowski, Kevin P. Brady
      Pages 59-82
    4. Transforming Schools

      • Carolyn M. Shields
      Pages 109-131
    5. Theorizing About Identity Politics in Education and School Leadership

      • Carol A. Mullen, Kim C. Robertson
      Pages 133-159
  4. Interventions and Explorations in Leadership

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
    2. Peer Equity Coaching: Socially Just, Transformative Adult Learning

      • Mary A. Bussman, Karen Seashore Louis
      Pages 163-187
    3. From Zero Tolerance Policies to Restorative Practices

      • Zorka Karanxha, Michael R. P. Bailey, Marsha Henry-Lewis
      Pages 189-210
    4. Indigenous Women Educational Leaders Decolonizing Schools

      • Ingrid M. Robinson, Lisa Lunney Borden, Laura-Lee Kearns
      Pages 303-325
    5. Factors That Affect the Performance of Refugee Students in Public Schools: An Illustration from Virginia, USA

      • Katina W. Otey, Jodie L. Brinkmann, Carol S. Cash, Carol A. Mullen
      Pages 351-372
    6. Teachers Leading in Refugee Education

      • Marissa Winmill, Julie Kasper, Jill Koyama
      Pages 373-394

About this book

The Handbook of Social Justice Interventions in Education features interventions in social justice within education and leadership, from early years to higher education and in mainstream and alternative, formal and informal settings. Researchers from across academic disciplines and different countries describe implementable social justice work underway in learning environments—organizations, programs, classrooms, communities, etc. Robust, dynamic, and emergent theory-informed applications in real-world places make known the applied knowledge base in social justice, and its empirical, ideological, and advocacy orientations.


A multiplicity of social justice-oriented lenses, policies, strategies, and tools is represented in this Handbook, along with qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Alternative and conventional approaches alike advance knowledge and educational and social utility.  To cover the field comprehensively the subject (i.e., social justice education and leadership) is subdivided into four sections. Part 1 (background) provides a general background of current social justice literature. Part II (schools) addresses interventions and explorations in preK-12 schools. Part III (education) covers undergraduate and graduate education and preservice teacher programs, classrooms, and curricula, in addition to teacher and student leadership in schools. Part IV (leadership) features educational leadership and higher education leadership domains, from organizational change efforts to preservice leader preparation programs, classrooms, etc. Part V (comparative) offers interventions and explorations of societies, cultures, and nations.


Assembling this unique material in one place by a leading cast will enable readers easy access to the latest research-informed interventionist practices on a timely topic. They can build on this work that takes the promise of social justice to the next level for changing global learning environments and workplaces.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Program, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA

    Carol A. Mullen

About the editor

Carol A. Mullen, PhD, is professor of educational leadership and policy studies at Virginia Tech in the School of Education, Virginia, USA. A J. William Fulbright Senior Scholar alumnus, she completed research in China, Canada, and Australia. An experienced higher education administrator who served as president of two national associations, this interdisciplinary scholar writes on social justice in education and leadership within glocal contexts. Her authorships of scholarly, peer-reviewed publications include over 235 journal articles and book chapters, and 17 guest-edited, special issues. Her 28 books include Revealing Creativity: Exploration in Transnational Education Cultures (2020, Springer); Canadian Indigenous Literature and Art (2020, Brill); and Under Duress in Education? (2019, Springer). Top-tier, high-impact journals with her articles include Action in Teacher Education, Educational Psychology Review, International Journal of Leadership in Education, Journal of School Leadership, Qualitative Inquiry, Teacher Education Quarterly, Teachers College Record, and Journal of Research on Leadership Education. She is former editor of Mentoring & Tutoring (Routledge journal). Among the many career honors received, she was awarded the 2021 Alumni Award for Excellence in International Research from Virginia Tech; the 2020 Excellence (OISE Leaders & Legends) Award from the University of Toronto; the Alumni Award for Excellence in Research from Virginia Tech; the 2017 Living Legend Award from the International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership; and the 2016 Jay D. Scribner Mentoring Award from the University Council for Educational Administration. Her PhD is from the University of Toronto. Email: camullen@vt.edu

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