Dyanis Conrad

Dr. Conrad's teaching includes Foundations of Education and courses related to the teaching of English as an additional language (ESL/ENL). She has taught Spanish and French in grades 6-12 and ESL in K-16, and also holds a graduate certificate in Race and Social Policy, Dr. Conrad's research interests center on educational equity, racial literacy, critical social justice, and the deconstruction of colonial legacies.

English as a Second Language Education,
Anti Racist Education
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy,
Foundations of Education,
Critical Autoethnography,
Critical Qualitative Research Methods
Race and inequality

Social and Educational Inequalities
Racial Literacy,
Implicit Bias,
Indigenous and Endarkened Methodologies,
Critical Autoethnography,
Critical social justice
Deconstruction of colonial legacies

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

Piggott-Lee, Rinnelle, Popova, Dyanis, and Conrad, Dennis D.. Doing Social Justice Leadership in Challenging Circumstances: Principals' Perspectives.. In Neoliberalism and education systems in conflict: Exploring challenges across the globe, editors K. Arar, D. Örücü, & J. Wilkinson. Abingdon: Routledge, 2020.
Conrad-Popova. Becoming Visible: Caribbean Students at U.S. Universities, 85-109. Vol. 5, Iss. 1 St. Augustine: Caribbean Educational Research Journal, 2020.
Caldera, Altheria, Whittaker, Manya, and Conrad-Popova. Classroom Management in Urban Schools: Proposing a Course Framework. Philadelphia, PA: Teaching Education, 2019. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10476210.2018.1561663)
Borris-Lezama, Nikisha, and Conrad-Popova. Leading the Charge: Teacher Perceptions of Working with Students Identified or At-risk for Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties (EBD).. In Caribbean Discourse in Inclusive Education: Historical and Contemporary Issues, editors Stacey Blackman, Dennis A. Conrad, 53-68. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishers, 2018.
Conrad-Popova. Review of Resistance and Renewal: Indigenous Leadership in Education.. NY, NY: Teachers College Record, 2018.
Conrad, Dennis, Carrington-Blades, Elna, and Popova, Dyanis. Exploring the Transition into Hybrid and Online College Teaching through Collaborative Self-study.. In Caribbean Discourse in Inclusive Education: Historical and Contemporary Issues, 159-183. Information Age, 2017.
Popova, Dyanis. You Know Who is Me? Cultural Identity and Pluralism in Education. In Caribbean Discourses in Inclusive Education: Historical and Contemporary Issues., editors S. Blackman & D. A. Conrad. Charlotte, NC: Information Age, 2017.
Popova, Dyanis. Decolonization of the self: Reflection and reflexivity.. In Re-telling Our Stories: Critical Autoethnographic Narratives.. Sense, 2016.
Popova, Dyanis. Metamorphosis: A journey through grief.. In Re-telling Our Stories: Critical Autoethnographic Narratives., editors Gresilda Tilley-Lubbs, Silvia Benard Calva. Sense, 2016.
Popova, Dyanis. 'Watch what yuh sayin!': The power of language.. In Re-telling Our Stories: Critical Autoethnographic Narratives., editors Gresilda Tilley-Lubbs, Silvia Benard Calva. Sense, 2016.
Popova, Dyanis. Culturally and Linguistically Diverse. In Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice, editors Sherman Thompson, 201. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
McCloud, Jennifer, Tilley-Lubbs, Gresilda G., Chang, Rong, Popova, Dyanis, Smart-Smith, Pamela, Farmer, Sandra, and Meyer, Fairchild. Curricular Change: At the Vortex, 4-21. Vol. 8, Iss. 1 Creative Approaches to Research, 2015.
Popova, Dyanis, Conrad, Dennis D., Philip, Lisa L., Conrad, Deborah D., and Mohammed, A. Recollections and representations of Folk in the Classroom: Teacher Perspectives, 49-78. Vol. 23 Caribbean Curriculum, 2015.
Conrad, Dennis D., Forteau-Jaikaransingh, Beulah , and Popova, Dyanis. Poetry to Rapso: Localized Narrative in the Classroom, 1-31. Vol. 20 Caribbean Curriculum, 2013.
Conrad, Dyanis. Toute Bagai: Resistance and Reclaiming. In Black Women Mothering & Daughtering During a Dual Pandemic: Writing Our Backs. Peter Lang.
Conrad-Popova, Dyanis. (Re)Framing Difficulty: ELLs and Literacy Instruction. Information Age Publishers.
Teegan, Bettina, and Conrad-Popova, Dyanis. International Graduate Students and Culturally Responsive Counselling Services: Directions for Health Practitioners.. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling.
Campoli, Ayana, and Popova, Dyanis. Connections Matter: A Quantitative Analysis of Working Conditions, Interpersonal Relationships, and the Career Decisions of Black Female Teachers. In Black Female Teachers: Diversifying the United States' Teacher Workforce. Emerald Group Publishing.
Conrad, Dennis D., Brown, Launcelot, Philip, Lisa L., Bentley, J, and Popova, Dyanis. Calypso Pedagogy as an Agent of Educational Transformation. In Transforming Learning: International Perspectives Vol.1. Cambridge, editors B. Ogunkola & S. N. J. Blackman. Cambridge: Cambridge Press.

