Anne Fairbrother

Prior to coming to SUNY Oswego in 2004, Dr. Fairbrother taught English and ESL in high schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Salinas, California. Until her early 20s, Anne was in England. She grew up in Wimbledon, London, but also lived in Hull and Birmingham.

Research 

Dr. Fairbrother's Research Interests

• Critical Literacy
• Educational theory
• Multicultural Education and Teaching for Social Justice
• Issues of gender, class, race, and sexual orientation

Publications 

• Russo, P. & Fairbrother, A. (2012).  Using the Circle of Oppression to Understand Teaching About Social Justice.  Just in Time: News from the Diversity, Equity and Human Rights Committee.  June 2012, 8 (2), 8-10.  The Alberta Teachers' Association
• Russo, P. & Fairbrother, A. (2009). Teaching for Social Justice Pre-K-12: What are we talking about? In R. D. Davis, A. P. London, & B. Beyerbach (Eds). (2009). How Do we Know They Know: A conversation about pre-service teachers learning about culture & social justice. Pp. 9 – 26. New York: Peter Lang.
• Fairbrother, A. (2009). Four curriculum units. In Grant, C. A. & Sleeter, C. (2009). Turning on learning (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall Pages: 50-55; 168-172; 239-243; 321-325
• Fairbrother, A. (2008).  "They might need a little extra hand, you know":  Latino Studetns in at-risk programs.  Urban Education, 43, (5). 587-611. 
• Fairbrother, A. (2005).  Make it real:  Diversity and literacy, standards and dispositions.  Journal of Authentic Learning, 2(1).  Invited Editorial. 

Conferences 

• Fairbrother, A. (2020). Reflection On A Life of Teaching: What Is Education For?  Critical Questions in Education Conference- Seattle, Washington- February 17-19, 2020. 
• Fairbrother, A. (2019). Do more than read the book: Beyond empathy.  NAME, Tucson, Arizona. November 6-10, 2019. 
• Fairbrother, A. (2018).  Do more than read the book: Beyond empathy.  New York State Reading Association Conference (NYSRA) Syracuse, NY October 28 and 29, 2018. 
• Fairbrother, A. (2017).  Powerful Literacy for All: Critical Literacy & Teaching for Socail Justice. Invited Keynote Speaker, Rochester Area Literacy Council (RALC) May 17, 2017. 
• Fairbrother, A. (2017).  "Literary Characters Who Demonstrate Compassion and Critical Consciousness Can Mentor Readers." Conference on English Education (CEE), Columbus, OH (June 4, 2017). 
• Fairbrother, A. (2017) Teaching about Controversial Issues: Telling the Truth to Students.  CQiE (Critical Questions in Education) Conference.  New Orleans, Lousiana, March 6-8, 2017. 
• Fairbrother, A. (2015). Teaching “Powerful Literacy” Through YA Novels and other Diverse Texts. IFTE (International Federation for the Teaching of English)/CEE (Conference on English Education) Summer Conference. New York City, July 5-8, 2015.
• Fairbrother, A. (2015). Borders of language and culture in the Secondary Content Classroom. TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. March 26, 2015
• Fairbrother, A. (2014). Who Gets What Kind of Literacy in School?: Structured Inequality, CCSS, and Transformative Critical Literacy. AERA, Philadelphia, PA. April 2014
• Fairbrother, A. (2013).  Critical Literacy as (re)Invention: (Re)Reading the World and the World in the ELA Classroom. National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Boston, MA. November 2013.
• Fairbrother, A. (2013) Relevance and Rigor that Characterize a Social Justice and Multiculural Approach to Teaching English. Conference on English Education (CEE), Colorado Springs, CO. July, 2013. 
• Fairbrother, A. (2011).  How to teach about Social Justice in P-12 classrooms. National Association for Multilculutral Education (NAME). Chicago, November 2011.
• Fairbrother, A. & Russo, P. (2010).  Manifestations of Injustice: Teaching for Social Justice within the Ecologies of Classroom, School, Community and Society.  American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO. Spring 2010. 

Education 

Ph.D, Language, Literacy & Sociocultural Studies (LLSS), University of New Mexico, 2004
Major: Educational Thought and Sociocultural Studies (ETSCS)
Minor: Language Arts Education
Dissertation Topic Negotiating school: A critical look at the schooling experiences of Hispanic students in low-track high school language arts classes.

MA, Secondary Education, University of New Mexico, 1998
Concentration: Multicultural Education
Distinction on M.A. Comprehensive Exam
Outstanding Academic Achievement Department Award 1998

Graduate Certificate of Education, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1989
BA, Sociology, University of Hull, England

Classes taught 

• EDU 383/583 - Teaching English Language Learners Across the Curriculum 
• EDU/LIT 500 - Critical Pedagogy 
• EDU 380 - Culturally Relevant Teaching
• LIT 507 - Literacy & Learning in Content Areas 
• LIT 530 - Seminar in Reading/Literacy Research
• EDU 430/530 - Professionalism and Social Justice
• EDU 100 - Intro to Education – Urban Education
• LIT 396 - Literacy in Content Areas
• EDU 301 - School, Pedagogy & Social Justice