Esther Prins

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Learning and Performance Systems

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

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.

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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., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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‘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.

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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.

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“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.

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‘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.

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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.

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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.

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Taking initiative and constructing identity: international graduate student spouses’ adjustment and social integration in a rural university town

Campbell, K. & Prins, E., Jul 3 2016, In: International Journal of Lifelong Education. 35, 4, p. 430-447 18 p.

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Education for youth at the borderlands: Developing comparative and international education between states

Krupar, A. & Prins, E., 2016, In: International Perspectives on Education and Society. 28, p. 195-222 28 p.

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Participation in adult education for community development: a critical discourse analysis of Training for Transformation

Krupar, A. M. & Prins, E., Jul 3 2016, In: International Journal of Lifelong Education. 35, 4, p. 359-375 17 p.

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Adult Learners in Higher Education: A Rural–Urban Analysis of Pennsylvania FAFSA Applicants’ Educational, Demographic, and Financial Characteristics

Prins, E., Kassab, C. & Campbell, K., May 4 2015, In: Journal of Continuing Higher Education. 63, 2, p. 71-85 15 p.

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