Thomas C. Pedroni
Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies and Policy Sociology
Phone: (313) 577-1730
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
- Director of the Detroit Data and Democracy Project.
- Founding Member, Detroit Education Taskforce
- Board Member, Social Foundations of Education, Eastern Michigan University
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)
- TED2200 - Foundations I: Foundations of Education in Urban Spaces
- TED6200 - Foundations I: Foundations of Education in Urban Spaces
Fall Term 2023
- TED2200 - Foundations I: Foundations of Education in Urban Spaces
- TED8400 - Issues in Urban Education
Spring-Summer Term 2023
Winter Term 2023
- TED2200 - Foundations I: Foundations of Education in Urban Spaces
- TED6200 - Foundations I: Foundations of Education in Urban Spaces
- TED8350 - Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction
Fall Term 2022
- TED8100 - Doctoral Seminar: Thought, Language, Power, Social Interaction and Learning
- TED8150 - Pro-Seminar I: Introduction to Research in Educational Studies
- TED2200 - Foundations I: Foundations of Education in Urban Spaces