Natalie Keefer

Dr. Keefer is Co-Director of the Louisiana Center for Research and Education on Languages and Literacies (LA CREoLL).

Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction, 2012
University of South Florida

M.A. Curriculum and Instruction, 2004
University of South Florida

B.A Anthropology, 2001
University of South Florida

• Social studies education
• Multilingual education
• Educational anthropology
• Discourse analysis

Refereed Journal Articles

• Keefer, N., Young, J., Lopez, J., & Haj-Broussard, M. (in press). Leveraging economic and linguistic funds of knowledge through biliteracy strategies in dual language contexts. Social Education.
• Keefer, N., & Haj-Broussard, M. (2021). A case study of teachers’ critically conscious discourse in an online graduate asset-based social justice curriculum. Teacher Education Quarterly, 48(2), 24-44. 12% acceptance rate.
• Keefer, N., & Haj-Broussard, M. (2020). Language in educational contexts. Journal of Culture and Values in Education, 3(2), 1-12.
• Keefer, N., Lopez, J., Young, J., & Haj-Broussard, M. (2020). Gathering funds of knowledge: An elementary social studies unit plan for bilingual settings. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 33(2), 14-19. 25% acceptance rate.
• Haj-Broussard, M., Keefer, N., Hebert, D., & Grivet, C. (2019). Conversations in Immersion: Concerns about Pedagogy and Gatekeepers. NECTFL Review, 84, 35-61. 46% acceptance rate.
• Keefer, N. (2017). The persistence of deficit thinking among social studies educators. Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 8(3), 50-75. 22% acceptance rate; 2.50 impact factor.

Books

• Keefer, N., & Clabough, J. (Eds.). (2023). Thematic teaching of women’s rights issues with social studies trade books. Lexington Books.
• Keefer, N., & Flint, T. K. (Eds.). (2022). Mindful social studies: Frameworks for social emotional learning and critically engaged citizens [Mindfulness in Education Series]. Lexington Books.
• Flint, T.K., & Keefer, N. (Eds.). (2020). Critical perspectives on teaching in the southern United States. Lexington Books.

Chapters in Refereed Books

• Keefer, N. (in press). A motherscholar currere au milieu Francophone. In A. Saleh & J. Parker (Eds.). The International Handbook of French Education.
• Keefer, N., & Flint, T.K. (2023). Women’s rights issues and literacy: Theory, research, and practice. In N. Keefer & J. Clabough (Eds.), Thematic Teaching of Women’s Rights Issues with Social Studies Trade Books (pp. 15-30). Lexington Books.
• Clabough, J., & Keefer, N. (2023). Future Directions for Thematic Teaching of Women's Rights Issues. In N. Keefer & J. Clabough (Eds.), Thematic Teaching of Women’s Rights Issues with Social Studies Trade Books (159-170). Lexington Books.
• Flint, T. K., & Keefer, N. (2022). Bringing in our “full humanness”: Moving
• toward humanity-focused, assets-based pedagogy. In N. Keefer & T. K. Flint (Eds.), Mindful social studies: Frameworks for social emotional learning and critically engaged citizens (pp. 109-124). Lexington Books.
• Keefer, N. & Flint, T. K. (2022). Gazing inward and outward: Connecting Social
• and Emotional Learning, mindfulness, and critical pedagogies in the social studies classroom. In N. Keefer & T. K. Flint (Eds.), Mindful social studies: Mindful social studies: Frameworks for social emotional learning and critically engaged citizens (pp. 3-10). Lexington Books.
• Keefer, N., & Harrington, M. (2021). Scaffolding preservice teachers’ accurate knowledge of Black history and relevant pedagogies in local contexts. In A. Samuels & G. Samuels (Eds.), Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in the Social Sciences (pp. 149-163). Information Age Publications.
• Keefer, N. (2020). Theorizing education and human rights in the Southern United States. In Flint, T., Keefer, N. (Eds.). Critical Perspectives on Teaching in the Southern United States (pp. 13-32). Lexington Books.
• Keefer, N., & Flint, T.K. (2020). Introduction: The socio-historical context of public education in the Southern United States. In Flint, T., Keefer, N. (Eds.). Critical Perspectives on Teaching in the Southern United States (pp. 3-12). Lexington Books.
• Keefer, N. (2019). Uncovering unequal realities: Civil liberties and social class in the United States. In Hubbard, J. and J. Harshman (Eds.) Extending the ground: Civil liberties in the United States (pp. 229-246). Information Age Publishing.

• 2022-2025 Joan D. and Alexander S. Haig/BORSF Professorship in Education III
• 2020-2021 UL Lafayette Research Excellence Award
• 2017 SRERA/LERA Rayma Harchar Outstanding Research Paper Award