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Cultural Studies and Social Thought in Education

Cultural Studies and Social Thought in Education

Addressing problems of culture and power in historical and contemporary education and schooling.

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Cultural Studies Overview

Cultural Studies and Social Thought in Education addresses problems of culture and power as they play out in contemporary and historical contexts of education and schooling.

Cultural Studies and Social Thought in Education (CSSTE) addresses issues of culture and power as they play out in contemporary and historical contexts of education and schooling.  We seek to develop scholars and practitioners who will stimulate positive change in educational institutions and the communities that they serve. Come and join the conversation.

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For Doctoral (PhD) Student Handbook,[coming soon] contact:

Office of Graduate Education
Cleveland Hall 70
Pullman, WA 99164-2114
Telephone: (509) 335-9195/335-7016
Fax: (509) 335-5907
Email: gradstudies@wsu.edu

Courtney Benjamin, who is in the College of Education, Sport and Human Science’s cultural studies and social thought in education program, will receive a one‑year fellowship to work with the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE), which is supported by the National Science Foundation.

The CADRE Fellows program is in its tenth year and provides capacity-building and networking opportunities for researchers who are in the early stages of their STEM education careers.

Learn more about the program

3MT winner

Ph.D. candidate Jeremiah Sataraka won our Three Minute Thesis (3MT) for 2018. He took second at WSU’s 3MT.

Student Learning Outcomes

Graduates from the program will be able to:

  1. Locate, analyze, and synthesize research literature, and apply that synthesis to problems of practice
  2. Effectively communicate scholarly work through written, oral, and/or alternate formats
  3. Skillfully inquire into areas of program-related interest
  4. Demonstrate scholarly habits of curiosity, inquiry, skepticism, and data-based decision-making
  5. Demonstrate an understanding and valuing of diversity and social justice through his/her scholarly work
  6. Conduct and disseminate original scholarship that demonstrates acquisition and application of new knowledge and theory
  7. Demonstrate behavior that indicates he/she is becoming an emerging expert in his/her area of study

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