Celina German
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H.B. Farmer Education Building 1050 S Forest Mall Tempe, AZ 85281
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Mail code: 1811Campus: Tempe
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Student Information
Graduate StudentLearning, Literacies and Technologies
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Celina German (she/they) is a third-year doctoral student in the Learning, Literacies, and Technologies program at Arizona State University, with graduate certificates in Public History and Social Transformation. Her research interests include student activism/youth leadership, critical girlhood studies, and English teacher education. German's research focuses on how high school girls use their activism in after-school culture clubs to inform school leadership. German's teaching experiences guide her lines of inquiry. Before starting her PhD program, German taught 11th-grade English Literature in Avondale, AZ and co-led her school site’s Black Student Union.
Ph.D. Learning, Literacies, and Technology, Arizona State University, expected 2028.
Graduate Certificate in Public History, Arizona State University, 2026
Graduate Certificate in Social Transformation, Arizona State University, 2026
M.Ed. Secondary Education, Arizona State University, 2022
B.A. History, Women's and Gender Studies, African Diaspora Studies, Kenyon College 2021
* high school student **high school alumni ✢BSU Advisor
Miller, I. & German, C. (in press) Authority Versus Influence: Institutional Logics in the Job Competencies and Role Responsibilities of PK–12 Equity Directors. Journal of Education Administration.
German, C. & Franklin-Phipps, A. (under review). Speculating Black Educational Futures: Wit(h)nessing Interviews Through Politics of Knowing. Special Issue. Reconceptualizing Educational Research Methodology.
German, C., **Johnson, A., *Nguyen, L., *Joyner, J., & *Samuel, C. (2026). Today’s Changemakers Creatively Resisting: An Art-Based YPAR Project by Black Student Union Leaders. Journal of Participatory Research Methods, 7(4). https://doi.org/10.35844/001c.162227.
German, C., ✢Smith, S. L., ✢Bernard, L., & ✢Wilkerson, R. (2026). Fugitive Mentorship and Cultivating Expansive Futures: A Collaborative Autoethnography by Black Student Union Advisors. Current Issues in Education, 27(1). https://doi.org/10.14507/cie.vol27iss1.2384
Crinall, S.M., Koro, M., Richter, S., Allaham, S., & German, C. (2026), "Decentring human emergences with bodyplace brute". Qualitative Research Journal, Vol. 26 No. 3 pp. 395–415, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-06-2025-0195.
Reed, E., German, C., Geraghty, P., Brown, K., & Carmichael, J. (2025). Editorial Introduction: Reflecting on Our Shared Educational Futures: A Global Need to Belong for Transformative Learning. Current Issues in Education, 26(2). https://doi.org/10.14507/cie.vol26iss2.2475.
- Organization of American Historians (2026)
- Critical Race Studies in Education Association (2026)
- Division K & Division F, American Education Research Association (2025)
- Action Research Network of Americas (2025)
- Division G, American Education Research Association (2024)
*year indicates when membership began
Graduate Student Member
- 2026: Graduate Student Member, CRSEA
- 2026: Executive Committee, Division G, AERA
- 2026: Conference Chair, DCTC, MLFC, ASU
- 2026: At-Large Student Representative, ARNA
- 2025: Campus Liaison, Division G, AERA
Current Issues in Education Journal
- 2026: Section Editor
- 2025: Copy Editor
Peer Reviewer, Journal Articles
- 2026: Journal of Participatory Research Methods
- 2026: Reconceptualizing Education Research Methods
- 2025: Departures in Critical Qualitative Research
Peer Reviewer, Conference Proposals
- 2026: Critical Race Studies in Education Association Conference
- 2026: ASU's Doctoral Council of the Teachers College (DCTC) Conference
- 2026: Division K, Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Education SIG, Grassroots Community & Youth Organizing for Educational Justice SIG, Leadership for Social Justice SIG, AERA Conference
- 2026: America Research Networks of America Conference
- 2025: Action Research SIG, Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Education SIG, AERA Conference