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Educational Background
Scholarly Interests
Black and Latino Male Students. Critical English Education. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy. Racial Literacy in Urban teacher education. Educational trajectories of African American adult reentry women.
Selected Publications
Recent single and co-authored books
Price-Dennis, D., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2021). Advancing racial literacies in teacher education: Activism for equity in digital spaces. Teachers College Press
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2021). The peace chronicles. Kaleidoscope Vibrations LLC.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2020). Love from the vortex and other poems. Kaleidoscope Vibrations LLC.
Recent edited books:
Hucks, D. C., Sealey-Ruiz, Y., Showmuni, V., Carothers, S. C., & Lewis, C. (2022). Purposeful teaching and learning in diverse contexts: Education for access, equity, and achievement. Information Age Publishing.
Ellis, A. Bryan, N., Sealey-Ruiz, Y., Toldson, I., & Emdin, C. (2021). The Impact of classroom practices: Teacher educators’ reflections or culturally relevant teaching. Information Age Publishing.
Ford, D., Lawson-Davis, J., Trotman-Frazier, M., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2017). Gumbo for the soul: Liberating memoirs and stories to inspire Females of Color. Information Age Publishing.
Recent articles in referred journals
*published with doctoral student(s)
**published with high school students | undergraduates | teachers
Alvarez, A. J., Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & Acosta, A. (2023) Racial trauma literacy for ELA teachers in U.S. public schools. NCTE Special Issues Series, Trauma-informed teaching: Toward responsive, humanizing classrooms (vol. 2).
*Liu, D., Beauzil, D., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2023). A narrative approach to defining our identity as academic writers: Reflecting on academic language through linguistic solidarity. Multicultural Perspectives (Special issue on Radical and Liberatory Academic Writing: Speaking Truth to People and Power for Revolutionary Purpose )
*Animashaun, O., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2022). Time traveling forward and backwards: Multimodal speculation as racial literacy. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.
*Bell, J., Zaino, K., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2023). Racial literacy entry. In L. M. Barker, D. Gorlewski, J. Gorlewski, & C. Miller (Eds.), Encyclopedia of English language arts education. Brill.
*Bell, J., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2023). Politics, poetry, and the pro-Black classroom. Comparative Education Review (Special Issue on Black Lives Matter and Global Struggles for Racial Justice in Education).
*Ruiz, O. I., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2023). Our journey toward racial literacy: A mother and daughter’s story. (Inaugural special issue of Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy titled Adolescents, Adults, and Their Literacies: Reframing Child-Parent Research).
*Bell, J., Zaino, K., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2022). Diggin’ in the racial literacy crates: Equity, Excellence and Education. doi:10.1080/10665684.2022.2064354; https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2022.2064354
**Naputi, V., Mitchell, D., Pastrana, A., Ross, A., Hernandez-Ruiz, M., Tejeda, A., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2022). The curriculum is in us: Using the cypher to create a love-based curriculum for youth by youth. Language Arts.
**Naputi, V., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2022). From writing for full presence to writing curriculum: The power of friendship, poetry and the cypher. Language Arts.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2022). An archaeology of Self™ for our times: Another talk to teachers. English Journal, 115(5), 21-26.
- Awarded: NCTE 2022 English Journal Edwin M. Hopkins Outstanding Article, Honorable Mention
Baxley, G., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2021). In the Black radical tradition: Poetry as a praxis for healing and resistance in education. Research in the Teaching of English, 55(3), 311-321.
Baxley, G., Sealey-Ruiz, Y., Rogers, C., Campano, G., Thomas, E. E., & Stornaiuolo, A. (2021). “You can still fight”: The Black radical tradition, healing, and literacies. Editorial Introduction. Research in the Teaching of English, 55(3), 213-215.
Mentor, M., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2021). Doing the deep work of antiracist pedagogy: Toward self-excavation for equitable classroom teaching. Language Arts, 99(1).
*Ortiz, E., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2021). Racially literate teaching in the writing classroom. Literacy Today.
Player, G. D., Ybarra, M. G., Brochin, C., et al. (2021, April). “We are our only way forward”: Dialogic re-imaginings and the cultivation of homeplace for girls, women, and femmes of color. Urban Education. doi:10.1177/004208 59211003931
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2021). Racial literacy poetics for the academy and beyond. Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 17(1), 1-5.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y., & Reid, S. (2021). The matter of all Black lives. Afterword: Special Issue on Black Lives Matter. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches.
Haddix, M., McArthur, S. A., Muhammad, G. E., Price-Dennis, D., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2021). Provocateur pieces: At the kitchen table: Black women English educators speaking our truths. In T. L. Lynch (Ed.), Special Issue, Volume 1: Critical Media Literacy: Bringing Lives to Text (pp. 47-55). National Council of Teachers of English. (Reprint)
Muhammad, G. E., Dunmeyer, A., Starks, F. D., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2020). Historical voices for contemporary times: Learning from Black women educational theorists to redesign teaching and teacher education. Theory into Practice, 59(4). Themed issue: Black women’s work: Exploring pipelines, pedagogies, policies, and practices (Eds. A. Farinde, A. Allen-Handy, & V. Hill-Jackson).
Ohito, E. O., Watson, W., Lyiscott, J., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2019). Postscript: Visions of love in urban schooling, or a love letter from the editors. The Urban Review, 51(1), 146-148.
Black Girls Literacies Collective. (2018). In dialogue: Collectivities. How can the Black girls’ literacies framework inform curriculum and teaching? Research in the Teaching of English, 53(2), 173-175.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y., & Haddix M. (2016). Education as if Black Lives Mattered. Special Edition of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division B Newsletter.
