Gabriel Acevedo

Scholarly Journal Articles (Refereed)

Acevedo, G. (2026). Mediating Empathy: Utilizing LGBTQ+ Texts in the Classroom. English      Journal. 114 (2), 1-8. 

Acevedo, G. (2026). A trans youth’s encounters with queerness in Puerto Rico. Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education. 3(1), 1-14.

Acevedo, G. (2022). (Re)constructing Gay, a classroom, and a Journey to Rhetorical Listening. International Journal of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education. (2), 89-97.

Acevedo, G. (2021). Sobre Manuel Méndez Ballester: Representación Femenina en Julia de Burgos y su amante secreto. Revista Prisma. 8(4), 29-34. 

Acevedo, G. (2021). Opening my eyes to being a gay teacher in Puerto Rico. Cruce Magazine: Pride Edition. 2(1), 8-13. 

Book (Refereed)

Acevedo, G. (under contract). Archipelagic Boyhoods, Queer Futures and Decolonial Literacies: Classrooms Worlds from Puerto Rico. Taylor & Francis, Routledge Critical Studies in Gender and Sexuality in Education.

Book Chapters (Refereed)

Acevedo, G. (2024). Navigating Queer and Latinx Identities throughout my Doctoral Program Journey. In Curating the Self and Embracing the Community: Autoethnographic Evocations of U.S. Doctoral Students in the Fields of Social Sciences and Humanities. Brill | Sense. Chapter 1. 11-30.

Acevedo, G. (2024). A critical look at ‘Pato’ y ‘Maricon’: Puerto Rican Gay Teachers'  Interventions with homophobic language. In Weaponizing Language in the Classroom and    Beyond. De Gruyter. Chapter 6. 107-123.

Acevedo, G. (2022). Exploring Characterization Narratives with Chulito: A Novel. In P. Greathouse & C. Miller (Eds.). Queer Adolescent Literature as a Complement to the English Language Arts Curriculum, 2nd Ed. R&L. Chapter 12, 177- 191.

Acevedo, G. (2020). Gringo or Rican or Just Me. In L. J. Pentón Herrera & E. T. Trịnh (Eds.), Critical storytelling: Multilingual immigrants in the United States. Brill | Sense. Chapter 3, 16-18.

Publications Accepted and Forthcoming 

Acevedo, G. “Can I be myself without being judged?” Puerto Rican Youth Examine Heteronormativity Through Writing in a Summer Program. Writing & Pedagogy, expected   Spring 2026. [In Press]

Acevedo, G. Reading Between Truth and Suspicions: Queer YA Crime Fiction in the ELA Classroom. English Journal, expected April 2026. [In Press]

Acevedo, G. ‘This Feels Real’: Queer YA Graphic Novels, Literacy, and Teaching for Justice in a Time of Bans. The ALAN Review, expected May 2026. [In Press]

Coleman, J. & Acevedo, G. Restorying Diverse Literature: Digital Platforms and Youth Authorship. In P. Enciso & E. Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Diversity in  Children’s and Young Adult Literature, 2nd Ed., expected Summer 2026. [In Press]