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    Gender Differences in Response to a School-Based Mindfulness Training Intervention for Early Adolescents
    with Y. Kang, H. Rahrig, K. Eichel, H. F. Niles, N. Lepp, J. Gold, and W. B. Britton
    Journal of School Psychology 68 163-176. 2018.
    Mindfulness training has been used to improve emotional wellbeing in early adolescents. However, little is known about treatment outcome moderators, or individual differences that may differentially impact responses to treatment. The current study focused on gender as a potential moderator for affective outcomes in response to school-based mindfulness training. Sixth grade students (N = 100) were randomly assigned to either the six weeks of mindfulness meditation or the active control group as p…Read more
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    A randomized controlled pilot trial of classroom-based mindfulness meditation compared to an active control condition in sixth-grade children
    with W. Britton, N. Lepp, H. F. Niles, N. Fisher, and J. Gold
    Journal of School Psychology 52 (3): 263-278. 2014.
    The current study is a pilot trial to examine the effects of a nonelective, classroom-based, teacher-implemented, mindfulness meditation intervention on standard clinical measures of mental health and affect in middle school children. A total of 101 healthy sixth-grade students (55 boys, 46 girls) were randomized to either an Asian history course with daily mindfulness meditation practice (intervention group) or an African history course with a matched experiential activity (active control group…Read more
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    Contemplative Science: An Insider's Prospectus
    with W. B. Britton, A. C. Brown, C. T. Kaplan, R. E. Goldman, M. Deluca, R. Rojiani, H. Reis, M. Xi, J. C. Chou, F. McKenna, P. Hitchcock, J. Himmelfarb, D. M. Margolis, N. F. Halsey, A. M. Eckert, and T. Frank
    New Directions for Teaching and Learning 134 13-29. 2013.
    This chapter describes the potential far‐reaching consequences of contemplative higher education for the fields of science and medicine.
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    Is Comprehensive Liberal Social Justice Education Brainwashing?
    with Nicolas Tanchuk and Marc Krus
    Philosophy of Education 77 (2): 44. 2021.
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    “Cheerleaders” and “Mama Bears”: Combatting Sexist Teacher Strike Discourse
    Studies in Philosophy and Education 42 (4): 367-387. 2023.
    Teacher strikes have taken place in the United States since the end of the 19th century, became much more common in the 1960s, and have enjoyed a resurgence over the past five years (2018-2023). In this paper, we analyze teacher strikes with two main objectives. First, we examine how sexism and misogyny impact discourse around teacher strikes, as well as the justifications that teachers themselves give for striking. We find that teachers are at risk of being deemed ‘immoral’ unless they justify …Read more
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    On Translating Ser Mais in Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed
    Philosophy of Education 74 385-390. 2018.