Antero Godina Garcia

Associate Professor of Education

Graduate School of Education

Bio

Antero Garcia is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University and Vice President of the National Council of Teachers of English. His research explores the possibilities of speculative imagination and healing in educational research. Prior to completing his Ph.D., Garcia was an English teacher at a public high school in South Central Los Angeles. He has authored or edited more than a dozen books about the possibilities of literacies, play, and civics in transforming schooling in America. His recent books include All Around the Town: The School Bus as Educational Technology and Civics for the World to Come: Committing to Democracy in Every Classroom. Antero currently co-edits La Cuenta (lacuenta.substack.com), an online publication centering the voices and perspectives of individuals labeled undocumented in the U.S. Antero received his Ph.D. in the Urban Schooling division of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education

Administrative Appointments

Assistant Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education (2017 - Present)

Professional Education

BA, University of California, Los Angeles, English (2004)
MEd, University of California, Los Angeles (2006)
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, Education-Urban School (2012)

Contact

Academic
Antero.Garcia@stanford.edu

University - Faculty Department: Graduate School of Education Position: Associate Professor

Admin. Support Melissa Cromosini melicro@stanford.edu

Additional Info

Mail Code: 3096
ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8417-4723

Research Interests

Civic Education
Literacy and Language
Secondary Education
Teachers and Teaching
Technology and Education

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Antero's current research focuses on learning practices in gaming communities; critical literacies and civic identities in ELA classrooms; youth participatory action research; and sociocultural approaches to care and healing in classrooms.

2024-25 Courses

Proseminar 2
EDUC 325B (Win)
The Centrality of Literacies in Teaching and Learning
EDUC 289 (Spr)
Independent Studies (5)
- Directed Reading
  EDUC 480 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading in Education
  EDUC 180 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Research
  EDUC 490 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Research in Education
  EDUC 190 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Honors Research
  EDUC 140 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Beyond Equity
  EDUC 299A (Sum)
- Proseminar 2
  EDUC 325B (Win)
- The Hidden Curriculum of Scholarly Writing
  EDUC 395 (Win)
2022-23 Courses
- Beyond Equity
  EDUC 299A (Sum)
- Beyond Equity
  EDUC 299B (Spr)
- Learning Sciences and Technology Design Research Seminar and Colloquium
  EDUC 291 (Win)
- Proseminar 2
  EDUC 325B (Win)
- RILE Colloquium on Race, Inequality, and Language in Education
  EDUC 489 (Spr)
2021-22 Courses
- Beyond Equity
  EDUC 299A (Sum)
- Beyond Equity
  EDUC 299B (Spr)
- Learning Sciences and Technology Design Research Seminar and Colloquium
  EDUC 291 (Spr)
- The Centrality of Literacies in Teaching and Learning
  EDUC 289 (Sum)

Stanford Advisees

Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Cherise McBride
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Jorge Garcia, Ruben Gonzalez, Kia Turner
Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor (AC)
Rita Kamani-Renedo, Dan Moore
Doctoral (Program)
Kevin Anderson, Maxwell Bigman, Jorge Garcia, Ruben Gonzalez, Alexandrea Henry, Kristen Jackson, Rita Kamani-Renedo, Rosalilia Mendoza, Dan Moore, Geraldine Mukumbi, Estefania Rodriguez Sanchez, Miroslav Suzara, Kia Turner, Robert Wachtel Pronovost, Anisa Yudawanti

All Publications

Examining Enactments of Project-based Learning in Secondary English Language Arts AERA OPEN Boardman, A. G., Polman, J. L., Scornavacco, K., Potvin, A., Garcia, A., Dalton, B., Stamatis, K., Guggenheim, A., Alzen, J. L. 2024; 10

View details for DOI 10.1177/23328584241269829

View details for Web of Science ID 001320694000001
All hands on deck: exploring how Latinx families in California supported child learning during the initial Covid-19 shutdown JOURNAL OF FAMILY STUDIES Robillard, S. M., Reigh, E., Garcia, J. E., Suzara, M., Garcia, A. 2023

View details for DOI 10.1080/13229400.2023.2219663

View details for Web of Science ID 001003254000001
One text, two worlds, third space: Design principles for bridging the two-worlds divide in teacher education TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION Trepper, K., Levine, S., Lomeli, K., Garcia, A. 2023; 129

View details for DOI 10.1016/j.tate.2023.104144

View details for Web of Science ID 000989315700001
Other suns: Designing for racial equity through speculative education JOURNAL OF THE LEARNING SCIENCES Garcia, A., Mirra, N. 2023

View details for DOI 10.1080/10508406.2023.2166764

View details for Web of Science ID 000937867000001
Shifting pedagogy, shifting practice: teachers' perceptions of project-based learning in English language arts ENGLISH TEACHING-PRACTICE AND CRITIQUE Trepper, K., Boardman, A., Garcia, A. 2022

