NOREEN NASEEM RODRIGUEZ Curriculum Vitae PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor of Elementary Social Studies, School of Education, Iowa State University, 2017-present Consultant, Nation of Immigrants Teaching Project, University of Texas at Austin, 2017 Instructor of Elementary Social Studies Methods, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin, 2014-2017 K-12 Experience Bilingual 4 th & 5 th Grade Teacher, Brentwood Elementary School, Austin, TX, 2010-2013 Bilingual 1 st, 2 nd & 5 th Grade Teacher, Dawson Elementary School, Austin, TX, 2005-2010 EDUCATION Ph.D M.Ed. B.S. B.A. 2017, Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin Specialization in Social Studies Education 2010, Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin Specialization in Bilingual/Bicultural Education 2004, Applied Learning & Development, The University of Texas at Austin Early Childhood through 6 th Grade Bilingual Generalist Certification 2004, Linguistics and Spanish, The University of Texas at Austin Minor in Hispanic Linguistics RESEARCH INTERESTS Social studies education; Elementary social studies; Teacher Education; Critical Race Theory; Teachers of Color; Asian American history; Asian Critical Race Theory LANGUAGES Fluent in reading, writing, speaking, & listening in English (native) & Spanish PUBLICATIONS 1
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles & Book Chapters (Published and in press) Naseem Rodríguez, N. & Ip, R. (2017, in press). Hidden in History: (Re)Constructing Asian American history in elementary social studies classrooms. Book chapter in S. B. Shear, C. M. Tschida, E. Bellows, L. B. Buchanan, & E. E. Saylor (Eds.), Making Controversial Issues Relevant for Elementary Social Studies: A Critical Reader. Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2017, in press). Not All Terrorists: A teacher educator's approach to teaching against Islamophobia and for religious tolerance." Book chapter in S. B. Shear, C. M. Tschida, E. Bellows, L. B. Buchanan, & E. E. Saylor (Eds.), Making Controversial Issues Relevant for Elementary Social Studies: A Critical Reader. Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2017, in press). Elementary social studies lessons using The Arrival and Inside Out and Back Again. In A. Libresco, J. Balantic, & M. Battenfeld (Eds.), Notable Books, Notable Lessons. Washington, D.C.: National Council of the Social Studies. Salinas, C., Naseem Rodríguez, N., & Blevins, B. (2017). English language learners and the social studies. In C. Boler & M. Manfra (Eds.), The Handbook of Social Studies Research. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. Salinas, C., Fránquiz, M., & Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2016). Writing Latina/o historical narratives: Narratives at the intersection of critical historical inquiry and LatCrit. The Urban Review, 48(3), 419-439. Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2015). Teaching Angel Island through historical empathy and poetry. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 27(3), 22-25. Salinas, C., Naseem Rodríguez, N., & Ayala Lewis, B. (2015). The Tejano History Curriculum Project: Creating a Space for Authoring Tejanas/os into the Social Studies Curriculum. Bilingual Research Journal, 38(2), 1-18. Manuscripts in Preparation Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2017). "Caught between two worlds": An AsianCrit approach to cultural citizenship education. Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2017). "I need to do justice to this topic": Using AsianCrit to critically teach Asian American children's literature in elementary classrooms. Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2017). "La lucha todavía no ha terminado/the struggle is not yet over": Tackling immigration in a bilingual teacher education classroom. Naseem Rodríguez, N. & Ramaprasad, V. (2016). Surrounded by a sea of Whiteness : An AsianCrit examination of South Asian American Pre-Service Teachers. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS 2
Naseem Rodríguez, N. & Vickery, A. (2017). Teaching critical elementary social studies with children s literature. Power presentation at the annual conference of the National Council of the Social Studies (NCSS), Washington, D.C. (accepted) Naseem Rodríguez, N., Busey, C., Buchanan, L., James, J., & Saylor, L. (2017). Teaching Against Islamophobia: Teacher educators reflect on religious diversity and anti-islamophobia pedagogies during the Trump Presidency. Presentation at the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the annual conference of the National Council of the Social Studies (NCSS), San Francisco, CA. (accepted) Ender, T., Shatara, H., Naseem Rodríguez, N., Tirado, J., & Woods, M. (2017). "My research matters... just look at the students!": Look at critical theories, relevance, and conversations in social studies. Presentation at the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the annual conference of the National Council of the Social Studies (NCSS), San Francisco, CA. (accepted) Naseem Rodríguez, N., Salinas, C., Pochedley, L., Vickery, A., Kim, E., Williams, M., Hall, D., & An, S. (2017). Teaching U.S. history through Other histories: Using counternarratives and critical lenses in teacher education classrooms. Presentation at the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the annual conference of the National Council of the Social Studies (NCSS), San Francisco, CA. (accepted) Field, S., Buchanan, L. B., Tschida, C., Salinas, C., Naseem Rodríguez, N., Bellows, E., Alarcón, J., & Knapp, K. (2017). The Evolution of the Journey Box Assignment in Elementary Social Studies Education. Presentation at the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the annual conference of the National Council of the Social Studies (NCSS), San Francisco, CA. (accepted) Payne, K., Sondel, B., Serriere, S., Naseem