Bio

Tadashi Dozono is an associate professor of history/social science education at California State University Channel Islands. Tadashi’s research emphasizes accountability towards the experiences of marginalized students in social studies classrooms. His work applies ethnic studies, queer theory, cultural studies, and critical theory to center the theorizing that Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and LGBTQ students engage daily as a result of their marginalization. 

Tadashi uses the methods of ethnography, teacher-practitioner inquiry, critical discourse analysis, and curriculum studies to reimagine social studies education. Tadashi draws on his experiences as a queer Japanese American cis-male and over twelve years of teaching social studies in New York City public schools, primarily focused on world history, civics, and economics. He received his PhD in Social and Cultural Studies from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Education. Tadashi’s research has been published in journals including Theory & Research in Social Education, Urban Education, Critical Studies in Education, Race Ethnicity and Education, Equity & Excellence in Education, Theory into Practice, Educational Theory, The History Teacher, and The Social Studies.