BS Penn State University 2002; MA Teachers College, Columbia University 2004; PhD Syracuse University 2009
Adjunct, Cazenovia College 2006-2008;
Lecturer, Syracuse University 2006-2009
Educational Policy and Politics; Cultural Studies and Education; Social Theory; Philosophy and Education; Media and Education; Privatization and Public Education
Peer-Reviewed Journals
Stern, M., Clonan, S., Jaffee, L.*, & Lee, A.* "The Normative Limits of Choice: Charter Schools, Disability Studies, and Questions of Inclusion." Educational Studies (forthcoming)
Stern, M. "Bad Teacher: What Race to the Top learned from the 'race to the bottom'." Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies (forthcoming)
Stern, M. "Love in a Time of Global Warming." Pre/Text: A Journal of Rhetorical Theory 22.1 (2013); 47-68.
Stern, M. "'We Can't Build Our Dreams On Suspicious Minds': Neoliberalism, Educational Policy, and the Feelings Left Over." Cultural Studies <=> Critical Methodologies 12.5 (2012); 387-400.
Stern, M. "Presence, Absence, and the Presently Absent: Ethics and the Pedagogical Possibilities of Photographs." Educational Studies 48:2 (2012); 174-198.
*Laura Jaffee '13 was an undergraduate research apprentice while co-authoring this paper. Anna Lee '11 was working toward her Master of Public of Public Policy in K-12 Education at Vanderbilt's Peabody College of Education and Human Development.
Book Chapters
"The Yid and the Yang: Christina in Search of Her Inner-Mensch." In Grace Under Pressure: Grey's Anatomy Uncovered, edited by Cynthia Burkhead and Hillary Robson. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. With Kal Alston.
Other Publications
"Is That a Solar Panel in Your Pocket? The Erotics of Environmentalism." Interview: Teacher Writers for a Public Voice (2008); 14-18.
Situating Relation in Photographic Exposure: Education, Ethics, and the Framing of Violence