AUDREY ANN THOMPSON portrait
  • Professor Emeritus, Education, Culture & Society
801-587-7814

Publications

  • Vei, T. & Thompson, A. (2023). Holding space for vulnerability: Anzaldúa, intersectional inquiry, and relational between-worlds. Philosophy of education (annual). Vol. 2024, TBD. Accepted, 12/27/2023.
  • Fraser-Burgess, S., & Thompson, A. (2020). Special Issue on race and philosophy of education. (pp. full issue). Vol. 71. Educational Theory, 71 (2). Accepted, 09/15/2020.
  • Thompson, A. (2020). Arrogant worlds. In K. Stemhagen (Ed.), Philosophy of education: 2019 (pp. 93–98). Urbana, IL: Philosophy of Education Society. Published, 04/2020.
    https://educationjournal.web.illinois.edu/ojs/inde...
  • Thompson, A. (in press). Managing vulnerability. In A. Chinnery (Ed.), Philosophy of Education: 2017. Urbana, IL.: Philosophy of Education Society). Accepted, 01/2017.
  • Thompson, A. (2016). Angry people at an empathy conference. In E. Duarte (Ed.), Philosophy of education: 2015 (pp. 198–206). Urbana, IL: Philosophy of Education Society. Published, 04/2016.
    http://ojs.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/pes/article/view/...
  • Thompson, A. (2016). Requiring of us a song: Longing, hard listening, and the blues. In E. Duarte (Ed.), Philosophy of education: 2015 (pp. 42–45). Urbana, IL: Philosophy of Education Society. (Invited response to a plenary session.). Published, 04/2016.
    http://ojs.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/pes/article/viewF...
  • Thompson, A. (2013). Not the color purple: Black feminist lessons for educational caring." In B. J. Thayer-Bacon, L. Stone, & K. M. Sprecher (Eds.), Education feminism: Classic and contemporary readings (pp. 263–292). State University of New York Press. [Reprint]. Published, 12/2013.
    http://www.sunypress.edu/p-5802-education-feminism...
  • Thompson, A. (2011). Listening at an angle. [Presidential address.] In G. Biesta (Ed.), Philosophy of education: 2010 (pp. 1–10). Urbana, Ill.: Philosophy of Education Society. Published, 12/2011.
    http://ojs.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/pes/article/viewF...
  • Thompson, A. (2009). Glass combat boots. In D. Kerdeman (Ed.), Philosophy of Education: 2009 (pp. 72–74). Urbana, Ill.: Philosophy of Education Society. Published, 12/2009.
    http://ojs.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/pes/article/viewF...
  • Thompson, A. (2009). Great plains pragmatist: Aaron Douglas and the art of social protest. In B. A. Glasrud & C. A. Braithwaite (Eds.), African Americans on the Great Plains: An anthology (pp. 233–255). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Published, 10/2009.
  • Thompson, A. (2009). There are no sheep in post-structuralism. In R. D. Glass (Ed.), Philosophy of education: 2008 (pp. 193–201). Urbana, IL: Philosophy of Education Society. Published, 03/2009.
    http://ojs.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/pes/article/view/...
  • Thompson, A. (2008). Resisting the "lone hero" stance. In M. Pollock (Ed.), Everyday antiracism: Getting real about race in school (pp. 328-333). New York: Free Press. Published, 2008.
  • Thompson, A. (2005). Philosophers as unreliable narrators. In K. Howe (Ed.), Philosophy of Education: 2005 (pp. 60–68). Urbana, IL: Philosophy of Education Society. Published, 12/2005.
  • Thompson, A. (2005). Schooling race talk. [Essay review of Colormute, by M. Pollock, Listening, by K. Schultz, and Democratic Dialogue in Education, ed M. Boler] Educational Researcher 34, no. 6: 22–29. Published, 08/2005.
    http://www.aera.net/uploadedfiles/publications/jou...