Refereed Articles
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2016). Why Black Girls’ Literacies Matter: New literacies for a new era. English Education, Vol 48 (4), 290-298.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & Haddix M. (2016). Education as if Black Lives Mattered. Special Edition of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division B Newsletter.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y., & Greene, P. (2015). Popular visual images and the (mis)reading of Black male youth: A case for racial literacy in urban preservice teacher education. The International Journal of Teaching Education. Vol 26(1). doi: 10.1080/10476210.2014997702.
Watson, W., Sealey-Ruiz, Y., & Jackson, I. (2014). Daring to care: The role of culturally relevant care in mentoring Black and Latino male high school students. Race, Ethnicity, and Education, 1-23. doi: 10.1080/13613324.2014.911169.
Jackson, I., Sealey-Ruiz, Y., & Watson, W. (2014). Reciprocal love: Mentoring Black and Latino male students through an ethos of caring. Journal of Urban Education, 49(4), 1-24.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2013). Learning to Resist: Educational counter-narratives of Black college reentry mothers. Teachers College Record,Vol. 115, 4, http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 16911.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2013). Toward a pedagogy of racial literacy in First Year Composition. (2013). Teaching English in a Two-Year College (TETYC), Vol. 40 (3), 384-398.
Haddix, M. & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012). Cultivating digital and popular literacies as empowering and empancipatory acts among urban youth. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy.pp. 56(3), 189-192. doi: 10.1002/jaal.00126.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012). A way of making it: Black reentry females' success and challenges to undergraduate education. National Journal of Urban Education and Practice. Vol. 5 (3), pp. 363-375.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2011a). Learning to talk and write about race: Developing racial literacy in a college English classroom. English Quarterly. The Canadian Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, Vol. 42, 1, pp. 24-42.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y & Greene, P.E. (2011b). Embracing urban youth culture in the context of education. The Urban Review, Vol. 43, pp. 339-357.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2011c), The use of educational documentary in urban teacher education: A case study of Beyond the Bricks. Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 80 (3), pp. 310-324.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & Lewis, C. (2011d). Transforming the field of education to serve the needs of the Black community: Implications for critical stakeholders, Guest editorial, Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 80 (3), 185-187.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & Lewis, C. (2011e). Passing the torch: The future of the Black community is in our hands. Journal of Negro Education, Epilogue, p. 426.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2011f). Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Racial literacy development in urban teacher education. Journal of Curriculum Pedagogy. Vol. 8 (2), pp. 116-120.
McCarthy, C., Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2011).Teaching difficult history: Eric Williams' Capitalism and Slavery and the challenge of critical pedagogy in the contemporary classroom. Itinerrios: Frum Global de Investigao Educacional, Vol.1, 2, pp. 74-82.
McCarthy, C., Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2010). Teaching difficult history: Eric Williams' <u""font-family: 'times="" new="" roman';="" font-weight:="" normal;="" "="">Capitalism and Slavery and the challenge of critical pedagogy in the contemporary classroom. <i""font-family: 'times="" new="" roman';="" font-weight:="" normal;="" "="">Power and Education. Vol. 2, 1 http://www.wwwords.co.uk/power/content/pdfs/2/issue2_1.asp
Sealey-Ruiz, Y., Noguera, P.A. & N. Handville. (2008). In pursuit of the possible: Lessons learned from district efforts to reduce racial disparities in achievement. T`he Sophist's Bane: Society of Professors of Education. Vol. 4, 1 & 2 pp. 31-41.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2007a). Rising above reality: The voices of reentry Black mothers and their daughters. Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 76, 2, pp.141-153.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2007b). Wrapping the curriculum around their lives: Using a culturally responsive curriculum with African American adult women. Adult Education Quarterly, Vol. 58, 1, pp. 44-60.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2006). Getting to here from there: One woman's journey from the South Bronx to the academy. WILLA Journal, National Council of Teachers of English, Vol. XIV, pp. 40-42.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2005). Spoken soul: The language of Black imagination and reality. Kappa Delta Pi's Educational Forum, Vol. 69, pp. 37-46.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2004). Tasting memories. Food, Culture and Society: An International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Vol.1,1 spring, J. Deutsch and A.H. Lawson (Eds.), pp. 131-134.
Miller, J.P., Deutsch, J. & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2003). Advancing multicultural education inhospitality education through the use of food studies curricula. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education,Vol. 16, 4 pp. 45-51.
Books
Ford, D. Lawson-Davis, J. Trotman-Fraizer, M. & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2017). Gumbo forthe Soul: Liberating Memoirs and Stories to Inspire Females of Color, New York, NY: Information Age Publishing.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y., Lewis, C.W., Toldson, I.A. (2014). Teacher Education and the Black Community: Implications for Equity, Access, and Achievement. Information Age Publishers.
Edited Volume
Haddix, M. & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (Eds.) (2016). Black Girls’ Literacies. English Education special issue, Vol 48(4).
