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Larissa A. Malone
Assistant Professor
University of Southern Maine
Education/Degree:
1 Cultural Foundations in Education (Kent State University)
About
Larissa Malone holds a doctorate in cultural foundations of education from the School of Foundations, Leadership, and Administration at Kent State University. She completed her master of arts in education at Walsh University and her bachelor of arts in international studies at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Malone also holds a primary teacher certification from the American Montessori Internationale. Dr. Malone has extensive experience teaching traditionally and online in both undergraduate and graduate programs, specializing in foundational, multicultural, and research courses. Prior to teaching in higher education, Dr. Malone taught early childhood and early elementary grades and served as an administrator in a bilingual community-based school. A critical race theorist, Dr. Malone?s research centers on the minority experience in American schooling, inclusive of students, parents, and teachers, and her aim is towards creating equitable educational spaces for all.
Current Work
Dr. Malone’s scholarship explores the minority experiences in schools and the consistent framework used in her work is critical race theory. Her first major research project was a multi-year study that centered upon how high-achieving Black students and their families maneuvered through a suburban school district. From this work, she delved into one particular area: perceptions of teacher expectations. This became her dissertation topic and the subsequent focus of three different mini-projects, all currently in the publication pipeline. Her current research projects include an auto-ethnography that explores her experiences in higher education through the theoretical lenses of spirit murdering and self-emancipation, intra-district desegregation educational policy, and critical spirituality in education. Dr. Malone’s upcoming research is placed-based and explores Black educators’ experiences in Maine and she recently received a grant to support this initiative.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Black educators, critical race parenting, Critical Race Theory, experiences of Black students and their families, spirituality and education