Carmen Veloria, EdD

Research Interests

• Urban Education
• Ethnographic Research
• College Access
• Intersections of Race, Class, Ethnicity, & Gender (Discourses)

Funded Research

• Veloria, C.N. (2015). Exploring Critical Issues in a Service-learning Photo Voice Project. Co-investigator. Faculty project funded by Suffolk University Center for Teaching Excellence Faculty and Professional Learning Communities. $10,000. Awarded.
• Veloria, C.N. (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018). Gateway to College Initiative. Principal Investigator. The purpose of the initiative is to co-develop curriculum and instructional strategies that prepare high school graduates for credit-bearing college courses. Initiative funded by the Boston Foundation and Boston Public Schools. $13,200. Awarded.
• Veloria, C.N. (2014). Civically Engaged Scholarship: Service-learning & Civic Engagement. Co-investigator. Faculty project funded by Suffolk University Center for Teaching Excellence Faculty and Professional Learning Communities. $10,000. Awarded.
• Multicultural competencies: Exploring teaching and learning in the field of Education Studies. Co-Investigator. Group Project funded by Suffolk University Center for Teaching Excellence ’s Faculty and Professional Learning Communities.
• McMickens, T. L., & Veloria, C. N. (2012). Scholarships for Suffolk University education students. Co-Investigator. Phi Delta Kappa International. $1,500. Awarded.

Professional Activity

Works in Progress

• Pica-Smith, C., Veloria, C.N., Contini, R. (2019). Intercultural Education: Critical perspectives, Pedagogical Challenges, and Promising Practices. New York: Nova Press.
• Bussu, A., Boyes-Watson, C., & Veloria, C.N. StudyCircles: Promoting a Restorative Student Community.

Publications

Articles

• Bussu, A., Veloria, C.N., Boyes-Watson, C. (2018). StudyCircles: Promoting a Restorative Student Community. Pedagogy and The Human Sciences Journal, 6(1), 1-20. https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/phs/
• Wiltz, F, Veloria, C.N. & Harkins, D. (2017). We’re in this Together: Exploring Challenges Related to Service-Learning. Journal of Modern Education Review 7(7), 463-473.
• Veloria, C.N. (2016) Dusting-off Multiple Selves: Reflections and Recollections from the Field. Opportunity Matters: Journal of Access and Opportunity in Education 2(1),17-27.
• Veloria, C.N. (2015) “Maybe this is Because of Society?” Disrupting and Engaging Discourses of Race in the Context of a Service Learning Project. Humanity & Society, 2(39).
• Veloria, C.N. & Boyes-Watson, C. (2014) Learning in Circles: The Power of Humanizing Dialogic Practice. The Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism and Practice, 1(6).
• Veloria, C.N. (2014). Attending to Small Talk in the Classroom: An Issue of Answerability/Responsibility for the Common Good. Pedagogy and The Human Sciences Journal, 1(4), 51-60.
• Veloria, C.N., Robinson, E., & McMickens, T.L. (2014). Searching for Heroes: A Critical Examination of Student Responses Following Mandatory Social Justice Training Workshops. Journal of Critical Thought & Praxis, 2(2), Article 7.
• Pica-Smith, C., & Veloria, C., (2012). “At risk means a minority kid:” Deconstructing deficit discourses in the study of risk in education and human services. Pedagogy and The Human Sciences Journal

Book

• Pica-Smith, C., Contini, R. & Veloria, C.N. (2018). Social Justice in European Multi-ethnic Schools: Responding to Intercultural Education. London: Routledge Press.

Book Chapters

• Veloria, C.N., Bussu A. & Murry, M. (2019). The Transformative Possibilities of Restorative Approaches to Education. In Pica-Smith, C., Veloria, C.N., & Contini, R. (Eds). Intercultural Education: Critical Perspectives, Pedagogical Challenges, and Promising Practices. New York: Nova Press.
• Harkins, D., & Veloria, C.N., (2017). Intervening to Promote Empowerment. In Harkins, D. (Eds.), Alongside Community: Learning in Service. New York: Routledge.
• Veloria, C.N., & Peña-Talamantes, (2017). A., Reflecting on Helping. In Harkins, D. (Eds.), Alongside Community: Learning in Service. New York: Routledge.
• Taylor, J., Veloria, C., & Verba, M. (Ed.). (2005). Latina Girls: “We’re Like Sisters – Most Times!” Urban Girls Revisited: Building Strengths. New York: New York University Press
• Ward, J. & Veloria, C. (Ed.). (2005). Promoting Latina and African American Girls’ Self-Construction in Urban Educational Settings. Race, Ethnicity and Education 3, 3: 39-56.

Technical Reports

• Veloria, C. et al,. (2005) Post-secondary Planning Resource Guide - a collaborative project between the Boston Public Schools, TERI College Access, and numerous community-based agencies (contributor)
• O'Meara, K., Sireci, S., Veloria, C., (2008) Identifying Key Characteristics of Public Postsecondary Institutions Fostering Success for Under-Represented Students. Year Two: Mid-Year Report to the College Board.
• O'Meara, K., Veloria, C., Sireci, S., (2008) Identifying Key Characteristics of Public Postsecondary Institutions Fostering Success for Under-Represented Students. Year Two: Annual Report to the College Board.

Invited Presentations

• Wiltz, F. P., Veloria, C.N. (2019, June). Religious Identity, Spirituality, and College Persistence Among African American and Latinx Students. Presented at Nineteenth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations, University of Patras, Greece. Border Crossing Narratives: Learning from the Refugee Experience
• Wiltz, F. P., Veloria, C.N. (2019, March). Exploring Religiosity and Spirituality among African American and Latinx Students on Predominantly White Colleges and Universities. Boston, MA. Eastern Sociological Society
• Contini, R. M., Pica-Smith, C., Veloria, C.N. (2018, September). Social Justice and Intercultural Education. Bolzano, Italy. European Educational Research Association
• Bussu, A., Boyes-Watson, C., & Veloria, C.N. (April). StudyCircles: Promoting a Restorative Student Community. Paper accepted for the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
• Wiltz, F., Veloria, C.N., & Harkins, D. (May). We’re in this Together: Exploring Challenges Related to Service-Learning. Paper accepted to the annual meeting of the New England Educational Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.
• Veloria, C.N., Reeve, P., & Monticello, A. (May).A Delicate Dance: Steps to Establishing a School/University Partnership. Paper accepted to the annual meeting of theNew England Educational Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.
• Veloria, C., (2011, October). Deconstructing & Re-constructing Deficit Discourses Related to Children & Families. Session co-presented at the Fortnightly Lunch Series at the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts. Amherst, MA.
• Veloria, C., (2008, February). Culture Counts: Factors to Consider When Working with Latina Urban Girls. Panel discussion at Simmons College Girls Conference. Boston, MA.
• Veloria, C., (2008, October). Facilitated a discussion of: Focusing on Strength Building Home-classroom Connections with Latino Families in Urban Schools.15th Annual Sociocultural Theory & Second Language Learning Working Group. Amherst, MA.
• Veloria, C., (2007, September). We’re like Sisters, Most Times!:" A Critical View of Intersections of Race, Class, Ethnicity & Gender. Session co-presented at the Simmons College Girls Conference. Boston, MA.
• Veloria, C., (2006, March). Breaking Student Achievement & College Barriers. Panel discussion at The National Latino Education Summit. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Referred Conference Presentations

• Veloria, CN., & O'Connor, J.D. (2015, April). Today's Relevancy: Higher Education and Equal Opportunity. Paper accepted for the annual meeting of New England Education Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.
• Veloria, CN., & Carroll, S., Hogan, P., Harkins, D., and Wiltz. F. (2015, February). The Three Ring Circus of Teaching: An Autoethnography Regarding an Interplay of Confusion, Tensions, and Possibilities. Poster Accepted for the annual meeting of the Ethnographic and Qualitative Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
• Veloria C., (2013, June). Relational Narratives in “Figured Worlds:” Exploring College Transition, Social Interaction, and Language Usage. Paper accepted for the annual meeting of the International Society for Language Studies, San Juan, PR.
• Veloria C., & McMickens, T.L. (2013, June). “We are all brown during circle time:” Disrupting and Engaging Discourses of Race and other Social Constructs in the Context of a Service Learning Project. Paper accepted for the annual meeting of the International Society for Language Studies, San Juan, PR.
• McMickens, T.L., & Veloria, C., (2013, April). Exploring race and racism among students in reflective journaling activities. Paper accepted for the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
• Veloria C., & McMickens, T.L. (2013, April) The Three Ring Circus of Teaching: An Interplay of Confusion, Tensions, and Possibilities. Paper under review for the annual meeting of New England Education Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.
• Robinson E., Veloria, C., & McMickens, T.L. (2013). Searching for Heroes: A Critical Examination of Student Responses Following Mandatory Social Justice Training Workshops. Paper under review for the annual meeting of New England Education Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.
• Pica-Smith, C., & Veloria, C., (2012, May). Deconstructing and Re-constructing Deficit Discourses on Risk and “At-Risk” Youth. Paper accepted for the annual meeting of the New England Educational Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.
• Pica-Smith, C., & Veloria, C., (2012, March). “At-risk Means a Minority Kid:” Deconstructing Deficit Discourses with Predominantly White Students. Paper accepted for the 10th Annual Alumni of Color Conference at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
• Veloria, C. (2012, April). Relational Narratives in “Figured Worlds:” Exploring College Transition, Social Interaction, and Language Usage. Paper accepted for the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• Veloria, C. (2010, May). “You Know What It’s Like, Miss” Beyond College Access: A Tale of Multiple “Selves.” Paper accepted for the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.
• O’Meara, K., & Veloria, C., (2009, March). Defining the Difference for Under-represented Students in Public Institutions. Poster accepted for the annual meeting of the American College Personnel Association, Washington, D.C.
• Veloria, C., Robinson, E., & Qualters, D., (2009, November). Examining Belief Systems in Preparing "Critical" Teachers. Professional development presentation accepted for the annual convening of The Massachusetts Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Sturbridge, MA.
• Duffy O’Connor, J., & Veloria, C., (2009, November). Best Practices for Service Learning Centers. How to Enhance Faculty, Student, and Institutional Involvement: 10 Ways to Accomplish the Mission of Service Learning. Poster accepted for the annual meeting of the New England Faculty Development Consortium, Worcester, MA.
• Duffy O’Connor, J., & Veloria, C., (2008, November). At the Intersection of Higher Education: Class, Gender, Race & Ethnicity. Poster accepted for the annual meeting of the New England Faculty Development Consortium, Worcester, MA.

Community Service

• Partnership with the Mary E. Curley Middle School (Jamaica Plain, MA)
• Partnership with the Margarita Muniz Academy (Jamaica Plain, MA)
• Received two small “seed” grants ($500.00 each) to promote literacy at The Eliot School (Boston, MA)

Consultancies

• (2011) Boston Public School, Boston, MA
• (Summer 2010 & 2011) Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
• (2011-2012) University of Massachusetts, Boston

Suffolk University Service

• Asian Studies Committee (2012-present)
• UAspire Program Advisory Committee (2011-present)
• Suffolk University, NECHE Accreditation Committee (Standard 6) (2010-present)
• Suffolk University, President’s Commission on AHANA Affairs (2006-present)

Professional Association

• Massachusetts American Council on Education Network (ACE-NNWL), 2008
• American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2006
• Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority (MEFA), Certified Financial Aid Bilingual Ambassador, 2005

Awards & Honors

• Dr. Kim Fries Early Career Award, New England Educational Research Organization, 2018.
• (With Dr. Cinza Pica-Smith) Rubovits Award, Best Paper presented at the NEERO Conference, 2012.