Families and Communities as Educators

Health and disabilities as new challenges
1. on families educating themselves about autism
  1. de Wolfe, Juliette Parents of children with autism: An ethnography. New York: Palgrave. 2014
  2. Leonard, Joe Families and autism : an ethnographic approach. Doctoral Dissertation: Teachers College, Columbia University. 1986
2. on families educationg themselves about diabetes
  1. Diulio, Rosemary An exploratory study of the organization of family roles and responsibilities around the presence of insulin-dependent diabetes in a child. Doctoral Dissertation: Teachers College, Columbia University. 1990
  2. Tirthali, Devayani Educating about diabetes Ethnographic study of conversations on a social networking site. Doctoral Dissertation: Teachers College, Columbia University. 2013
3. on families educating themselves about hearing loss
  1. Stratton, Alison "Hard of hearing in Sweden: Educating about and for pathology." in Anthropological perspectives on education. Edited by H. Varenne and E. Gordon. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press. pp. 239-260. 2008
Motherings (and fatherings?)
1. on mothers educating their childen across the Mexico/United States boundary
  1. Oliveira, Gabrielle Motherhood Across Borders: Immigrants and their Children in Mexico and in New York City. New York: NYU Press. 2018