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Students, Teachers, and Leaders Addressing Bullying in Schools

  • This book is the first time the voices of children, families, teachers, school leaders, and community members come together to address bullying in US K-12 schools through cultural responsiveness.
  • The book focuses on the voices of students, families, teachers, school leaders, scholars, and community organizational leaders working together to address bullying in US schools, especially for those who live on the margins.
  • The book is a call for those who work and live in school communities to build bridges among themselves, schools, and the community-at-large to create safe and culturally responsive school policies and practices for all children.

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
    1. Bullied

      • Christa Boske
      Pages 1-21
    2. What Are You?

      • Azadeh Osanlo
      Pages 23-32
  2. Voices from Youth in Schools

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. A Young Man’s Journey

      • Chris Board
      Pages 35-39
    3. You are Worth it

      • Emily Wirth
      Pages 41-43
    4. I was the Shy and Awkward Girl

      • I was the Shy and Awkward Girl Mariyah
      Pages 49-51
    5. I’m a Little Bit Darker

      • Devin Jontez McMiler
      Pages 53-56
    6. Standing Up to the Popular Girl

      • Leah Bailey
      Pages 59-59
    7. School Violence

      • Edward Valentin
      Pages 61-62
    8. Being “White”

      • Aajah Chapman
      Pages 63-64
    9. What Makes Me Beautiful

      • Erica Howard
      Pages 65-67
    10. Learning to Love One Another

      • Angely Boske
      Pages 69-75
    11. T.H.I.N.K.

      • Kiara Kane
      Pages 77-78
    12. You Just Get Used to it

      • Destiny Pufenbarger
      Pages 79-80
  3. Voices from Concerned Families and Community Members

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
    2. Becoming Mrs. Baker

      • Brad Sinick
      Pages 83-95
    3. Dyke, Dyke, Dyke!

      • Jennifer Turley
      Pages 97-103

About this book

The importance of Boske and Osanloo’s approach to identifying the crisis of bullying in our society lives within the personal stories shared in this book. Readers are reminded that victims of bullying are our own friends, neighbors and classmates, and those at every level in the community are challenged to be part of the solution. The hatred carried out by those who bully impacts all of us, not only the individual victims. Students, Teachers, and Leaders Addressing Bullying in Schools captures the tragedy victims face and the urgency of creating a new dialogue amongst our educators.
– Judy Shepard, Founder, Matthew Shepard Foundation


The most important experts on bullying are the students, parents, and educators who wrestle with its impact every day. In this book, Boske and Osanloo place them at the center of the dialogue to design lasting solutions and spur the national conscience into action. Bias-based bullying complicates systemic solutions by activating the “isms” and “phobias” that plague us all. The bold collective behind this book calls us to get over our own stuff and double down on our efforts to create safe and affi rming schools for all students.
– Eliza Byard, PhD, Executive Director, GLSEN


The brilliance and boldness of this book lie in two distinguishing features. First, inspired by the Boske and Osanloo’s vision, the contributors discuss bullying as precisely what it is: not an interpersonal challenge, not a cross-cultural tension, not an issue that can be conflict-mediated away, but a social justice concern that is connected to bigger societal conditions and injustices. Secondly, Boske and Osanloo reject the idea that academics are the experts of everybody’s experiences, and so they open the space on the pages of their book to the targets of bullying and their on-the-ground advocates. The result is revolutionary. If you think you understand bullying, I dare you to read this book.
– Paul Gorski, Founder, EdChange, & Associate Professor, Integrative Studies at
George Mason University


Editors and Affiliations

  • Kent State University, USA

    Christa Boske

  • New Mexico State University, USA

    Azadeh Osanloo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Students, Teachers, and Leaders Addressing Bullying in Schools

  • Editors: Christa Boske, Azadeh Osanloo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-148-9

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-148-9Published: 13 October 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 318

  • Topics: Education, general

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eBook USD 39.99
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