Refereed & Invited Book Chapters
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (Forthcoming, 2017)). Talking race, delving deeper: The racial literacy roundtables series at Teachers College, Columbia University. In Picower, B. & Kohli, R. The Messenger Matters: Navigating Racial Justice in Teacher Education, Routledge.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & Johnson-Bailey, J. (2015). Mentoring while Black and Female: The Gendered Literacy Phenomenon of Black Women Mentors. In Ntiri, D. (Ed.) Literacy as gendered discourse, New York: Information Age Publishing.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2014). Activating Racial Literacy Among Black and Latino Male High School Students. In Cohan, A. & Honigsfeld, A. (Series Eds.) Breaking the mold of classroom organization and management: Innovative and successful practices of engagement, motivation, and student empowerment for 21st Century schools, New York: Rowman and Littlefield.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y., Allen, K., & Nolan, E. (2014). Invisible hands: Seeing and noticing Black and Latino male youth. In Y. Sealey-Ruiz, C. W. Lewis, & I. A. Toldson (Eds.), Teacher education and Black communities: Implications for equity, access, and achievement (pp. 99-115). New York, NY: Information Age Publishing.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2013). The Art (and Play) of Alternative to Incarceration Programming. Afterword. Media, and Justice: Multimodal Explorations with Youth. In L. Vasudevan and T. DeJaynes (Eds.) Peter Lang Publishers.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & Lewis, C. (2013). Letters to our teachers: Black and Latino males write about race in the urban English classroom. In J. Landsman (Ed.) Learning to Talk About Race: Alleviating the Fear, Virginia: Stylus.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012). A way of making it: Black reentry females' success and challenges to undergraduate education. In H.T. Frierson (Series Ed.), & C. Chambers & R.V. Sharpe (Vol. Eds.), Diversity in Higher Education: Vol. 12. Black Female Undergraduates on Campus: Successes and Challenges, United Kingdom: Emerald Group.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2010). Reading, writing and racism: Developing racial literacy in the adult education English classroom. In The Handbook of Race and Adult Education: A resource for dialogue, V. Sheared, J. Johnson-Bailey, S. Colin, E. Peterson, & S. Brookfield (eds.) California: Jossey-Bass.
Greene, P. & Y. Sealey-Ruiz. (2008). Teaching race: making the invisible concrete. In The Problem of the Colorblind: College Teachers Talk About the Fears, Risks, and Rewards of Teaching Race in 21st Century America. L. Guerro (ed.). New York: McMillan Palgrave.
Textbook Contribution
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2014). In W. A. Howe & P. L. Lisi's Becoming a multicultural educator: Developing awareness, gaining skills, and taking action. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Invited Book Reviews & Evaluations
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2013). Pedagogy of Confidence by Yvette Jackson. Teachers College Record, Published: January 08, 2013. http://www.tcrecord.org, ID Number: 16984
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012). Evaluation of documentary film "40 Years Later: Now Can We Talk?" for Teachers College Press.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2011). Culturally responsive teaching: Theory, research, and practice, Second edition, by Geneva Gay. Teachers College Record, Published: January 21, 2011. http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 16249
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Jester, M. & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. When and Where I Enter: Facilitating Transformative Learning Experiences Among Preservice Teachers to Prepare Them for Today's Culturally Diverse Classroom. (2011, May). Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Transformative Learning Conference in Europe, Athens, Greece. http://www.tlcathens2011.gr/proceedings.
Research Reports
Noguera, P.A., Sealey-Ruiz,Y., Fergus, E.A., et al. (2007). Charting the course of excellence for all: The Ossining High School Diversity Project.
Noguera, P.A., Sealey-Ruiz, Y., Fergus, E.A., et al. (2006). Toward equity and excellence: A study of the Achievement Gap in Teaneck public schools.
Recent Edited Special Issues of Journals
Ohito, E. O., Watson, W., Lyiscott, J., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (Eds.). (2019). What’s love got to do with it: Looking for love in urban schooling. The Urban Review, 51(1).
Haddix, M., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (Eds.). (2016). Black girls’ literacies. English Education, 48(4).
Recent Book Chapters
*with doctoral student(s)/community member(s)
~Refereed
McLaughlin-Cahill, J., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (in press). Racial literacy for all: Fostering a less separate and more equal educational system for queer students of color. In A. Wells & D. Price-Dennis (Eds.), Reconceptualizing “diversity” for socially just education. American Educational Research Association Books.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2022). Foreword. In T. B. Perry, & S. Zemelman, with Smith, K. (in press). Teaching for racial equity: Becoming interrupters. Stenhouse.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y., Haddix, M., & Lavache, C. (2022). Education as if Black lives mattered: A critical (and crucial) literacies approach. In B. Wolozek (Ed.), Black Lives Matter in US schools: Race, resistance, and education. SUNY Press.
*Reid, S., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2022). Love as a moral imperative in teaching and teacher education. In D. C. Hucks,
Y. Sealey-Ruiz, V. Showmuni, S. C. Carothers, & C. Lewis (Eds.), Purposeful teaching and learning in diverse contexts: Education for access, equity, and achievement (pp. 147-161). Information Age Publishing.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2022). Foreword: Complicating the status quo: Daring to care in educational research with youth. In V. Vasudevan, N. Gross, P. Nagarajan, & K. Clonan-Roy (Eds.), Complicating the status quo: Critical case-based methodologies with youth. Bloomsbury.
Robinson, D., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2021). Healing spirit: Warriors of equity and justice for the pursuit of happiness. In K. S. Hendricks & J. Boyce (Eds.), Living song: Singing, spirituality, and wellbeing. Peter Lang.
~Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2021). The critical literacy of race. In K. Lomotey & R. H. Milner (Eds.), The handbook on urban education (2nd ed.) (pp. 281-295). Routledge.
*Sealey-Ruiz, Y., & Fube, L. (2021). Mentor teachers’ impact on educator identity and racial literacy development. In C. Emdin, I. Toldson, Y. Sealey-Ruiz, N. Bryan, & A. L. Ellis (Eds.), The impact of classroom practices: Teacher educators’ reflections or culturally relevant teaching (pp. 105-116). Information Age Publishing.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2021). Collectivities: In Dialogue. In Black Girls Literacies Collective. In D. Price-Dennis & G. E. Muhammad (Eds.), Black Girls’ literacies collective statement. Routledge (reprint).
