Publications

White, J. & Lowenthal, P. (2011, Winter). Collegiate “codes of power”: Minorities, discourse, and identity as requisites for college inclusion and success. Review of Higher Education, 34(2).

White, J. & Lowenthal, P. (2009). The cyclical rhetoric of educational reform and the rationalization of a failed zeitgeist. eJournal of Educational Policy.

Lowenthal, P., & White, J. (2008). Enterprise models. In P. Rogers, G. Berg, J. Boettcher, C. Howard, L. Justice, & K. Schenk (Eds.), Encyclopedia of distance and online learning (2nd ed.). Information Science Reference.

Lowenthal, P. & White, J. (2008). [Review of the book The Cognitive style of PowerPoint: Pitching out corrupts within]. Education Review: A Journal of Book Reviews.

White, J. (2007). Sociolinguistic challenges to minority collegiate success: Entering the discourse community of the college. In A. Seidman (Ed.), Minority Student Retention: The Best of the Journal of College Student Renention: Research, Theory & Practice (pp. 271-295). Amityville, NY:  Baywood Publishing Company.

White, J. (2005). Sociolinguistic challenges to minority collegiate success: Entering the discourse community of the college. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 6 (4), 369-393.

McGinley, W., Conley, K., & White, J. (2000). Pedagogy for the few: Book club discussion guides and the modern book industry as literacy teacher. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 44(3), 204-214.

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White, J. (under review). Academic discourse, student identity, and minority cultural resistance to academic assimilation. The High School Journal (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill).

White, J. (under review). The Paradox of hybrid professional development schools: The (mis)match between non-traditional teacher education programs and PDS models. School University Partnerships.

White, J. (under review). De-centering English in the English classroom: Using texts to highlight the dynamic nature of the English language and to promote the teaching of code-switching. English Journal.

White, J. (under review). Resistance to classroom participation: Minority students, academic discourse, cultural conflicts, and issues of representation in whole class discussions. Journal of Language, Identity, and Education.

White, J., Chant, R., & Bishop, N. (In process). Idealism, theory, and reality: Examining preservice teaching beliefs across disciplines within undergraduate methods courses and field experiences. Teaching and Teacher Education.

White, J. & McVeigh, J. (In process). Engaging students in writing, in drama, and in literature though collaborative playwriting. English in Education.

Presentations (Juried)

White, J. (2010). Talk Like “the man”: Academic Discourse, Student Identity, and Minority Cultural Resistance to Academic Assimilation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver.

White, J. & McVeigh, J. (2010). Using Collaborative Playwriting to Engage High School Students in Writing, Drama, and Literature. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver.

White, J. (2010, February). Hybrid professional development school models: A paradox? Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Atlanta, GA.

White, J., Chant, R., & Nelson, F. (2010). Idealism, theory, and reality: Examining preservice teaching beliefs across disciplines within undergraduate methods courses and field experiences. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Savannah, GA.

Lowenthal, P. R., White, J. W., & Cooley, K. (2009, November). Implementing electronic portfolios by beginning with assessment and evaluation instead of tools and technology. Paper presented at EDUCAUSE 2009, Denver, CO.

Lowenthal, P., & White, J. (2009, October). The changing nature of online communities of inquiry: An analysis of how discourse and time shapes students’ perceptions of presence. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Louisville, KY.

White, J. & Woodrow, K. (2008). The need for and potential of hybrid professional development schools: A case study of a PDS partnership between a non-traditional teacher education program and a K-12 urban charter school. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.

White, J. & Aragon, S. (2008). Unlocking the vault: Cultural capital and its relationship to collegiate preparation and success. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.

White, J. & Lowenthal, P. (2008). Thinking differently about student assessment and program evaluation in a school of education: A self-study and blueprint for change.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Denver, CO.

White, J. & Lowenthal, P. (2008). Returning to an Ideal That Never Existed: Business management and the rhetoric of school reform. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

White, J. (2007). Intersecting genres in the inner-city classroom: Engaging students in poetry by expanding “what counts” in the official English curriculum. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, New York, NY.

White, J. & Ashcraft, C. (2007). Tackling the “taboo”: Using sexuality as a vehicle for academic achievement, culturally-relevant curriculum, and engagement in discourse in a diverse secondary classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

White, J. (2006, April). Talking the talk and selling the soul: Language, identity, and minority cultural resistance to assimilation at the university. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

White, J. (2005, April). The participation paradox: Minority students, cultural conflicts, and issues of representation in whole class discussions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

White, J. (2005, April). Cultural capital and collegiate success: Institutional understanding, individual contentment and student integration into the college culture. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

White, J. (2004, April). The discourse of school reform: Shaping America’s perception of the state of public education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

White, J. (2003, April). Sociolinguistic challenges to minority collegiate success: Entering the discourse community of the college. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

White, J. (2001, April). Transitional skills, academic support and the efficacy of college-level academic intervention in preventing minority collegiate attrition. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.

White, J. (2000, March). Equity in college life and academics: Putting affirmative-action into practice. Paper presented at the conference “Equity in education: Moving beyond the rhetoric,” Ann Arbor, MI.

White, J. (2000, April). The pedagogy of the black church: Language, discourse, and implications for culturally-relevant teaching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Conference Proceedings

Lowenthal, P. R., White, J. W., & Cooley, K. (2009, November). Implementing electronic portfolios by beginning with assessment and evaluation instead of tools and technology. In the EDUCAUSE 2009 Online Conference Proceedings. Available at http://www.educause.edu/sites/default/files/library/presentations/E09/PS015/EDUCAUSE_2009_ePortfolios.pdf

Lowenthal, P. R., & White, J. W. (2009). The changing nature of online communities of inquiry: An analysis of how discourse and time shapes students’ perceptions of presence. In M. Simonson (Ed.), 32nd Annual proceedings: Selected research and development papers presented at the annual convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Washington D. C.: Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Available at: http://www.aect.org/pdf/proceedings09/2009I/09_21.pdf

Textbook Contributions

Section on culture of poverty and dangers of deficit theory in Sadker D. and Sadker M. (2010). Teachers, Schools, and Society (9^th Edition). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Invited Book Reviews
Dual Voices: Classroom Teachers and Teacher Educators Respond to Essential Questions About Adolescent Literacy Instruction. Boston: Allyn & Bacon and Merrill Education (2008).