Piggott-Lee, Rinelle, Popova, Dyanis, Brown, Launcelot, and Conrad, Dennis A., Doing Social Justice Leadership in Challenging Circumstances: Principals' Perspectives.. Presented at the British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS) Annual Meeting, United Kingdom. (June 2020)
Conrad-Popova, Dyanis, Preservice Teachers Without Mentors: Expectations and Realities in Rural Schools.. Presented at the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado. (April 2020)
Conrad-Popova, Dyanis, Working with ELLs in Trinidad and Tobago., Virtual. (August 2019)
AnisAbdellatif, Musheera, Conrad-Popova, Dyanis, and Berg-Poppe, Patti, Attitudes of healthcare students towards people with disabilities from diverse backgrounds.. Presented at the Eastern South Dakota Research Conference, Sioux Falls, SD. (June 2019)
Conrad-Popova, Dyanis, Black Enough? Reflections on Race in the United States. Presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. (May 19, 2019)
Conrad-Popova, Dyanis, Finding Place and Purpose in Academia. Presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana Champaign, IL. (May 18, 2019)
Conrad-Popova, Embracing Culture & Identity in Schooling. Presented at the Empowered Positive Youth Development in Indian Country Workshop, Sioux Falls, SD. (November 2018)
Conrad-Popova, Crossing culture: Caribbean students at U.S. Universities.. Presented at the American Educational Research Association, New York City, NY. (April 2018)
Popova, Dyanis, Focus on the Microcultures: Building Value in Diversity with White Pre-service Teachers in a Homogeneous Setting. Presented at the National Association for Multicultural Education, Salt Lake City, Utah. (November 02, 2017)
Conrad-Popova, Culturally responsive pedagogy and ELLs. Presented at the Dakota TESOL, Sioux Falls, SD. (November 2017)
Conrad-Popova, Implementing WIDA for effective classroom instruction.. Presented at the Dakota TESOL, Sioux Falls, SD. (November 2017)
Popova, Dyanis, Interrogating Whiteness: The View From Outside. Presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. (May 22, 2017)
Popova, Dyanis, The Invisible Me: Mixed Racial Identity in a Black and White World.. Presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. (May 2016)
Smart-Smith, Pamela, Popova, Dyanis, and Gray, Tanya, From the Ground Up: Building School-University Partnerships. Presented at the Southeast Teachers to Speakers of Other Languages, New Orleans, LA. (October 2015)
Popova, Dyanis, Smart-Smith, Pamela, and McDonough, Sara, Check All That Apply: A Look at Real and Perceived Ethnic Identity. Presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. (May 2015)
Popova, Dyanis, More than methodology: Research as cultural practice.. Presented at the American Education Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. (April 2014)
Popova, Dyanis, Problem-posing pedagogy in the higher education ESL classroom.. Presented at the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. (March 2014)
Henderson, J, Munly, K , Arceo, D , Benard, S, Chang, R, Gilpin, E, Grimes, M, Luevano, M, Popova, Dyanis, Rose-McCully, M, Smart-Smith, P, Stephenson-Reeves, J, and Tilley-Lubbs, G, Practicing what we preach in critical autoethnography: Empowering Ph.D. students through participation in an international book project. . Presented at the Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy, Blacksburg, VA. (February 2014)
Conrad, Dennis, Brown, Launcelot, Phillips, Lisa, and Popova, Dyanis, Valuing and Integrating the Folkloric Traditions in the Classroom.. Presented at the Biennial Conference of the University of the West Indies School of Education, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. (June 2013)
Popova, Dyanis, Watch What Yuh sayin": The Power of Language. Presented at the Internation Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. (May 2013)
Carrington-Blaides, E, Conrad, Dennis, Conrad, Deborah, and Popova, Dyanis, Online teaching, Higher Education, and Poverty Reduction.. Presented at the American Education Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. (April 2013)
Popova, Dyanis, McEwen, Celina , and Bristol, Lorette, "One Nation Under One Groove": Calypso and Multicultural Education.. Presented at the American Education Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. (April 2013)
Popova, Dyanis, More than Just the Words: Problem-posing as a Path to Academic Success for English Language Learners.. Presented at the Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy, Blacksburg, VA. (February 2013)
Popova, Dyanis, and Tilley-Lubbs, Gresilda, Peeling the Onion: Diversity and Inclusion for all Students in all Classrooms.. Presented at the Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy, Blacksburg, VA. (February 2013)
Popova, Dyanis, What's Going On? Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and International Students.. Presented at the Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy, Blacksburg, VA. (February 2013)

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