Esther Prins
Research Summary
Research interests include critical and sociocultural perspectives of adult and family literacy; gender; civic engagement; and participatory approaches to education, community development and research. In particular, she examines the social and cultural d
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Recent Publications
Education for Social Change or the Status Quo? Gender, Curriculum, and the State in Soviet and Post-Soviet Belarus
Antanovich, K. & Prins, E., May 2026, In: Comparative Education Review. 70, 2, p. 377-397 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Using the Smithsonian’s Digital Talk with Me Toolkits to Support Family Engagement in Public Libraries
Grinder McLean, E., Clymer, C., Xu, Y., Toomey Zimmerman, H., Prins, E. & Atta, M., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Public Library Quarterly.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Literacy Before It Counts: Legibility and Recognition of Adult Literacy Beyond Standardized Assessment
Jewell, T. & Prins, E., Jul 2026, In: Education Sciences. 16, 7, 1121.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Building Museum-University-Library Partnerships for Family Learning and Engagement: Lessons from the Talk with Me Toolkits
Milligan, D., McLean, E. L., Clymer, C., Todd-Wurm, K., Prins, E. & Rappoport, P., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Museum Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
White Christian Nationalism, Biblical Proof Texting, and Literacy Curriculum and Instruction
Juzwik, M., Witte, R., Burke, K. & Prins, E., Jan 1 2025, In: Reading Research Quarterly. 60, 1, e571.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
United for what and for whom? An analysis of White Christian nationalism in a 2023 school board election campaign
Prins, E., Juzwik, M. & Acaray, G., 2025, In: Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies. 47, 1, p. 152-181 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
White Christian Nationalism: What Is It, and Why Does It Matter for Educational Research?
Burke, K. J., Juzwik, M. & Prins, E., Jun 1 2023, In: Educational Researcher. 52, 5, p. 286-295 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Adult Basic Education Under WIOA Title II Implementation: An Integrative Literature Review
Cherewka, A. & Prins, E., May 2023, In: Adult Education Quarterly. 73, 2, p. 113-132 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
North Korean women entrepreneurs learning from failure
Choi, J. & Prins, E., Apr 2023, In: International Review of Education. 69, 1-2, p. 207-226 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
‘Daddy made a mistake and needed a time out’: Incarcerated parents as moral educators
Kaiper-Marquez, A., Stickel, T. & Prins, E., 2023, In: Journal of Moral Education. 52, 2, p. 244-260 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Knowledge to Support Early Educators and Elementary School Teachers' Engagement in Family Literacy and Family Literacy Programs
Lynch, J. & Prins, E., Mar 1 2023, In: Reading Teacher. 76, 5, p. 618-626 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
“You Can’t Win a Cold War with Hot Weapons”: Frank C. Laubach’s Educational Project, Adult Literacy Campaigns, and US Foreign Policy (1945–1961)
Cherewka, A. & Prins, E., Feb 2022, In: Comparative Education Review. 66, 1, p. 19-40 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
‘The video is an upgrade from them all’: how incarcerated fathers view the affordances of video in a family literacy programme
Stickel, T., Prins, E. & Kaiper-Marquez, A., 2021, In: Learning, Media and Technology. 46, 2, p. 174-189 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
On the fly: Adapting quickly to emergency remote instruction in a family literacy programme
Kaiper-Marquez, A., Wolfe, E., Clymer, C., Lee, J., McLean, E. G., Prins, E. & Stickel, T., Dec 2020, In: International Review of Education. 66, 5-6, p. 691-713 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Digital storytelling in adult education and family literacy: a case study from rural Ireland
Prins, E., Jul 3 2017, In: Learning, Media and Technology. 42, 3, p. 308-323 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
