Scholarship
Sabrina's work is dedicated to establishing best practices and developing curricular and policy guidance for increasing youth political literacy, advocating for gender equity in education, supporting Black girls' sociopolitical development, and improving Black girls' educational experiences.
Publications
2025 Curtis, S. J., & Evans-Winters, V. E. (2025). Research beyond the gaze: Black feminism and youth participatory action research as critical qualitative interventions. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2025.2502071 [free access here]
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2024 Curtis, S. (2024). Black Girl Politics: Curricular Interventions for Nurturing Black Girls’ Political Consciousness. Journal of African American Women and Girls in Education, 3(2), 119–138. https://doi.org/10.21423/jaawge-v3i1a155
2024 Curtis, S.J. Possessing a higher consciousness: Black Feminism and spirituality in critical civic inquiry. In V.E. Evans-Winters, A. Pabon, & T. Robinson (Eds.) Black women mothering and daughtering during a dual pandemic: Writing our backs. Information Age Press. (pp. 63-74).
2020 Curtis, S. J. (2020). Sisters, friends, and kin: Critical pedagogies and Black girl civics. In J. Mackey & G. Logan (Eds.). Black Girl Civics: Expanding and Navigating the Boundaries of Civic Engagement. Charlotte, NC: Information Age (pp. 55-69).
Manuscripts Under Review
Curtis, S.J. & Ali, A.I. Surveillance in Education: Implications for Research and Practice. In. Danny C. Martinez and Elizabeth Montaño (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Social Justice in Education, Bloomsbury. (invited entry under review).
Manuscripts In Preparation
Dortch, D., Curtis, S.J., & Powell, N.N. The hidden cost of admission: African American doctoral students experiencing isolation
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Curtis, S.J. Autotheory in Practice: Black Girl Politics as a Site of Research and Self-Inquiry (in preparation)
Curtis, S.J. Resisting Anti-CRT Antics: Fostering Black Girls’ Critical Consciousness through Historically Responsive Literacy (in preparation).
Talk: Critical Approaches to Education Research: A Conversation on Engaging with Adolescent Girls in the U.S. and Zimbabwe
Focus: Methodological approaches to engaging with Black girls and youth in community education spaces.
Talk: Global Citizenship Education and the Crises of Multiculturalism
Focus: Discussant and participant in a panel on Dr. Abdeljali Akkari's and Katherine Maleq's book Global Citizenship Education Critical and International Perspectives.
Research Study: Black Girl Politics: The Dialectics of Civic Practice
Focus: Critical qualitative interpretive study that included a curricular intervention for increasing civic knowledge and nurturing Black girls' political literacies.