View details for DOI 10.1108/ETPC-12-2021-0150

View details for Web of Science ID 000845060700001
"I Don't Think Kids Nowadays Feel Like They Have a Lot of Power": Exploring Teacher Civic Commitments in a National Online Letter Writing Project JOURNAL OF TEACHER EDUCATION Gargroetzi, E. C., Garcia, A. 2022

View details for DOI 10.1177/00224871221105791

View details for Web of Science ID 000824764400001
Platform Studies in Education HARVARD EDUCATIONAL REVIEW Nichols, T., Garcia, A. 2022; 92 (2): 209-230

View details for Web of Science ID 000834670000004
Datafcation Meets Platformization: Materializing Data Processes in Teaching and Learning HARVARD EDUCATIONAL REVIEW Pangrazio, L., Stornaiuolo, A., Nichols, T., Garcia, A., Philip, T. M. 2022; 92 (2): 257-+

View details for Web of Science ID 000834670000006
Expanding digital citizenship education to address tough issues PHI DELTA KAPPAN Mirra, N., McGrew, S., Kahne, J., Garcia, A., Tynes, B. 2022; 103 (5): 31-35

View details for DOI 10.1177/00317217221079976

View details for Web of Science ID 000751506200007
Guns, Schools, and Democracy: Adolescents Imagining Social Futures Through Speculative Civic Literacies AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL Mirra, N., Garcia, A. 2022

View details for DOI 10.3102/00028312221074400

View details for Web of Science ID 000751288300001
Beyond fake news: Culturally relevant media literacies for a fractured civic landscape THEORY INTO PRACTICE Mirra, N., Kelly, L., Garcia, A. 2021

View details for DOI 10.1080/00405841.2021.1983316

View details for Web of Science ID 000725427800001
How youth use scientific argumentation in civic participation on climate change: polar bears, the Great Barrier Reef, and 'your job as president' INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION PART B-COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT Zummo, L., Gargroetzi, E., Garcia, A. 2021

View details for DOI 10.1080/21548455.2021.2010830

View details for Web of Science ID 000728654900001
Bus riding leitmotifs: making multimodal meaning with elementary youth on a public school bus ENGLISH TEACHING-PRACTICE AND CRITIQUE Garcia, A., Robillard, S. M., Suzara, M., Garcia, J. E. 2021

View details for DOI 10.1108/ETPC-07-2020-0080

View details for Web of Science ID 000685577200001
Futures bound: re-designing literacy research as a conduit for healing and civic dreaming INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION Garcia, A., Mirra, N., Digital Democratic Dialogue 3d Tea 2021

View details for DOI 10.1080/09620214.2021.1945481

View details for Web of Science ID 000668018700001
Continuity and Change? Reading Young Adult Literature Through a Technology-Focused Critical Lens JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT & ADULT LITERACY Glazer, J., Seglem, R., Garcia, A. 2021

View details for DOI 10.1002/jaal.1151

View details for Web of Science ID 000636552000001
Civic dimensions of critical digital literacies: towards an abolitionist lens PEDAGOGIES Garcia, A., de Roock, R. 2021; 16 (2): 185-199

View details for DOI 10.1080/1554480X.2021.1914058

View details for Web of Science ID 000657113500007
Chapter 1: "I piss a lot of people off when I play dwarves like dwarves": Race, Gender, and Critical Systems in Tabletop Role-Playing Games TEACHERS COLLEGE RECORD Garcia, A. 2021; 123 (13)

View details for Web of Science ID 000765503000003
Digital platforms aren't mere tools -they're complex environments PHI DELTA KAPPAN Garcia, A., Nichols, T. 2021; 102 (6): 14–19

View details for DOI 10.1177/0031721721998148

View details for Web of Science ID 000620667900004
Writing Toward Justice: Youth Speculative Civic Literacies in Online Policy Discourse URBAN EDUCATION Garcia, A., Mirra, N. 2020

View details for DOI 10.1177/0042085920953881

View details for Web of Science ID 000568581200001
"Electric Word Life": Methodological Dignity in Equity-Driven Research EQUITY & EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION Garcia, A. 2020; 53 (3): 399–411

View details for DOI 10.1080/10665684.2020.1782788

View details for Web of Science ID 000599930500012
When technology goes unnoticed: teacher beliefs and assumptions about technology use in three 9th grade English classrooms PEDAGOGIES Garcia, A., Kelly, M., Stamatis, K. 2020

View details for DOI 10.1080/1554480X.2020.1781638

View details for Web of Science ID 000546477000001
Youth voice on climate change: using factor analysis to understand the intersection of science, politics, and emotion ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH Zummo, L., Gargroetzi, E., Garcia, A. 2020

View details for DOI 10.1080/13504622.2020.1771288

View details for Web of Science ID 000542754000001
"I Hesitate but I Do Have Hope": Youth Speculative Civic Literacies for Troubled Times HARVARD EDUCATIONAL REVIEW Mirra, N., Garcia, A. 2020; 90 (2): 295–321

