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Dr. Keefer is Co-Director of the Louisiana Center for Research and Education on Languages and Literacies (LA CREoLL).

Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction, 2012
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M.A. Curriculum and Instruction, 2004
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B.A Anthropology, 2001
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• Social studies education
• Multilingual education
• Educational anthropology
• Discourse analysis

Refereed Journal Articles

• Keefer, N., Young, J., Lopez, J., & Haj-Broussard, M. (in press). Leveraging economic and linguistic funds of knowledge through biliteracy strategies in dual language contexts. Social Education.
• Keefer, N., & Haj-Broussard, M. (2021). A case study of teachers’ critically conscious discourse in an online graduate asset-based social justice curriculum. Teacher Education Quarterly, 48(2), 24-44. 12% acceptance rate.
• Keefer, N., & Haj-Broussard, M. (2020). Language in educational contexts. Journal of Culture and Values in Education, 3(2), 1-12.
• Keefer, N., Lopez, J., Young, J., & Haj-Broussard, M. (2020). Gathering funds of knowledge: An elementary social studies unit plan for bilingual settings. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 33(2), 14-19. 25% acceptance rate.
• Haj-Broussard, M., Keefer, N., Hebert, D., & Grivet, C. (2019). Conversations in Immersion: Concerns about Pedagogy and Gatekeepers. NECTFL Review, 84, 35-61. 46% acceptance rate.
• Keefer, N. (2017). The persistence of deficit thinking among social studies educators. Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 8(3), 50-75. 22% acceptance rate; 2.50 impact factor.

Books

• Keefer, N., & Clabough, J. (Eds.). (2023). Thematic teaching of women’s rights issues with social studies trade books. Lexington Books.
• Keefer, N., & Flint, T. K. (Eds.). (2022). Mindful social studies: Frameworks for social emotional learning and critically engaged citizens [Mindfulness in Education Series]. Lexington Books.
• Flint, T.K., & Keefer, N. (Eds.). (2020). Critical perspectives on teaching in the southern United States. Lexington Books.

Chapters in Refereed Books

• Keefer, N. (in press). A motherscholar currere au milieu Francophone. In A. Saleh & J. Parker (Eds.). The International Handbook of French Education.
• Keefer, N., & Flint, T.K. (2023). Women’s rights issues and literacy: Theory, research, and practice. In N. Keefer & J. Clabough (Eds.), Thematic Teaching of Women’s Rights Issues with Social Studies Trade Books (pp. 15-30). Lexington Books.
• Clabough, J., & Keefer, N. (2023). Future Directions for Thematic Teaching of Women's Rights Issues. In N. Keefer & J. Clabough (Eds.), Thematic Teaching of Women’s Rights Issues with Social Studies Trade Books (159-170). Lexington Books.
• Flint, T. K., & Keefer, N. (2022). Bringing in our “full humanness”: Moving
• toward humanity-focused, assets-based pedagogy. In N. Keefer & T. K. Flint (Eds.), Mindful social studies: Frameworks for social emotional learning and critically engaged citizens (pp. 109-124). Lexington Books.
• Keefer, N. & Flint, T. K. (2022). Gazing inward and outward: Connecting Social
• and Emotional Learning, mindfulness, and critical pedagogies in the social studies classroom. In N. Keefer & T. K. Flint (Eds.), Mindful social studies: Mindful social studies: Frameworks for social emotional learning and critically engaged citizens (pp. 3-10). Lexington Books.
• Keefer, N., & Harrington, M. (2021). Scaffolding preservice teachers’ accurate knowledge of Black history and relevant pedagogies in local contexts. In A. Samuels & G. Samuels (Eds.), Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in the Social Sciences (pp. 149-163). Information Age Publications.
• Keefer, N. (2020). Theorizing education and human rights in the Southern United States. In Flint, T., Keefer, N. (Eds.). Critical Perspectives on Teaching in the Southern United States (pp. 13-32). Lexington Books.
• Keefer, N., & Flint, T.K. (2020). Introduction: The socio-historical context of public education in the Southern United States. In Flint, T., Keefer, N. (Eds.). Critical Perspectives on Teaching in the Southern United States (pp. 3-12). Lexington Books.
• Keefer, N. (2019). Uncovering unequal realities: Civil liberties and social class in the United States. In Hubbard, J. and J. Harshman (Eds.) Extending the ground: Civil liberties in the United States (pp. 229-246). Information Age Publishing.

• 2022-2025 Joan D. and Alexander S. Haig/BORSF Professorship in Education III
• 2020-2021 UL Lafayette Research Excellence Award
• 2017 SRERA/LERA Rayma Harchar Outstanding Research Paper Award