John E. Petrovic

Associate Professor, Social and Cultural Studies in Education
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
323C Graves Hall
(205)-348-0465
petrovic@bamaed.ua.edu
Appointed in 2000

http://www.bama.ua.edu/~jpetrovi

Recent Courses Taught:

BEF 362: School, Culture, and Society
BEF 534: Multicultural Education
BEF 585: Language Politics and Education
BEF 642: Advanced Studies in the Philosophy of Education

Areas of Interest:

Language Policy/Bilingual Education
Gay and Lesbian issues in Education
Education Policy
Philosophy/Political Theory and Education

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1999, Educational Foundations and Policy Studies
M.Ed., The Pennsylvania State University, 1989, Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., Juniata College, 1988, International Relations/Spanish

Professional Experiences:

Associate Professor, Social and Cultural Studies, The College of Education, The University of Alabama, 2000, 2006-.
Program Coordinator, Instructional Leadership and Social/Cultural Studies, The College of Education, The Univerisity of Alabama, Spring 2007-.
Assistant Research Professional, Center for Bilingual Education and Research, The College of Education, Arizona State University, 1998-2000.

Selected Publications:

Petrovic, J. E. and Rankin, A. (2007). Children's uses of Spanish in an English Immersion Classroom as (Counter)liminal spaces. Journal of Borderland Education, 2(1), 42-57.

Petrovic, J. E. and Rosiek, J. (2007). From Teacher Knowledge to Queered Teacher Knowledge Research: Escaping the Epistemic Straight Jacket. In N. Rodriguez and B. Pinar (Eds.), Queering Straight Teachers. New York: Peter Lang.

Petrovic, J. E. and Ballard, R. (2005). Unstraightening the ideal girl: lesbians, high school, and spaces to be. In P. Bettis and N. Adams (Eds.), Geographies of Girlhood: Identity In Between, pp. 195-209. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Petrovic, J. E. (2005). The Conservative Restoration and Neoliberal Defenses of Bilingual Education. Language Policy, 4(4), pp. 395-416.

Selected Presentations:

Petrovic, J. E. (October, 2007). The (counter)liminal Dimensions of Bilingual Identity. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Cleveland, OH.

Petrovic, J. E. and Majumdar, S. (February, 2007). Can the Forces of Globalization, Progressive Language Policy, and Equal Educational Opportunity Exist Together? What India Tells us about their Interaction. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, Birmingham, AL.

Petrovic, J. E. (November, 2006). Linguistic Human Rights and the (post)Liberal Conundra of Dialect and Language. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Spokane, WA.

Petrovic, J. E.. (April, 2006). Contextualizing ‘Decontextualized Language’: Poststructural Cautions to Cummins’ Quadrant Model. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Petrovic, J. E. and Rosiek, J. (November, 2004). Pedagogical Implications of Theories of Subjectivity for the Disruption of Heteronormativity: Dewey v. Butler. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Kansas City, MO.