NCID-2296
Chase Catalano
Assistant Professor
Virginia Tech
Education/Degree:
1 Social Justice Education Social Justice Education (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
About
D. Chase J. Catalano is currently an assistant professor of Higher Education at Virginia Tech. He previously served as an assistant professor at Western Illinois University in the College Student Personnel Program for four years prior to coming to Virginia Tech. Chase’s previous student affairs work includes residence life and fraternity and sorority affairs, with 5 years as director of the LGBT Resources Center at Syracuse University. He received his BA in American Studies from Dickinson College and his M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst). He also received is doctorate in Social Justice Education from UMass Amherst.
Current Work
My research agenda uses a social justice education lens to explore practices, organizational structures, pedagogies, and educational interventions in higher education. I think and researching about how oppression manifests and collaborate with others to dream of ways to engage in liberatory approaches to programs, services, and education. My focus tends to be on queerness and transness as entry points to consider inclusion efforts on campus, and pedagogical approaches that foster critical self-reflection and liberation. I am a co-editor for Readings for Diversity and Social Justice, 4th edition (Routledge, 2018) and co-editor of and co-author in Advising and Supporting in Student Affairs (Charles C. Thomas Press, 2021). Beyond his various book chapters, he published articles in Equity & Excellence in Education, Transgender Studies Quarterly (TSQ), International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), and Journal for Diversity in Higher Education.
Research Area Keyword(s)
trans and trans oppression, queer and heterosexism, social justice education, pedagogy