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2020). Toward liberation and abolishing the single story. In L. A. Bell (Ed.), Storytelling for social justice: Connecting narratives and the arts in antiracist teaching (2nd ed.) (pp. 66-70). Routledge.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2020). From the present to the past and back again: The fight for literacy attainment against the odds: Foreword. In V. Kinloch, T. Burkhard, & C. Penn (Eds.), Race, justice, and activism in literacy instruction
(pp. ix-xiii). Teachers College Press.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2019a). Excluded from the beginning: Black, female and born in the Bronx. In P. Boda (Ed.), Essays on exclusion (pp. 43-55). DIO Press.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2019b). Foreword. In I. Harushimana, R. Davis, & M. Alfred (Eds.), A paradise to regain: Post-Obama insights from women educators of the Diaspora. Stylus.
~Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2017). Talking race, delving deeper: The Racial Literacy Roundtable Series at Teachers College, Columbia University. In B. Picower & R. Kohli (Eds.), Confronting racism in teacher education: Counternarratives of critical practice. Routledge.
Magazine
Baxley, G., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2020, September). Pandemic poetics: A eulogy and manifesto in an anti-Black world. https://brooklynrail.org/2020/
Policy Brief
Sealey, Y. (2021). What is racial literacy? National Council for Teachers of English. Squire Policy Brief.
Blog Posts
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2019, February). What does it mean to be young, Black, and female in America? [Web blog post]. Classroom Q & A with Larry Ferlazzo in Edweek Magazine. Retrieved from https://blogs.edweek.org/teach
Affirming Black girls’ humanity: Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz blogs in Education Week about the huge disparities in school suspension, by TC Press Newsroom. (2018, March 6). https://www.tc.columbia.edu/
Featured in a Documentary/Film:
Defining Us: (2022, January). Stacey DeWitt. Documentary Feature. https://torontoblackfilm.com/
2 Fists Up. (2016, May 31). Spike Lee’s Lil’ Joints, Volume 1, Season 2, Episode 1. Documentary. ESPN Films. Director: Spike Lee. http://filmmakermagazine.com/
Television
Sealey-Ruiz, Y., Love, B., & Debose Akinnagbe, G. (2019, March 19). Book Talk: We want to do more than survive: Abolitionist teaching and the pursuit of educational freedom. Live at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. C-SPAN2 BookTV.
Instagram & YouTube Series
Fall into the vortex with Yolie (July-December 2020: 20 Episodes) @yolie_sealeyruiz and Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz Channel.
Professional Presentations
Keynote Addresses, Lectures & Panel Discussions (Invited)
2013
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2013, March). Speaking and Writing as Cultural Acts, The Classroom as a Cultural Space: Black Boys and Literacy in London. Westminster City School, London, England. Keynote & workshop presentation.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2013, February). Seeing and Taking the Time to Notice: Looking Beyond Partial Representations in the Classroom.34th Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum:Ethnography as Counter Narrative: Reclaiming the Local in Educational Policy and Practice, Keynote Plenary Speaker. University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, PA
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2013, February). Supporting the social and academic success of Black male students: 20 Critical questions for educators." Urban Education Landscape Series. Keynote Speaker and panelist. Syracuse University School of Education. New York.
2012
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, November). Beyond the Bricks and Culturally Responsive Education. Using Hip Hop to Transform Schools and Communities, Schomburg Center's Higher Learning Series, Panelist. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, November). Closing the Opportunity Gap for Black and Latino Males through Culturally Responsive Education. The New York City Department of Education's Empowering Boys Initiative, Closing the Achievement Gap Series, Keynote Speaker. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, October). Writing Successful Conference Proposals. Sisters of the Academy Intensive Grantsmanship Workshop, Baltimore, MD.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, October). Planning and Getting a post-doctoral fellowship. Sisters of the Academy Intensive Grantsmanship Workshop, Baltimore, MD.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, September). Documentary Premiere of 40 Years Later: Now Can We Talk?, Panelist. Discussion with Lee Ann Bell, (Producer) & Markie Hancock (Director), Barnard College, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, September). Poetry is Pedagogy: Response to "Quiet" Urban Word NYC Preemptive Education Conference The New Digital Underground: Voice, Media, and Critical Pedagogy", Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, September) looking inward to do the work that matters, Guest lecture, Language and Literacy doctoral seminar, Syracuse University, New York.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, July). Advancing Culturally Responsive Classrooms at Pace Academy (a focus on males of color). Pace Academy, Atlanta, GA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, July). From Racial Literacy to Cultural Responsiveness: Building Classrooms that Work for all Students. New York University Metropolitan Center for Urban Education's TACD's Summer Institute: Guardians of Equity: Moving Beyond a Deficit Mode New York City.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, July). From Writing for Full Presence to Where I'm From: Writing that Builds Community in the Classroom. Urban Word's 7th Annual Educator and Community Leader Training Institute: Hip Hop in the Heartland. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, July). Planning and Mediating Effective Learning for the Common Core State Standards. 5th Annual National Urban Alliance Summer Academy, Summer Learning for Educators Princeton Club & Columbia University Club, New York City.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, July). The Opportunity Gap Workshop. Education Pioneers. NYC Charter School Center, New York City.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, March). The Color of Our Classrooms: Bolstering the Recruitment and Retention of Minority Teachers. 8th Annual Black Policy Conference at the Harvard Kennedy School, Boston, MA.
