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Thomas C. Pedroni

Thomas C. Pedroni

Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies and Policy Sociology

Phone: (313) 577-1730

pedroni@wayne.edu

Office Hours: Mondays 3 to 5, Tuesdays 10 to 12, and by appointment.

Office Location: 287 Education Building

Thomas C. Pedroni

Degrees and Certifications

  • Ph.D. - Curriculum and Instruction (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
  • M.S. - Curriculum and Instruction (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
  • Teaching Certificate - Secondary Social Studies (Tulane University)
  • B.A. - Philosophy, Emphasis in Critical Social Theory (Miami University)

Responsibilities

I am an Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies and Policy Sociology and Director of the Detroit Data and Democracy Project.

Biography

 sites.google.com/site/thomascharlespedroni/

Area of Expertise

Race and political economy, racial calitalism, neoliberal urbanism, critical theories of race, spatial theory, critical urban studies, critical curriculum studies, education and anti-Blackness, critical policy sociology 

Research Interests

My current research examines educational and social inequality in relation to the post-welfarist educational policy complex of Detroit. I have published articles in peer-reviewed journals including Teachers College Record and Urban Review, as well as a number of chapters in edited volumes. My first book Market Movements: African American Involvement in School Voucher Reform (Routledge Critical Social Thought series) received the 2009 Critics’ Choice Book Award from the American Educational Studies Association.

Awards

  • 2016: Spirit of Detroit Award, Detroit City Council.
  • 2009. Recipient, Critics' Choice Book Award from the American Educational Studies Association, for Market Movements: African American Involvement in School Voucher Reform.
  • 2008. Nominee, Early Career Award Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association.
  • 2007. Distinguished Faculty Honoree for Scholarship and Service, Oakland University 50th Anniversary Founders’ Day Ceremony.

Community Engagement Activities

Featured publications

Can post-structuralist and neo-Marxist approaches be joined? Building composite approaches in critical educational theory and research

Pedroni, T.C., (2021). Chapter 19: Can post-structuralist and neo-Marxist approaches be joined? Building composite approaches in critical educational theory and research. In J. Paraskeva, (Ed). Critical Transformative Leadership and Policy Studies: Lessons From Leading Voices. New York: Myers Education Press, pp 353-369). 

Keywords

Critical theory
Post-structuralism
Neo-Marxism

Publications

New publications:

Pedroni, T.C. (2021). Through Jean Anyon’s “screen door”: The differentially racialized incursion of the neoliberal state in Milwaukee and Detroit schools.Teachers College Record.123(14).

Benson, J., Pedroni, T.C., & Dumas, M. (2021) Editorial Introduction to the Special Issue: Urban Political Economy, Race and Educational Inequality: Realizing and Extending the Radical Possibility of Jean Anyon. Teachers College Record, 123(14).

Pedroni, T.C., (2021). Chapter 19: Can post-structuralist and neo-Marxist approaches be joined? Building composite approaches in critical educational theory and research. In J. Paraskeva, (Ed). Critical Transformative Leadership and Policy Studies: Lessons From Leading Voices. New York: Myers Education Press, pp 353-369).

Courses taught by Thomas C. Pedroni

Fall Term 2024 (future)

Spring-Summer Term 2024 (future)

Winter Term 2024 (current)

Fall Term 2023

Spring-Summer Term 2023

Winter Term 2023

Fall Term 2022

Winter Term 2022

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