NCID-3331
Jennifer Martin
Associate Professor
UIS
Education/Degree:
1 Education Education (Oakland University)
About
Dr. Martin began her career as department chair of English at an urban alternative high school in metropolitan Detroit. Her research investigates the critical intersectional lenses of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Dr. Martin has co-written/edited nine books, numerous book chapters /peer reviewed articles and has served as Editor in Chief of JULTR since 2018. She is the recipient of AERA Division B’s Outstanding Book Recognition Award (2016), and the Paula Silver Case Award (Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership). In 2021, she was awarded the Burks Oakley II Distinguished Online Teaching Award (UIS). She was named University Scholar at UIS for the 2022 – 2023 academic year, the University of Illinois system’s highest honor. Dr. Martin was selected for the 2022 – 2023 cohort for the system-wide Public Voices Fellowship. She was named Affiliate Faculty Member for the Institute for Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Justice at UIS in 2023.
Current Work
Dr Martin is currently researching educational trauma, or the harms schools can do to individuals. She personally experienced trauma in school, which caused her to be drawn to alternative education. She theorized that the students in this system were much like her--misunderstood and misrepresented. Dr. Marin's educational trauma ultimately caused selective mutism. She effectively lost her voice because of her experiences in elementary school. She did not recover her voice for years--until she was in her 40s perusing her Ph.D. Dr. Martin is researching the causes for students disconnection from school. e.g., cultural disconnects based upon race, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, etc.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Critical Race Theory, Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning, feminist theory, SEL, yoga