2011
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2011, November). Waiting for Superman . or Not we need real reform toward equity for all: Documentaries and Discussion about School choice. Panel Discussant. Central New York Teacher Professional Development Network Education Series, SUNY Cortland.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2011, September). Speaking and Writing as Cultural Acts; The Classroom as a Cultural Space. English Education Fieldwork Seminar, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2011, September). Education Symposium: A discussion with Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz and Dr. Pedro Noguera, Men's Ministry of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2011, August). Using Culturally Responsive Pedagogy with Our Male Students: Advancing Classrooms that Work with Explicit Attention to Culture. The New York City Department of Education's Young Male Initiative, Children's First Network 203, Cluster 2 - First Principal's Meeting, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2011, August). Preparing for the First Days: Culture, Students and Social Justice. New Teacher Underground, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2011, July). Know Thyself in School, Work, and Community: Dealing with Difficult Situations.Cultivating Aspiring Leaders, Leadership Training institute, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2011, July). New York University Metropolitan Center for Urban Education Technical Assistance Center on Disproportionality Annual Summer Institute on Equity:Guardians of Equity - Improving the Educational Opportunity for Children. New York University, New York, NY.
Toldson, I., Ford, D., Lewis, C., Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2011, April). Breaking Barriers 2 @ AERA. Pre-Conference Event & Poster Session presented at the 92ndAnnual American Education Research Association (AERA), New Orleans, LA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2011, March). Using Culturally Responsive Pedagogy with Our Male Students: Advancing Classrooms that Work with Explicit Attention to Culture. The New York City Department of Education's Empowering Boys Initiative, Closing the Achievement Gap Series. East Side Community High School, New York, NY
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. "Walking the Tightrope While Juggling: Balancing Motherhood and the Demands of the Academy". HERStory Annual Women's Conference, Panelist. (2011, March). Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Writing Research for Understanding Across the Disciplines (2011, March). Open Society Institute International Fellows Program. George Soros Foundation, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Rigor, Relevance, Relationships: The Substance of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (2011, March). Heritage High School Conference Day. New York, NY
2010
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. "Beyond the Bricks" Facilitator & Organizer (w/L. Vasudevan). (2010, November). Teachers College, Columbia University, Milbank Chapel, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. "Waiting for Superman" Post discussion. Panelist. (2010, November).Undergraduate Education Program, New York University., New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. "No Child Left Behind" Post-performance discussion. Panelist. (2010,September). Syracuse Stage, Syracuse University, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. "Waiting for Superman" Screening and post discussion. Facilitator. (2010, October). Columbia University Scholars Program, Columbia University, , New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. "Waiting for Superman" Screening and post discussion. Co-organizer and Moderator. (2010, September). Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Nourish Your Dreams or They Will Die. (2010, June). Satellite Academy High School. 92nd Street Y, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Introduction of Bob Herbert, New York Times Op-Ed Columnist . (2010, April 10). Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. "Heart of Stone" (2010, April 2). Panelist. Teachers College, Columbia University. Sponsored by the Institute for Urban and Minority Affairs (IUME), New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. "Invisibility and Hypervisibility Blues" Women in Higher Education (2010, March 31). Panelist. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. "Hip Hop and Education": Closing Remarks (2010, March). Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Increasing the Presence of Latinos in Higher Education. (2010, February). Panelist. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Language Arts Classroom as a Cultural Space (2010, July). The South Coast Writing Project, Santa Barbara, CA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Language Arts Classroom as a Cultural Space (2010, July). The UCLA Writing Project at Cal State, CA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Embracing the Cultural: Using Student Backgrounds to Create a Writing Community. The Student Press Initiative Summer Institute for Teachers (2010, July). Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Cultivating Culturally Responsive School Districts. (2010, July). New York University's Metropolitan Center for Urban Education Summer Institute - Technical Assistance Center on Disproportionality. Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York, NY
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Cultural Connections in the Classroom (June, 2010). Teachers College, Columbia University, Center for the Professional Education of Teachers/New York City Department of Education Professional Development Day, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & D. Hucks. Understanding Disproportionality (2010, June). Teachers College, Columbia University's TR @ TC and Peace Corp Summer Institute, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Rigor, Relevance, Relationships: The Substance of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (2010, May). Teachers College, Columbia University's TR @ TC and Peace Corp Summer Institute, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Integrating Diversity (2010, April). New York University Steinhardt Undergraduate Education Program's DUETs Project, Theory into Practice Series, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Rigor, Relevance, Relationships: The Substance of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (2010, March). The New School Spring Faculty Conference for SPACE program. Parsons The New School, New York. NY.
2009
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & D. Hucks. The promises and possibilities of teaching in an urban school: Explorations of fact and fiction (2009, September). New York University Steinhardt School of Education Freshman Seminar Series, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Mentoring the Culturally Responsive Educator: Peace Corp Fellows Teacher Mentor Workshop (2009, August). Peace Corp Fellows Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Potential of the Unwritten Life (2009, June), Mott Haven High School. South Bronx, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Language Arts Classroom as a Cultural Space (2009, July). The South Coast Writing Project. Ventura, CA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Language Arts Classroom as a Cultural Space (2009, July). The UCLA Writing Project at Cal State, CA
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Let's talk about race.and class.and gender." (2009, July). New YorkUniversity Steinhardt School of Education, Culture and Human Development's Multicultural Education for Childhood Educators, York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Understanding and practicing culturally responsive teaching. (2009, March). New York University Steinhardt School of Education, Culture and Human Development's Education and Curriculum and Teaching Doctoral Seminar on Urban Education, New York, NY.
