Papers by Michael Kokozos
Journal of youth development, Mar 19, 2024
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Journal of extension, Nov 30, 2023
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Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education
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Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education
Background: Between early 2020 and today, our society has experienced a distressing global pandem... more Background: Between early 2020 and today, our society has experienced a distressing global pandemic, horrifying brutalities committed against BIPOC individuals and communities, uprisings for racial justice, and a violent attack on our nation’s capital. While these events and phenomena have been challenging and traumatic, they have also inspired calls for equity-focused action within and beyond schools. Purpose: Many schools have intensified their diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and anti-racism (DEIJA) work by revising their curricula, providing equity-focused professional development for educators, offering extracurricular programs like affinity and accountability spaces for BIPOC and white students, and many other initiatives. However, this work has occurred against a contentious backdrop, including parent and caregiver resistance to DEIJA work and attacks on schools for allegedly teaching critical race theory. Research Design: Between the summer of 2020 and the spring of 20...
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Boyhood Studies, 2015
Deirdre Fishel (dir). 2012. The Boy Game. [videorecording]. [Harriman, NY]: New Day Films. Mind’s... more Deirdre Fishel (dir). 2012. The Boy Game. [videorecording]. [Harriman, NY]: New Day Films. Mind’s Eye Productions. 16 min.Steven Brion-Meisels and Maura Clarke. The Boy Game: A Look at Bullying Through the Lens of Masculine Gender Norms. A Study Guide to Accompany the Film. N.d., PDF, 65 pp.
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Journal of Youth Development, 2020
While positive youth development (PYD) has proven beneficial in developing youth’s strengths, fom... more While positive youth development (PYD) has proven beneficial in developing youth’s strengths, fomenting youth–adult partnerships, and cultivating leadership, missing from the framework is a critical understanding of the role and impact of power, privilege, and oppression on young people’s development and lived experiences. To address this absence, we developed a critical positive youth development (CPYD) framework. Bridging positive youth development (PYD) with critical theory, CPYD positions critical consciousness—consisting of critical reflection, political efficacy, and critical action—as the 7 C of PYD and as integral to both the learning process and healthy socioemotional development. This paper introduces the CPYD framework and examines implications and applications for practitioners, including exploring the role of storytelling as an effective method through which to apply CPYD and highlighting one specific example.
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Equity & Excellence in Education, 2020
Despite recent social and political advancements for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and que... more Despite recent social and political advancements for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people and an increased focus on LGBTQ-inclusive practices in K-12 schools, there is a lack of research examining relations of power that inform current conceptualizations of national LGBTQ “inclusion,” particularly in school contexts. The authors investigate current and emerging normative approaches to inclusion related specifically to LGBTQ students and examine their limitations and exclusionary implications, including the ways in which said approaches perpetuate and sustain homonormativity and homonationalism. They then introduce a framework for more effectively addressing issues of LGBTQ inclusion in K-12 schools. The authors conclude the article by outlining practical suggestions that educators can use to disrupt homonormativity and homonationalism and adopt critically inclusive practices within their classrooms and broader school community.
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The Journal of Extension, 2019
The #PassTheMicYouth multimedia program is a youth-centered, youth-led podcast and blog that ampl... more The #PassTheMicYouth multimedia program is a youth-centered, youth-led podcast and blog that amplifies the voices and lived experiences of young people across social identity groups. Grounded in a positive youth development framework and informed by a critical pedagogical tradition, #PassTheMicYouth shines a spotlight on sociopolitical issues important to young people and provides a platform that supports creativity and candor. Archived podcast episodes and blog posts are accompanied by lesson plans Extension professionals and other educators can use to promote dialogue and critical reflection among youth and adult audiences. This article introduces the #PassTheMicYouth program and examines potential applications for youth-serving professionals.
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The Journal of Extension, 2020
4-H, as a research-based positive youth development program, should be affirming and inclusive fo... more 4-H, as a research-based positive youth development program, should be affirming and inclusive for all youths, including those who are members of LGBTQ+ communities. This article provides 4-H youth development professionals with a series of checklists for supporting LGBTQ+ participation, focusing on systemic advocacy, guidance and protocols, programming, and professional development and dispositions. Using these checklists, 4H professionals can identify areas of strength and growth for themselves and their programs. Further, they can enable youth thriving, increase protective factors, and reduce risk factors by cultivating inclusive and affirming 4H spaces.
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Journal of Educational Research and Practice
Increasingly, students are facing hostility and violence as a result of one or more of their soci... more Increasingly, students are facing hostility and violence as a result of one or more of their social group memberships. Such prejudicial attitudes and actions contribute to antagonistic intergroup relationships in public schools (i.e., K–12). This article examines dialogic approaches to prejudice reduction, with a specific emphasis on intergroup dialogue in public K–12 schools. Evidence-based steps and strategies that educators can use to develop intergroup dialogue competencies and cultivate a more dialogic environment in their schools and classrooms are also introduced.
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Deirdre Fishel (dir). 2012. The Boy Game. [videorecording]. [Harriman, NY]: New Day... more MEDIA REVIEW:
Deirdre Fishel (dir). 2012. The Boy Game. [videorecording]. [Harriman, NY]: New Day Films. Mind’s Eye Productions. 16 min.
Steven Brion-Meisels and Maura Clarke. The Boy Game: A Look at Bullying Through the Lens of Masculine Gender Norms. A Study Guide to Accompany the Film. N.d., PDF, 65 pp.
