Professional Background
Assistant Professor of Social Studies and Education
Educational Background
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Curriculum and Instruction
Dissertation: Working toward multicultural democracy: Three secondary social studies teachers and their practice
A.M. Stanford University, Education
A.B. Bowdoin College, Government and Legal Studies
Scholarly Interests
Civic Education, Economics Education, Teacher Education, Multicultural Education, Social Studies Education
Statement of Interest
Professor Marri's research examines the ways in which students can be better educated for active democratic citizenship in a multicultural United States. This research agenda, based on his teaching experiences with diverse urban youth, examines civic education as a means to improve teacher practice so that it speaks more effectively to socio-economic, linguistic, and cultural differences in encouraging civic engagement. He focuses on high school students' conceptions of social studies curricula and pedagogy in order to examine their perceptions of school, law, politics, democracy, immigration, and citizenship. In particular, by documenting the specific messages students receive and conceptualize about citizenship, he aims to help civic educators develop pedagogy that fosters greater youth civic engagement.Commentary
National Academic Standards: The First TestSelected Publications
Marri, A. (in preparation). Challenging the sacredness and nature of content: Centering race/ethnicity in a social studies content course.
Marri, A. & Cutsforth, J. (in preparation). Connecting democracy and diversity: Genres of Research in the Intersection of Citizenship and Multicultural Education (1991-2008).
Marri, A., & Michael-Luna, S. (revised and resubmitted – September 2009). Preparing engaged citizens in urban K-6 classrooms: Perspectives from urban pre-service teachers. Fully co-authored.
Perin, D., Marri, A., Crocco, M., Riccio, J., Rivet, A., & Chase, B. (submitted – July 2009). Content-Driven Literacy: An approach for secondary teacher education.
Marri, A. (revised and resubmitted – May 2009). Using Law Related Education (LRE) to engage marginalized students in an urban “last-chance” high school: A case study of one U.S. History class.
Michael-Luna, S., & Marri, A. (in press). Rethinking diversity in re-segregated schools: Lessons from a case study of urban K-8 pre-service teachers. Fully co-authored. Urban Education.
Perin, D., Crocco, M., Marri, A., Riccio, J., Rivet, A., & Chase, B. (2009). Integrating literacy instruction in science and social studies classrooms: Directions for teacher education. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 13 (2), 97-105.
Marri, A. (2009). Creating citizens: Lessons in relationships, personal growth, and community in one social studies classroom. Multicultural Perspectives, 11 (1), 12-18.
Marri, A., & Walker, E. (2008). “Our Leaders are Us”: Youth activism in social movement project. Fully co-authored. The Urban Review, 40 (1), 5-20.
Marri, A. (2007). Working with blinders on: A critical race theory content analysis of research on technology and social studies education. Multicultural Education and Technology Journal, 1 (3), 144-161.
Joshi, P., & Marri, A. (2006). An economics methods course? Challenges of teaching an economics education methods course for secondary social studies pre-service teachers. Fully co-authored. The Social Studies, 97 (5), 197-202.
Marri, A. (2005). Building a framework for classroom-based multicultural democratic education (CMDE): Learning from three skilled teachers. Teachers College Record, 107 (5), 1036-1059.
Marri, A. (2005). Educational technology as a tool for multicultural democratic education: The case of one US history teacher in an under-resourced high school. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 4 (4), 395-409. Available: http://www.citejournal.org/
Marri, A. (2003). Multicultural democracy: Toward a better democracy. Intercultural Education, 14 (3), 263-277.
Hess, D. & Marri, A. (2002). Which cases should we teach? Social Education, 66 (1), 53-59.
Book Chapters (refereed)
Marri, A. (2009). No “browning” here: Finding a place in the academy while playing within the rules. In D. Cleveland (Ed.), When “minorities are especially encouraged too apply”: Diversity and affirmative action in higher education (pp. 15-22). New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
Marri, A. (2008). Connecting diversity, justice, and democratic citizenship: Lessons from an alternative U.S. history class. For J. Bixby and J. Pace (Eds.), Educating democratic citizens in troubled times: Qualitative studies of current efforts (pp. 58-80). Albany: SUNY Press.
Marri, A. (2003). Social studies, race, and the World Wide Web. In G. Ladson-Billings (Ed.), Critical race theory perspectives on the social studies: The profession, policies, and curriculum (pp. 247-269). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Curriculum (non-refereed)
Marri, A., Morado, C., & Zublionois, C. (2007). What does it mean to be a citizen? A curriculum about Katrina using civics and government. In M. S. Crocco (Ed.), Teaching The Levees: A curriculum for democratic dialogue and civic engagement (pp. 69-76). New York: Teachers College Press.
Marri, A., Morado, C., & Zublionois, C. (2007). Third world conditions in a first world country: Using economics to understand events before and after the levees broke. In M. S. Crocco (Ed.), Teaching The Levees: A curriculum for democratic dialogue and civic engagement (pp. 77-84). New York: Teachers College Press.
Reviews (non-refereed)
Marri, A. (2004). Review of Catherine Cornbleth’s Hearing America’s youth: Social identities in uncertain times for Urban Education, 39 (5), 584-590.
Hess, D., & Marri, A. (2002). Review of John P. Portelli & R. Patrick Solomon’s The erosion of democracy: From critique to possibilities with Diana Hess for Teachers College Record, 104 (5). 954-957.

Anand Reddy Marri
Assistant Professor of Social Studies and Education
Phone: 212-678-4023
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Office Hours: Fall 2009 - Wed 3-4pm, Th 2-4pm, and by appointment. Note: I will be on paternity leave during the month of October and will not hold office hours. If you need assistance, please contact the Program in Social Studies office in 420 Zankel at 212-678-4083. Thank you.
Office Location: 422B Thompson Hall