2008
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Benefits of Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Elementary Classroom (2008, October). New York University, Steinhardt School of Education's Multicultural Perspectives in Social Studying, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Rigor, Relevance, Relationships: The Substance of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (2008, August). World Conference on Equity and Excellence in Education, Prince William County, VA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & D. Hucks. What makes an urban school urban?: Explorations of fact and fiction (2008, September). New York University Steinhardt School of Education Freshman Seminar Series, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Classroom as a Cultural Space (2008, August). World Conference on Equity and Excellence in Education, Prince William County, VA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & D. Hucks. Building Bonds Among Us: Staff and Teachers Working Together for Student Success. (2008, August). P.S 382 - School for Math, Science and Technology. Across grade professional development. Bronx, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & A. Connell-Cowell. Why We're There: Reflecting on Teaching in Urban Schools (2008, May). New York University Steinhardt School of Education Freshman Seminar Series, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Classroom as a Cultural Space: Embracing Diversity in Prince William County Public Schools (2008, April). Prince William County Schools Achievement Gap Summit, Prince William County, VA.
2007
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & A. Connell-Cowell. New Challenges for Urban Schools: A Teacher's Perspective (2007, October). New York University Steinhardt School of Education Freshman Seminar Series, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Addressing Disproprotionality Across New York State: Project Update 2007, October). New York State Higher Education Services Corporation Annual Meeting, Albany, NY.
Hucks, D. & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2007, October). The Role of Race and Class in Ithaca. Middle School Teacher Faculty Development Day, Ithaca, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & D. Hucks. (2007, October). Assessing Culturally Responsive School Environments. Elementary Teacher Development Day, Utica City School District, Utica, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2007, October). The Principles of Culturally Responsive Teaching. Hudson Valley School District's Superintendent's Day, Haverstraw, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Principles of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Culturally Responsive School Environments. (2007, August). Prince William County's World Conference on Excellence in Education, Prince William County, VA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y., D. Hucks & S. McCletchie (2007, June). The Role of Leadership in Ensuring Equitable Outcomes for Students in the Ithaca City School District. Ithaca School District Principals' Retreat, Ithaca, NY.
Hucks, D. & Y. Sealey-Ruiz. (2007, June). The Role of Guidance in Ensuring Equitable Outcomes for Students in the Ithaca City School District, Ithaca School District GuidanceCounselor Retreat, Ithaca, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Culturally Responsive Teaching and School Environments for Black Boys. (2007, May).East Ramapo District's Freshman Center, Focus on Boys Initiative, East Ramapo, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The What, Why and How of Culturally Responsive Teaching: Training the Trainer who Trains the Teacher. (2007, May). Long Island Regional Team Training, Patchogue-Medford, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Moving Toward Culturally Responsible Education in Syracuse Schools (2007, April). Syracuse Public Schools Professional Development Day, Syracuse, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Effective Strategies for Promoting Student Engagement. (2007, March).Cheektowaga Central School District Professional Development Day, Buffalo, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. It Is Possible, It Will Be Done: The Difference the AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship Makes. (2007, March). American Association of University Women Mid-Island Annual Conference, Great Neck, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Counting the Cost of Culturally Unresponsive Education in Ithaca schools. (2007, March). Ithaca Public Schools Superintendent's Day, Ithaca, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Principles and Power of Culturally Relevant Teaching. (2007, February). Patchouge-Medford School District Professional Development Day, Patchogue-Medford, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Using Culturally Responsive Teaching to Address Disproportionality in Region 7 Schools. (2007, February). Community School District 21 Regional Training Brooklyn, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Effective Strategies for Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: A Talk With Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers. (2007, February). New York University Department of Teaching and Learning's Administration and Supervision Course (Master's-level), New York, NY.
2006
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Culturally Responsive Considerations for RTI. (2006, November). Chair, New York University Steinhardt School of Education's Response to Intervention: What, Why, and How Valid Is It?, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Creating School Climates That Support Diverse Learners. (2006, November). New York University Equity Assistance Center's 1st Annual Conference, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. How Can We Encourage Learning Among Our ELLs? (2006, November). New York University Steinhardt School of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning, Early Career Project. Panelist, University Neighborhood High School, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Securing Funding for your Doctoral Studies. (2006, October) Panelist, New York University Student Affairs Graduate Student Funding Seminar, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. School Climates that Support Diverse Learners. (2006, October). Cheektowaga Central School District Professional Development Day, Buffalo, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Moving Toward a Culturally Responsive School Environment to Eradicate Disproportionality. (2006, October). New York State Education Department Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities Annual Statewide Meeting, Albany, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & A. Connell-Cowell. Urban Schooling: Complexities, Dilemmas & Hopes. (2006, October). New York University Steinhardt School of Education Freshman Seminar Series, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Culturally Relevant Teaching and Culturally Responsive School Environments. (2006, September). Hudson City School District Superintendent's Day, Hudson, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Facing Our Realities, Realizing Our Dreams. (2006, May). Unity High School Career Day. Presentation to 9th - 12th Graders about College and Career Choices, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Principles and Power of Culturally Relevant Teaching: With Strategies for African American Students. (2006, May). Hudson City School District Superintendent's Day, Hudson, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & C. Gray. Addressing Disproportionality in Our Classrooms and Schools. (2006, April). New York University Steinhardt School of Education first-year graduate students, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Seven Talents of Me. (2006, May). Intermediate School (I.S.) 347 Career Day, Presentation to 7th Grade Class of in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. A Fellowship of One's Own: The Importance of The American Dissertation Fellowship To Female Researchers. (2006, March). American Association of University Women (AAUW) Mid-Island Annual Conference, Great Neck, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Daring to Create Culturally Responsive Teaching Programs and School Environments in New York State (2006, September). New York State Higher Education Support Center for Systems Change (HESC) Annual Statewide Meeting, Albany, NY.
2005
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Spring: A Season of Self-Discovery, (2005, March). American Association of University Women Annual Educational Tea.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Standards And Testing: An Alternative View. (2002, April). New York University Metro Center for Urban Education, Bi-Annual Tutor Seminar, New York, NY.