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Publications: Teacher Education and Equity by Michael Kokozos
Teachers College Record, 2023
Background:
Between early 2020 and today, our society has experienced a distressing global pand... more Background:
Between early 2020 and today, our society has experienced a distressing global pandemic, horrifying brutalities committed against BIPOC individuals and communities, uprisings for racial justice, and a violent attack on our nation’s capital. While these events and phenomena have been challenging and traumatic, they have also inspired calls for equity-focused action within and beyond schools.
Purpose:
Many schools have intensified their diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and anti-racism (DEIJA) work by revising their curricula, providing equity-focused professional development for educators, offering extracurricular programs like affinity and accountability spaces for BIPOC and white students, and many other initiatives. However, this work has occurred against a contentious backdrop, including parent and caregiver resistance to DEIJA work and attacks on schools for allegedly teaching critical race theory.
Research Design:
Between the summer of 2020 and the spring of 2022, we conducted research with one independent school, called the Waterford School, in a metropolitan area as it engaged in intensified DEIJA work. During this time, we surveyed and ran focus groups with caregivers, students, faculty, staff, and administrators to capture their experiences with and perspectives on school DEIJA work. White caregivers were the most vocal and resistant constituent group, and in this article, we examine the perspectives that they brought to these conversations on Waterford’s DEIJA initiatives.
Conclusions:
This analysis shows how, in both their support of and dissent to the DEIJA work, white caregivers’ perspectives often reflected and reinforced characteristics associated with white supremacy culture (WSC). We also show how caregivers’ perspectives on the DEIJA work and pressure on Waterford often posed racial equity detours, which created an illusion of progress toward racial equity while obscuring ongoing racial inequity.
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Papers by Michael Kokozos
Deirdre Fishel (dir). 2012. The Boy Game. [videorecording]. [Harriman, NY]: New Day Films. Mind’s Eye Productions. 16 min.
Steven Brion-Meisels and Maura Clarke. The Boy Game: A Look at Bullying Through the Lens of Masculine Gender Norms. A Study Guide to Accompany the Film. N.d., PDF, 65 pp.
Publications: Teacher Education and Equity by Michael Kokozos
Between early 2020 and today, our society has experienced a distressing global pandemic, horrifying brutalities committed against BIPOC individuals and communities, uprisings for racial justice, and a violent attack on our nation’s capital. While these events and phenomena have been challenging and traumatic, they have also inspired calls for equity-focused action within and beyond schools.
Purpose:
Many schools have intensified their diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and anti-racism (DEIJA) work by revising their curricula, providing equity-focused professional development for educators, offering extracurricular programs like affinity and accountability spaces for BIPOC and white students, and many other initiatives. However, this work has occurred against a contentious backdrop, including parent and caregiver resistance to DEIJA work and attacks on schools for allegedly teaching critical race theory.
Research Design:
Between the summer of 2020 and the spring of 2022, we conducted research with one independent school, called the Waterford School, in a metropolitan area as it engaged in intensified DEIJA work. During this time, we surveyed and ran focus groups with caregivers, students, faculty, staff, and administrators to capture their experiences with and perspectives on school DEIJA work. White caregivers were the most vocal and resistant constituent group, and in this article, we examine the perspectives that they brought to these conversations on Waterford’s DEIJA initiatives.
Conclusions:
This analysis shows how, in both their support of and dissent to the DEIJA work, white caregivers’ perspectives often reflected and reinforced characteristics associated with white supremacy culture (WSC). We also show how caregivers’ perspectives on the DEIJA work and pressure on Waterford often posed racial equity detours, which created an illusion of progress toward racial equity while obscuring ongoing racial inequity.
Deirdre Fishel (dir). 2012. The Boy Game. [videorecording]. [Harriman, NY]: New Day Films. Mind’s Eye Productions. 16 min.
Steven Brion-Meisels and Maura Clarke. The Boy Game: A Look at Bullying Through the Lens of Masculine Gender Norms. A Study Guide to Accompany the Film. N.d., PDF, 65 pp.
Between early 2020 and today, our society has experienced a distressing global pandemic, horrifying brutalities committed against BIPOC individuals and communities, uprisings for racial justice, and a violent attack on our nation’s capital. While these events and phenomena have been challenging and traumatic, they have also inspired calls for equity-focused action within and beyond schools.
Purpose:
Many schools have intensified their diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and anti-racism (DEIJA) work by revising their curricula, providing equity-focused professional development for educators, offering extracurricular programs like affinity and accountability spaces for BIPOC and white students, and many other initiatives. However, this work has occurred against a contentious backdrop, including parent and caregiver resistance to DEIJA work and attacks on schools for allegedly teaching critical race theory.
Research Design:
Between the summer of 2020 and the spring of 2022, we conducted research with one independent school, called the Waterford School, in a metropolitan area as it engaged in intensified DEIJA work. During this time, we surveyed and ran focus groups with caregivers, students, faculty, staff, and administrators to capture their experiences with and perspectives on school DEIJA work. White caregivers were the most vocal and resistant constituent group, and in this article, we examine the perspectives that they brought to these conversations on Waterford’s DEIJA initiatives.
Conclusions:
This analysis shows how, in both their support of and dissent to the DEIJA work, white caregivers’ perspectives often reflected and reinforced characteristics associated with white supremacy culture (WSC). We also show how caregivers’ perspectives on the DEIJA work and pressure on Waterford often posed racial equity detours, which created an illusion of progress toward racial equity while obscuring ongoing racial inequity.