Bradley Levinson

Bradley A.U. Levinson, an Associate Professor of Education Policy Studies with adjunct appointments in Anthropology and Latino Studies, has been quite busy over the last year.

Along with his former doctoral student, E. Doyle Stevick, Levinson has edited two recent books on democratic citizenship education. The first book appeared in January, 2007: Reimagining Civic Education: How Diverse Societies From Democratic Citizens (Rowman and Littlefield publishers). The second book is in press, and due out in the Fall: Crusading for Democracy: Citizenship Education At Home and Abroad (Information Age Publishing). In addition to the introductory chapters in each volume, Levinson contributed a chapter to the first volume, “Forming and Implementing a New Secondary Civic Education Program in Mexico,” and (with M. Sutton) to the second volume: “Civic Education Reform for Democracy: U.S. Models in Mexico and Indonesia.”

Levinson completed a recent team research project by publishing a first report on-line: Integrating Indiana’s Latino Newcomers: A Study of State and Community Responses. The report is available as a Working Paper of the Center for Education and Society, at www.indiana.edu/~ces. Levinson’s research team is working on several other publications from this project, including a special report on “Latino Language Minority Students in Indiana Schools: Conditions and Challenges,” as well as articles that focus on the feminization of newcomer advocacy, and the challenges of institutionalizing coordinated newcomer services. Related to this work, Levinson has developed 4 “Education Briefs” as part of the Indiana Project on Latin American Cultural Competency. These can be viewed at www.indiana.edu/~iplacc.

Recently, Levinson was awarded a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship by the U.S. Department of Education, to conduct research on “Democratic transition and civic education reform in Mexico.” He will be in Mexico for nearly a year, starting August, 2007. This project is a continuation of related work that Levinson continues to publish, especially in Mexican journals such as Metapolítica (“El ciudadano consagrado: Globalización, el Estado, y las formas de la educación ciudadana en México”), and Didacta (“Valores y cultura estudiantil en la secundaria mexicana: Un acercamiento antropológico”).

Levinson has also been very active in editing journals. First and foremost, he is the lead editor of the newly founded Inter-American Journal of Education for Democracy. This journal, which will begin as a tri-lingual on-line resource, is sponsored by the Organization of American States and hosted by Indiana University. The goal of the Journal is to foster intellectual discussion and exchange about efforts to promote education for democratic citizenship across the Americas. The first issue will appear by September, 2007, and the second issue by January, 2008. In addition, Levinson is a guest co-editor for an upcoming special issue of the Revista Mexicana de Investigación Educativa, called “Ethnography and Education: Trends and Debates.” Finally, Levinson continues to serve as a member of the editorial board for the journals Ethnography and Education, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, Journal of Latinos and Education, and the Revista Mexicana de Investigación Educativa.

Along with eight graduate students in the School of Education, Levinson is authoring a new book called Critical Social Theory and Education: Relations and Possibilities. The book is under contract with Paradigm Publishers, and is expected out in the Fall of 2008.