Refereed Paper Presentations, International
2012
Toldson, I., Lewis, C., Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Diversifying the United States' Teaching Force:"font-family: Garamond; ">Where are We Now? Where Do We Need to Go? How Do We Get There? (2012, February). Paper accepted at the 8th Annual World Conference on Educational Science, Barcelona, Spain.
Refereed Paper Presentations, National
2012
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, November). Dear Miss: Building Black and Latino Adolescent males' Racial Literacy through Letter Writing in the English Classroom. Paper presented at the 102nd National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE), Las Vegas, NV.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, November). Women Scholars Of Color Exploring The Intersections Of Race, Gender, And Status In The Academy, Chair. 102nd National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE), Las Vegas, NV.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2012, November). Dear Miss: Building Black and Latino Adolescent males' Racial Literacy through Letter Writing in the English Classroom. Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Literacy Research Association (LRA), San Diego, CA.
Sealey-Ruiz,Y. & Jackson, I. (2012, November).Black and Latino Male Youth Speak Resistance and Resilience Through Digital Storytelling. Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Literacy Research Association (LRA), San Diego, CA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. & Kabba, F.(2012. November).Putting Race in its Place: Developing Racial Literacy in College (English) Classrooms. Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Literacy Research Association (LRA), San Diego, CA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Use of Educational Documentary in Urban Teacher Education: A Case Study of Beyond the Bricks. (2012, April). Paper presented at the 93rdAnnual American Education Research Association (AERA),Vancouver, BC.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Learning to Talk and Write about Race: Developing racial literacy in a college English classroom. (2012, April). Paper presented at the 93rdAnnual American Education Research Association (AERA),Vancouver, BC.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Learning To Resist: Learning to Resist: Educational counter-narratives of Black college reentry mothers. (2012, April). Paper presented at the 93rdAnnual American Education Research Association (AERA), Vancouver, BC.
Watson, W., Jackson, I. & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Trust and warm demanding: The impact of culturally relevant care on Black and Latino male students. (2012, April). Paper presented at the 93rdAnnual American Education Research Association (AERA),Vancouver, BC.
Toldson, I., Lewis, C., Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Teacher Education and the Black Community: Preparing Teachers to Teach Black Students; Preparing Black Students to become Teachers. (2012, April). Paper presented at the 93rdAnnual American Education Research Association (AERA),Vancouver, BC.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Creating Relationships with Texts. (2012, April). Chair, Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) Transitions and Transactions Conference, Brooklyn, NY.
Diallo, F. & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. "font-family: Garamond; ">Putting Race in its Place: Developing Racial Literacy in College Classrooms. (2012, February). Paper presented at theNational Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research (NCTE-AR), Tuscaloosa, AL.
2011
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Learning to Talk and Write about Race: Developing racial literacy in a college English classroom. (2011, November). Paper presented at the 101st National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Chicago, IL.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The use of Educational Documentary in Urban Teacher Education: A case study of Beyond the Bricks. (2011, November). Poster presented at the 101st National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Chicago, IL.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Embracing the Imagination and Reality of Urban Youth Culture in the Context of Education. (2011, April). Paper Presented at the 92nd Annual American Education Research Association (AERA), New Orleans, LA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Voices from the Field: Alumni Critique and Re-imagine their Urban Teacher Preparation(2011, April). Paper Presented at the 92nd Annual American Education Research Association (AERA),New Orleans, LA.
Bridges, T., Emdin, C., Hill, M.L., Low, B., Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Hip-Hop Pedagogies in Action: Moving Beyond Advocacy to Critical Research. (2011, April). Chair and Discussant. 92nd Annual American Education Research Association (AERA),New Orleans, LA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Voices from the Field: Novice ELA Teachers Examine their Preparation for Diverse Classroom Settings. (2011, February) Paper presented at the 63rd Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), San Diego, CA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y & Jester, M. When and Where I Enter: Preparing Preservice Teachers to Teach In Diverse Educational Settings. (2011, February). Interactive session presented at the 63rd Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE),San Diego, CA.
2010
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Relevance of Critical English Education to Black and Latina Female Community College Students. (2010, November). Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color. Poster presented at the 100th National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Orlando, FL.
Jester, M. & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. When and Where I Enter: Preparing Pre-service Teachers to Teach in Diverse Educational Settings. (2010, November). Paper presented at the Race and Pedagogy National Conference, Tacoma, WA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Keeping our Promises: Preparing Teachers of Writing for Urban Public Schools (2010, March).Paper presented at the 61st Annual National Council of Teachers of English Conference on College Composition and Communication Louisville, KY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y., Gribovskaya, A., Sng, C. et al. (2010, February). Voices from the field: Educators discuss their urban teacher preparation. Symposium presented at the 62nd Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), Atlanta, GA.
2009
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Reading, Writing and Racism: First-Year Composition as a space for critical Discourse(2009, November).Paper presented at 99th National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Philadelphia, PA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Globalizing Knowledge: International Experiences in Pre-service Teacher Education (2009, April). Discussant at the 90thAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Reading, Writing and Racism: First-Year Composition as a space for critical Discourse (2009, March).Paper presented at the 60th Annual National Council of Teachers of English Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC),San Francisco, CA.
2008
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Reflecting on Race, Problematizing Racism, and Building Community in a ClassroomofDiverse Learners. (2008, March). Paper presented at the 89th American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Curriculum Matters: Enacting a Black Feminist Program of Study with Adult Reentry Students. (2008, March). Paper presented at the 89th American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Addressing the Teacher Education Gap: Putting the Links Together, Chair. (2008, March). Paper presented at the 89th American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y.Teaching Race: Making the Invisible Concrete. (2007, April). Paper presented at the 88th American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL
2007
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Principles of Culturally Relevant Teaching and Culturally Responsive School Environments. (2007, February). Presenter, 2nd Annual Conference of the National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt), Washington, DC.