  • Thompson, A. (2004). Anti-racist work zones. In K. Alston (Ed.), Philosophy of education: 2003 (pp. 387–395). Urbana, IL: Philosophy of Education Society. Published, 03/2004.
  • Thompson, A. (2004). Gentlemanly orthodoxy: Critical race feminism, whiteness theory, and the APA manual. Educational Theory, 54 (1), 27–57. Published, 01/2004.
  • Thompson, A. (2003). Tiffany, friend of people of color: White investments in antiracism. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 16 (1), 7–29. Published, 01/2003.
  • Thompson, A. (2003). Caring in context: Four feminist theories on gender and education. Curriculum Inquiry, 33 (1), 9–65. Published, 01/2003.
  • Thompson, A. (2001). Harriet Tubman in pictures: Cultural consciousness and the art of picture books. The Lion and the Unicorn, 25 (1), 81–114. Published, 01/2001.

Presentations

  • Fraser-Burgess, S., & Thompson, A., organizers & co-chairs, with Bynum, G., Harrelson, K.; Hytten, K.; Jackson, M.; Smith, S. J.; & Stemhagen, K. (2021, March 7). Race and the US identity politic: Education possibilities, an Educational Theory and CoRE interview in the time of the rebellion. Annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society. (Refereed). [Online]. Presentation, Presented, 03/07/2021.
    https://www.philosophyofeducation.org/conference-2
  • Thompson, A., Stengel, B., & Self, E. (2021, June). Necessary vulnerabilities. Relation-Centered Education Network. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 02/17/2021.
  • Thompson, A. (2020, February). Step two: Vulnerability and community in social justice classrooms. 10th Art & Education for Social Justice Symposium [biennial]. Athens, GA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 02/22/2020.
    https://art4socialjustice.files.wordpress.com/2020...
  • Thompson, A. (2019, March). Arrogant worlds. (General session: Response to Kirsten Welch.) Annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society. Richmond, VA. (Invited). Conference Paper, Accepted, 01/2019.
  • Thompson, A. (2018, May). Artifice and agency: Drag, paint-by-numbers, and authentic learning experiences. Annual meeting of Fourteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, IL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/2018.
  • Thompson, A. (2018, January). Play, progressive pedagogy, and paint-by-mumbers. 9th Art & Education for Social Justice Symposium [biennial]. Tallahassee, FL. (Refereed). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 01/2018.
  • Thompson, A. (2017, March). Managing vulnerability. (Concurrent paper session.) Annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society. Seattle. Conference Paper, Accepted, 01/2017.
  • Thompson, A., & Tachinni, E. (2017, March). Writing without sheep: Unreliable indigeneity. (Pre-conference Committee on Race and Ethnicity paper session sponsored by Educational Theory.) Annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society. Seattle. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 01/2017.
  • Thompson, A. (2016, Dec.). Visual art, vulnerability, and the unimpregnable citizen. Annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education. Cambridge, MA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 12/2016.
  • Warburton, T., Thompson, A., & Kiuhara, S. (2016, October). Decoding perfection: Mathematics education, special education, and social justice. (Concurrent paper session.) Semi-annual meeting of the Critical Questions in Education Conference. Salt Lake City, UT. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/2016.
  • Thompson, A. (2016, March). Speaking differently. (General session: Response to the Presidential Address by Barbara Applebaum.) Annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society. Toronto. (Invited). Conference Paper, Presented, 03/2016.
  • Thompson, W., Thompson, A., Wheeler-Bell, Q., & Rocha, A. (2016, March). Reflections on race and philosophy of education. (Alternate session panel.) Annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society. Toronto, ON. (Refereed). Presentation, Presented, 03/2016.
  • Thompson, A. (2016, Feb). At first our glad surprise: Juliette Derricotte, Ruth Smith, and missionary zeal in anti-racist education. Robert Sutton and Boyd Bode Lecture for The Ohio State University’s conference on conversations between history and philosophy of education. Columbus, OH. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/2016.