Rodríguez, N., & An, S. (2017). Citizens-now, not citizens in training. Symposium at the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the annual conference of the National Council of the Social Studies (NCSS), San Francisco, CA. (accepted) Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2017). "I need to do justice to this topic": Enacting Asian American history in elementary classrooms. Presentation in the Social Studies Research Special Interest Group (SIG) at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Antonio, TX. (accepted) Naseem Rodríguez, N., Lee, J., Kokka, K., Chao, T., & Ramaprasad, V. (2017). Beyond Black, Brown, and White: A Critical Symposium of Asian American Teacher Identity. Symposium in the Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans Special Interest Group (SIG) at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Antonio, TX. (accepted) Naseem Rodríguez, N. & Salinas, C. (2017). Right Under Our Noses: Prospective bilingual teachers discover the power of local histories. Presentation at the annual conference of the National Assocation for Bilingual Education (NABE), Dallas, TX. (accepted) Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2016). Teaching Asian American history with children s literature. Power presentation at the annual conference of the National Council of the Social Studies (NCSS), Washington, D.C. 3
Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2016). East Goes West: (Re)Constructing Asian American histories in elementary classrooms. Paper presentation in the Scholars of Color Forum at the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the annual conference of the National Council of the Social Studies (NCSS), Washington, D.C. Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2016). "I want my students to feel empowered": Teachers of color and broadening citizenship in elementary classrooms. Paper presentation in the symposium, A Nation of Immigrants: Citizenship, Belonging and Place-Making in Social Studies Education, at College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the annual conference of the National Council of the Social Studies (NCSS), Washington, D.C. Salinas, C., Naseem Rodríguez, N. & Blevins, B. (2016). Handbook of Research in Social Studies Education (2016): Impacting Practice. Panel presentation in the Scholars of Color Forum at the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the annual conference of the National Council of the Social Studies (NCSS), Washington, D.C. Naseem Rodríguez, N. & Ramaprasad, V. (2016) I need to do justice to this topic : The role of story, theory, and praxis in Asian American elementary teachers (re)construction of Asian American history. Paper presentation at the annual conference of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA), Seattle, WA. Ramaprasad, V. & Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2016). A Different Kind of Brown: A Postcolonial Investigation of South Asian American Preservice Teacher Identities. Roundtable presentation at the annual conference of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA), Seattle, WA. Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2016). Where are you REALLY from? An AsianCrit Examination of Asian American Elementary Teachers. Panel presentation at the annual Cultural Studies in Education (CSE) conference, Austin, TX. Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2016). Revealing Hidden Histories: Asian American Teachers Approaches to Teaching Asian American History in Elementary Schools. Roundtable session at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Washington, D.C. Salinas, C. & Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2016). The Tejano History Curriculum Project: Creating a Space for Authoring Tejanas/os into the Social Studies Curriculum. Symposium at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Washington, D.C. Salinas, C. & Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2015). ELLs in the Social Studies: Eight Strategies that Improve Instruction. Featured workshop presentation at the annual conference of the National Council of the Social Studies (NCSS), New Orleans, LA. Payne, K. A. & Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2015). Conducting Elementary Social Studies Research in Schools: Challenges and Possibilities. Roundtable presentation at the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the annual conference of the National Council of the Social Studies (NCSS), New Orleans, LA. Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2015). (E)Merging Identities: A Case Study of Asian American Pre- Service Teachers. Poster presentation at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL. 4
Salinas, C., Fránquiz, M. & Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2015). Latina Bilingual Teachers and Nuestras Historias: Using critical historical inquiry in constructing other narratives. Paper presentation at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL. Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2015). Perceptions in the Aftermath: A Case Study of a South Asian American Educator s Instructional Unit on Terrorism. Roundtable presentation at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL. Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2015). (E)Merging Identities: A Case Study of Asian American Pre- Service Teachers. Paper presentation at the annual conference of Cultural Studies in Education (CSE), Austin, TX. Salinas, C. & Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2015). Beyond Black and White: Teaching El Movimiento. Paper presentation at the annual conference of the National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE), Las Vegas, NV. Salinas, C. & Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2014). Troubling traditional citizenship: Using a sociocultural lens in preparing teachers critical understandings. Paper presentation at the annual conference of the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA), National Council of the Social Studies, Boston, MA. Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2014). Who are Asians? Examining cultural narratives in an elementary classroom. Roundtable presentation at the annual conference of the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA), National Council of the Social Studies, Boston, MA. Cardenas Curiel, L. & Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2014). Social justice educators integrating language arts and social studies curriculum. Symposium presentation at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA. Salinas, C. & Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2014). Beyond Black and White: Teaching El Movimiento. Presentation at the annual Adelante! Conference for Bilingual/Dual Language Educators, Austin, TX. Fránquiz, M., Salinas, C., Naseem Rodríguez, N., Ynostroza, A., & Ayala Lewis, B. (2013). Tejano History Curriculum Project: Fourth graders becoming historians in bilingual classrooms. Presentation at the annual conference of the National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE), Orlando, FL. Fránquiz, M., Salinas, C., Naseem Rodríguez, N., & Ayala Lewis, B. (2012). Tejano History Curriculum Project: Kids like me didn t know we had all these things to be proud of. Presentation at the annual conference of the Texas Association of Bilingual Education (TABE), San Antonio, TX. Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2012). We are the Campeones: Integrating fourth grade literacy and fine arts through lucha libre. Presentation at the annual conference of the Texas Association of Bilingual Education (TABE), San Antonio, TX. Naseem Rodríguez, N. & Garza, X. (2012). We are the Campeones: Integrating fourth grade literacy and fine arts through lucha libre. Presentation at the annual conference of the San Antonio Association of Bilingual Education (SAABE), San Antonio, TX. 5
Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2012). We are the Campeones: Integrating fourth grade literacy and fine arts through lucha libre. Presentation at the annual Adelante! Conference for Bilingual/Dual Language Educators, Austin, TX. Naseem Rodríguez, N. (2010). Empowering research: One teacher s study of her school s tutoring practices. Paper presentation at the annual conference of the Texas Association of Bilingual Education (TABE), El Paso, TX. INVITED TALKS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP Nie, P. & Naseem Rodríguez, N. Local Asian American History. Sponsored by Austin Independent School District's (AISD) social studies department, Austin, TX. May 2017. Naseem Rodríguez, N. & Nie, P. Teaching Local Asian American History. Invited session at Austin Independent School District (AISD) Social Studies Institute, Austin, TX. Summer 2016. Naseem Rodríguez, N. Chinese Laborers in the American West. Invited session at Austin Independent School District (AISD)'s "Awesome Americans" professional development series, Austin, TX. Summer 2016. Naseem Rodríguez, N. Teaching Asian Pacific American History Month, Staff professional development, Invited presentation at Becker Elementary, Austin Independent School District, Spring 2016. Naseem Rodríguez, N. Teaching Asian American immigration and Japanese American incarceration, Elementary Social Studies Advocates Book Study, sponsored by Austin Independent School District, Spring 2016. Naseem Rodríguez, N. Culturally Responsive Pedagogy & Beyond (keynote speaker), Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Symposium, sponsored by the Austin Area Association for Bilingual Education, Fall 2015. Naseem Rodríguez, N. Bullying Post-9/11, The Hidden Epidemic: Bullying and Asian American Youth, sponsored by the Asian Behavioral Health Network, Spring 2015. Hsu, M. & Naseem Rodríguez, N. Asian American studies in K-8 classrooms, Dynamic Stories: Teaching Asian American history and culture, sponsored by Austin Independent School District, Spring 2015. Naseem Rodríguez, N. The Model Minority Stereotype: Disaggregating data & unmasking differences, AAS 325: Chinese in Diaspora, Spring 2015 (Instructor: Dr. Madeline Hsu), UT Austin. Salinas, C. & Naseem Rodríguez, N. Trends in English language learner education: Implications for social studies, Social Studies Assessment, Curriculum, and Instruction (SSACI), Winter meeting of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Spring 2015. 6
Naseem Rodríguez, N., Ayala Lewis, B., & Perez, W. Mexican American/Tejano studies in the elementary classroom, Austin Independent School District Dual Language Teacher Workshop, Summer 2014. HONORS AND AWARDS OZY Educator Award, 2017 College of Education Graduate Student Research Award, University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2016 University of Texas at Austin Graduate School Dissertation Writing Fellowship, 2016 Alexander Caswell Ellis Fellowship in Education recipient, University of Texas at Austin, 2015-2016 Texas New Scholars Fellowship recipient, University of Texas at Austin, 2013-2015 Austin Independent School District Teacher of the Year Semi-Finalist, 2010 Dawson Elementary Teacher of the Year, Austin Independent School District, 2010 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS College & University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the National Council of the Social Studies Scholars of Color Faculty Forum (Chair-Elect, 2016-2017, Chair, 2017-2018) National Council of the Social Studies American Educational Research Association (Division G Campus Liaison, 2016-2017; Research on the Education of Asian Pacific Americans Program Committee, 2017-2018) Assocation of Asian American Studies (South Asian Section Secretary, 2017-2018) Kappa Delta Pi: An International Honor Society National Association of Bilingual Education 7