Rachel Oppenheim

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Core Faculty, School of Education

Summary of Education and Relevant Experience

B.A., Wellesley College; M.Ed., Loyola Marymount University; Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University.
Rachel Oppenheim's research revolves around the educational lives of incarcerated women, and for last five years she has worked as a teacher for the Prison Education Initiative at Rikers Island (and as director since 2008).

Affiliations

• American Educational Research Association
• Coalition for Women Prisoners
• Women's Prison Association
• Society for Disability Studies

Publications

Agarwal, R.; Epstein, S.; Oppenheim, R.; Oyler, C.; & Sonu, D. (2010). "From ideal to practice and back again: Beginning teachers teaching for social justice." Journal of Teacher Education, 61(1-2).

Johnson, L.; Oppenheim, R.; & Suh, Y. J. (2009). "'Would that be social justice?' A conceptual constellation of social justice curriculum in action." New Educator, 5(4), p. 294-311.

Oppenheim, R., et al. (2009). "The View from Inside Rikers." Village Voice, February 10, 2009.

Oppenheim, R. (2009). Selected entries for Encyclopedia of American Disability History. Burch, S. (Ed). New York: Facts on File.

Jordan, K-A.; Oppenheim, R.; Snow, C.; & Wong, J. (2006). Review Essay: Educational Perspectives on the Encyclopedia of Disability, in Three Parts, Disability Studies Quarterly, 26(4).

Professional Presentations

Oppenheim, R. (2010). "Complicating confinement and creating change: Participatory Action Research in a women's jail." Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Oppenheim, R. (2010). "Who are we correcting?: Incarcerated women engage in participatory Action Research." Paper to be presented at the 31st Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA.

Agarwal, R. & Oppenheim, R. (2009). "Autobiographical ambivalence: New educators and the struggle over social justice 'qualifications.'" Paper presented at the Conference on Teacher Education and Social Justice, Chicago, IL.

Johnson, E.; Kontovourki, S.; Miyazawa, K.; & Oppenheim, R. (2009). "Plunging Necklines and Orange Jumpsuits: Unbuttoning Gender and Propriety in the Classroom." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gender and Education Association, London, England.

Oppenheim, R. (2008). "Corrections Education and Counter-Narrative: Reimagining Curriculum, Learning, and Success for Incarcerated Women." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research association, New York, NY.

Gieseking, J.; Jensen, B. B.; Mckenzie, M. D.; Oppenheim, R.; Stevenson, R. B.; Stoudt, B.; & Torre, M. E. (2008). "Participatory Research and Research on Participatory Approaches to Education for Social and Environmental Justice." Invited session at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research association, New York, NY.

Johnson, E.; Kontovourki, S.; Oppenheim, R.; Quinn, M.; Schmier, S.; & Tocci, C. (2008). "How Does This Impact Students and Teachers? Exploring the 'Significance' of Educational Research in Relation to Curriculum." Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Conference, New York, NY

Contact Information

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