Research Profile
- Karen Watson-Gegeo
- Professor of Education
- At UCD since: 1991
- Interests: Cognitive, Social-Emotional, Family, School, Culture/Neighborhood/Society, Research Methodology
- Life Phases: Infancy, Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, Adolescence, Emerging Adulthood
- E-mail: kawatsongegeo@ucdavis.edu
Research Interests:
First and second language socialization and development, cognitive anthropology, indigenous epistemology, social disability theory, identity theory, feminist theory
Recent Publications:
Watson-Gegeo, 2005. "Journey to the 'new normal' and beyond: reflections on learning in a community of practice." International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 18,4: 399-424.
Lewis, J.L. and Watson-Gegeo, 2004. "Fictions of childhood: towards a sociohistorical approach to human development." Ethos 32,1: 3-33.
Watson-Gegeo, 2004. "Mind, language, and epistemology: toward a language socialization paradigm for SLA." Modern Language Journal 88,2: 331-350.
Watson-Gegeo and Gegeo, D.W., 2004. "Deep culture: pushing the epistemological boundaries of multicultural education." In G.S. Goodman and K. Carey (eds.), Critical multicultural conversations, pp. 235-256. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton.
Watson-Gegeo, 2001. "Fantasy and reality: the dialectic of work and play in Kwara'ae children's lives." Ethos 29,1: 1-26.
