The Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism and Practice

Cultivating Thought Leadership in Theory, Practice and Creativity

The Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism and Practice is a refereed academic journal published by Lesley University, providing a medium for leading minds in the arts, sciences and human services to promote cultural criticism and pluralistic approaches to teaching and learning. The editorial board seeks to present a balance of practitioner-research, philosophical essays, systematic theoretical research, literature, and the visual arts to showcase interdisciplinary lenses for diverse forms of education.

Now available on DigitalCommons@Lesley

The Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism and Practice is now available on DigitalCommons@Lesley, which preserves and promotes faculty and student research, university communications and publications, and collections from the university archives.

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Call for Papers

Lesley’s Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism and Practice is accepting submissions for our next issue.

Learn More About Submitting Your Work Here

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Fall 2016 Issue

This issue provide perspectives on important concerns facing educators, practitioners and scholars invested in advancing our understanding of difference and structural inequalities that affect people’s lives.

Read the Fall 2016 Issue

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Guidelines for Submission

Please review the guidelines below prior to submitting your work to the Journal

Beyond written works from distinguished Lesley faculty in education, expressive therapies, fine arts, creative writing, counseling and psychology, the Journal presents exclusive articles from renowned public intellectuals in order to build a stronger dialogue within contemporary theory and practice.

International Perspectives from Global Practitioners

Topics examined in the Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism and Practice are solicited and developed with input from Lesley University's global partners. The authors' academic contributions and creative work in the Journal are informed by firsthand research and personal studies across the United States and nations including Cuba, Zimbabwe and Lesley's Israel Extension Program.

Editorial Board

Executive Editor

Lisa B. Fiore, Ph.D. Professor of Education, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences; Director of the Child Homelessness Initiative, and co-founder/co-chair, Violence Against Women Initiative.

Joshua Baldwin, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Social Work, Social Sciences Division, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Katherine Barone, Ph.D. Division Director, Psychology and Applied Therapies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Meenakshi Chhabra, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Global Interdisciplinary Studies, International Higher Education and Intercultural Relations, Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences

Roser Gine, Ed.D. Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Graduate School of Education

Amy Gooden, Ed.D. Assistant Professor of TESOL and Bilingual Education, Graduate School of Education

Stephen Haven, Ph.D. Professor, Creative Writing; Humanities Division, College of Liberal Arts & Science

Marjorie Jones, Ed.D. Professor Emerita, Education, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Kazuyo Kubo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Sociology and Child Studies, Social Science Division, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Solange de Azambuja Lira, Ph.D. Professor Emerita, TESOL and Bilingual Education Division of Language and Literacy Graduate School of Education

Kelvin Ramirez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Art Therapy, Division of Expressive Therapies, Graduate School of Arts and Social Science

André Ruesch, MFA in Studio Arts; Professor of Humanities, CLAS

Rakhshanda Saleem, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Counseling & Psychology; Counseling & Psychology Division, Graduate School of Arts & Social Sciences

Nafisa Tanjeem, PhD; Assistant Professor of Global Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences