Postdoctoral Associate in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh
About
Tanja Burkhard is a postdoctoral associate at the University of Pittsburgh and recent graduate from the Ohio State University‘s doctoral program in Multicultural & Equity Studies in Education. There, she worked as a research and teaching associate centering issues of race, gender, and migration. This work culminated in her dissertation “Horizons of Home and Hope: A Qualitative Exploration of the Educational Narratives and Identities of Black Transnational Women.” Tanja’s background is in applied linguistics and translation studies, which makes language the starting point of all of her work.
Current Work:
Dr. Burkhard is currently revisiting the data from her dissertation for the purposes of delving deeper into the radicalized and gendered narratives of Black transnational women as they seek access to formal education.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Anticolonial theories, Black immigrant women, qualitative inquiry, transnationalism, critical literacy