  • Thompson, A. (2016, Feb.). Teaching in the creative tense: Imaginary safety and real classrooms. Annual meeting of the Utah chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education Conference. Salt Lake City, UT. (Invited.). Presentation, Presented, 02/2016.
  • Thompson, A. (2016, Nov.). Mapping epistemologies of ignorance through mathematics and visual art. American Educational Studies Studies Association. Seattle, WA. (Refereed paper.). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 01/2016.
  • Thompson, A. (2015, March). Angry people at an empathy conference. (Concurrent session.) Annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society. Memphis, TN. (Refereed paper.). Conference Paper, Refereed, Submitted, 03/2015.
  • Thompson, A. (2015, Feb.). Silences and Post-silences: Visual arts and voice in social justice inquiry. Annual meeting of the Utah chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education Conference. Salt Lake City, UT. (Invited.). Presentation, Presented, 02/2015.
  • Thompson, A. (2013, November). "Cubist Feedback Loops: Memory and Dimensionality." Annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association. Baltimore. (Refereed.) . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/2014.
  • Thompson, A. (2014, September). Labora-stories and the art of trauma. (Paper session.) Interdisciplinary Symposium on Empathy, Contemplative Practice and Pedagogy, the Humanities, and the Sciences. Salt Lake City, UT. (Refereed.). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 09/2014.
  • Thompson, A., & Tachinni, E. (2013, May). Unstitching time: Creative social inquiry and pedagogies of undoing. Ninth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, IL. (Refereed paper.). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/2014.
  • Thompson, A., & Tachinni, E. (2014, May). Art starters, look books, Pinterest, and pedagogy. Tenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, IL. (Refereed paper.). Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 01/2014.
  • Logue, J., Gunzenhauser, M., Shapiro, H., & Thompson, A. (2014, March). Crafting conversation: Exploring collaborative, interactive, conversational Inquiry in philosophical writing. Alternative session. Annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society. Albuquerque, NM. (Refereed.). Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 01/2014.
  • Thompson, A., & Warburton, T. (2014, May). Loosening a few marbles: Collaborating on disrupting discourses of dominance." Tenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, IL. (Refereed paper.). Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 01/2014.
  • Ares, N. M., Trinidad Galván, R., Thompson, A., & Villenas, S. (2013, Nov. Exploring new methodological questions: Living, acting, and mending our sholarship. (Individual paper entitled: Queer Mending Methods.) Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Chicago (Refereed.). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/2013.
  • Thompson, A. (2013, November). "Cubist Feedback Loops: Memory and Dimensionality." Annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association. Baltimore. (Refereed.) . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/2013.
  • Thompson, A. [chair/discussant], Pennell, S., & Fede, B., Wright, S., & Gerardo, J. (2013, Nov.). Critical math and difference. Annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association. Baltimore. Other, Presented, 11/2013.
  • Thompson, A., & Tachinni, E. (2013, May). Unstitching time: Creative social inquiry and pedagogies of undoing. Ninth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, IL. (Refereed paper.). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/2013.
  • Greenhalgh-Spencer, H., Applebaum, B., Chinnery, A., Laird, S., Li, H., Thompson, A., Mayo, C., Ruitenberg, C., Stone, L., Thayer-Bacon, B., & Hytten, K. (2013, March). "Feminist Scholarship and Activism." Alternative session sponsored by COSW. Annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society. Portland, OR. (Refereed.). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/2013.
  • Thompson, A. (2011, November). "Contempt and Its Alibis." Annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association. St. Louis. (Presidential address.). Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/2011.
  • Thompson, A. (2011, June). "Collaging community in cross-race classrooms." Invited address for the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Toronto. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2011.
  • Thompson, A. (2011, May). Collage communities in the classroom: Art and indirection in social justice education. Seventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, IL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/2011.