2006
Sealey-Ruiz, Y.Rising Above Reality: Exploring the Educational Narratives of Black Reentry Mothers and their Daughters. (2006, April). Paper presented at the 87th American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Moving Their Lives from Margin to Center: Using a Culturally Relevant Curriculum with African American Adult Women. (2006, April). Paper presented at the 87th American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. This Woman's Work: Exploring the Educational Narratives of Black Reentry Mothers and their Daughters. (2006, March). Paper presented at the 57th Annual National Council of Teachers of English Conference on College Composition and Communication, (CCCC), Chicago, IL.
2005
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Bridge I Build: The Educational Narratives of Black Reentry Women. (2005, November). Paper presented at the 54th Annual National Adult Education and Continuing Education Conference (AAACE), Pittsburgh, PA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. AfraFeminist Rhetorics of Education, Literacy, and Motherhood/ing2005, October). Paper presented at the 5th Biennial International Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference, Michigan Technical University, Detroit, MI.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. African American Reentry Women Finding Their Voices, Telling Their Stories. (2005, March). Paper presented at the 56th Annual National Council of Teachers of English Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), San Francisco, CA.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. The Subject Matter of Composition, Revising the Comp/Lit Debate,(2005, October). Presider/Respondent. Annual Conference of the Modern Language Association (MLA),Washington, DC.
2004
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Wrapping the Curriculum Around Their Lives: Culturally Relevant Teaching and African American Adult Writers. (2004, November). Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Conference on English Education (CEE) Annual Conference, Presenter, Indianapolis, IN.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Reading and Writing Their Lives: African American Reentry Women and Culturally Relevant Teaching. (2004, March). Paper presented at the 55th Annual National Council of Teachers of English, Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), San Antonio, TX.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Pushed Back to Strength: The Journey Narratives of African American Adult Women. (2004, March). Paper presented at the 55th Annual National Council of Teachers of English, Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC),San Antonio, TX.
2003
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Exploring African American Adult Student Writing using a Culturally Compatible Curriculum. (2003, November).Paper presented at the 52nd Annual National Adult Continuing Education Conference (AAACE), Detroit, MI.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y". (2003, March). Writing to Be: A Case For Culturally Relevant Curriculum in a College Composition Classroom of African American Adult Learners. (2003, March). Paper presented at the 54th Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), National Council of Teachers of English, New York, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y., A. Connell-Cowell. Writing Black: African American Students Finding Voice and Purpose in their Writing, (2003, February). Co-presenter, National Council of Teachers of English, NCTE Assembly for Research Midwinter Conference, Teaching and Researching Across Color Lines: Literacies, Pedagogies, and the Politics of Difference, Minneapolis, MN.
2002
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. Food Experience and The Colors of Learning: Activities Across Disciplines: Writing about Food, Talking about Life.(2002, November).Co-presenter, City University of New York College Learning Series at Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y., C. Kynard & A. Connell-Cowell. (2002, October). Stories from Black Students' and Teacher's Journeys Into Literacy. Co-presenter, 12th Annual Conference of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), Washington D.C.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y.& J. Deutsch. (2002, October). Cultural Relevance for Whom?: Using Food Experiences to Teach Content and Communication in the Hospitality Classroom and Beyond. Panelist, 3rd Annual Symposium on Communication and Communication-Intensive Instruction at City University of New York, Symposium, New York, NY
Honors and Awards
Recent Awards
2023
Divergent Publication Award for Excellence in Literacy in a Digital Age Research for Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education: Activism for Equity in Digital Spaces
2022
LRA (Literacy Research Association) Edward B. Fry 2022 Book Award Winner for Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education: Activism for Equity in Digital Spaces
NCTE (National Council for Teachers of English) David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English for Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education: Activism for Equity in Digital Spaces
EdWeek’s RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influencer (Selected #155 of 200) with 20,000 scholars eligible
NCTE 2022 English Journal Edwin M. Hopkins Outstanding Article, Honorable Mention
2021
Student Experience Research Network (SERN) Midcareer Policy Fellowship - $65,000
NCTE Hero Award Recipient of the Black & Latinx Caucus
2018
American Educational Research Association (AERA), Critical Educators for Social Justice (CESJ), Mentor Award
Teachers College Winter Roundtable Social Justice Action Award: The Civic Participation Project
2017
American Educational Research Association (AERA), Critical Educators for Social Justice (CESJ), Mentor Award, Honorable Mention
2016
American Educational Research Association (AERA), Teaching and Teacher Education, Division K, Mid-Career Award
Recent Honors
2022
Truth, Love & Racial Literacy TEDx UPENN Opening Conference Speaker, University of Pennsylvania
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V_GdpVR6NI
The Peace Chronicles Classical Music Tour
Two-part concert: Iceberg x Decoda x Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz,” based on poetry from The Peace Chronicles
- Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY https://www.icebergnewmusic.com/concerts (4/1 & 5/13)
- Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN https://wearememphis.com/live/the-peace-chronicles-part-1-iceberg-blueshift-yolanda-sealey-ruiz/ (8/18 & 8/19)
- University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS https://events.olemiss.edu/event.php?value=33341 (9/26)
2021
“Love, Peace & Liberation: A Multimodal Journey,” Teachers College, Columbia University |
Macy Art Gallery Exhibit of Love from the Vortex & Other Poems and The Peace Chronicles (10/4-22)
“A Moment to Love,” Teachers College, Columbia University | Macy Gallery Exhibit of
Love from the Vortex & Other Poems (6/7-7/2)
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