Marina Gair
Editor, 2002-2003, Associate Editor, 1998-2001
marina.gair@asu.edu
Marina Gair recently completed her doctoral studies in the Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Arizona State University, with an emphasis in the Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education. Her academic and teaching interests also include Sociology of Education, Educational Anthropology, Critical Theory, and Visual Ethnography. Drawing on her dissertation work (Socrates Never Took Attendance: The Functioning of Hidden Curricula in a Teacher Preparation Program), Marina's current research agenda focuses on the professional socialization of preservice teachers, specifically investigating the ways in which elements of hidden curricula function in teacher training practice. She has contributed an introductory chapter entitled "Hiding in Plain Sight" to an edited volume, The Hidden Curriculum in Higher Education (Routledge) by Eric Margolis. This work is based on ethnographic interviews she and colleagues Guy Mullins, Luis Fernandez, and Lydia Montolongo conducted with leading scholars in education on the topic of socialization and the reproductive functions of post-secondary schooling. She is also in the process of coauthoring several papers, one in particular that examines how current ideologies and the ontology and pathology of metaphors function in driving political agendas and have a significant impact on the outcomes and uses of educational research. While a doctoral student, Marina served as both Associate Editor and Editor of Current Issues in Education and continues to volunteer her time to the journal until a replacement is named. Marina can be reached at marina.gair@asu.edu or gair@aol.com
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