Jurana Aziz, a second-year PhD student in the Second Language Education Program in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, was invited to be a panel speaker at the Provoking Dialogue session at the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing (JCT) Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice in Dayton, Ohio, October 13-15. The panel was titled “In the Shadows of Freedom: Different Perspectives from a Project on Curricular Epistemicide.”

Aziz was invited by the organizers of this conference to talk on her paper, “Healing Curriculum for the Indigenous Community,’’ as it explores issues related to the topic of curricular epistemicide. The paper is accepted to be published in the upcoming issue of Northwest Journal of Teacher Education (NWJTE) by the end of this month. The paper was recognized and appreciated by the educators and curriculum specialists present at the conference. Aziz is currently pursuing her PhD under the supervision of Professor Kendall King and wants to make the CEHD more proud in the future by contributing research work for marginalized learners.