View details for Web of Science ID 000575780600008
In Search of the Meaning and Purpose of 21st-Century Literacy Learning: A Critical Review of Research and Practice READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY Mirra, N., Garcia, A. 2020

View details for DOI 10.1002/rrq.313

View details for Web of Science ID 000558041400001
Glimmers of Care: Attending to the Affective Everyday in Ninth-Grade Literacy Classrooms READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY Garcia, A., Guggenheim, A., Stamatis, K., Dalton, B. 2020

View details for DOI 10.1002/rrq.296

View details for Web of Science ID 000512486100001
Introduction: A Once and Future Pedagogy WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT PEDAGOGY: TEACHING, LEARNING, AND COMICS Kirtley, S. E., Garcia, A., Carlson, P. E., Kirtley, S., Garcia, A., Carlson, P. E. 2020: 3–19

View details for Web of Science ID 000579268900002
The Potential of Participatory Literacies to Challenge Digital (Civic) Divides STORIES FROM INEQUITY TO JUSTICE IN LITERACY EDUCATION Mirra, N., Garcia, A., Morrell, E., Rowsell, J. 2020: 87-109

View details for Web of Science ID 000688159900008
THE TRANSFORMATIONAL RESISTANCE OF MS. MARVEL IN AMERICA MS. MARVEL'S AMERICA: NO NORMAL Carlson, P. E., Garcia, A., Baldanzi, J., Rashid, H. 2020: 133–51

View details for Web of Science ID 000579264400008
Gaming Literacies: Spatiality, Materiality, and Analog Learning in a Digital Age READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY Garcia, A. 2020; 55 (1): 9–27

View details for DOI 10.1002/rrq.260

View details for Web of Science ID 000505297100002
Civic Writing on Digital Walls JOURNAL OF LITERACY RESEARCH Kalir, J. H., Garcia, A. 2019; 51 (4): 420–43

View details for DOI 10.1177/1086296X19877208

View details for Web of Science ID 000496283000003
Centering Analog Literacy in an Era of Digital Harm RESEARCH IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH Garcia, A. 2019; 54 (2): 192–94

View details for Web of Science ID 000504364800006
"Dear Future President of the United States": Analyzing Youth Civic Writing Within the 2016 Letters to the Next President Project AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL Garcia, A., Levinson, A., Gargroetzi, E. 2019

View details for DOI 10.3102/0002831219870129

View details for Web of Science ID 000484363400001
"Signifying Nothing": Identifying Conceptions of Youth Civic Identity in the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards and the National Assessment of Educational Progress' Reading Framework BERKELEY REVIEW OF EDUCATION Garcia, A., Mirra, N. 2019; 8 (2): 195–223

View details for DOI 10.5070/B88235831

View details for Web of Science ID 000475884600004
A Call for Healing Teachers: Loss, Ideological Unraveling, and the Healing Gap* SCHOOLS-STUDIES IN EDUCATION Garcia, A. 2019; 16 (1): 64–83

View details for DOI 10.1086/702839

View details for Web of Science ID 000466385200005
Invisible Potential: The Social Contexts of Technology in Three 9th-Grade ELA Classrooms RESEARCH IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH Garcia, A., Stamatis, K., Kelly, M. 2018; 52 (4): 404–26

View details for Web of Science ID 000434890500004
The Politics of Reading, Agency, and Participation JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT & ADULT LITERACY Garcia, A., Christensen, L. 2018; 61 (6): 701–3

View details for DOI 10.1002/jaal.746

View details for Web of Science ID 000430810300014
Fitting Into the Franchise: Texts, World Building, and the Possibilities of Creative Expansion JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT & ADULT LITERACY Garcia, A. 2018; 61 (5): 585–88

View details for DOI 10.1002/jaal.722

View details for Web of Science ID 000426067800014
Listening, Literature, and the Sound of Text JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT & ADULT LITERACY Garcia, A. 2018; 61 (4): 465–68

View details for DOI 10.1002/jaal.709

View details for Web of Science ID 000431036900014
SCHOOLS FOR COMMUNITY ACTION Public School Design As a Revolutionary Act POWER, EQUITY, AND (RE)DESIGN: BRIDGING LEARNING AND CRITICAL THEORIES IN LEARNING ECOLOGIES FOR YOUTH Garcia, A., Gomez, M., Briggs, K., Mendoza, E., Kirshner, B., Gutierrez, K. D. 2018: 131–47

View details for Web of Science ID 000451793200009
Smoldering in the darkness: contextualizing learning, technology, and politics under the weight of ongoing fear and nationalism LEARNING MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Garcia, A., Philip, T. M. 2018; 43 (4): 339–44

View details for DOI 10.1080/17439884.2018.1534860

View details for Web of Science ID 000450584400001
Changing Literacies and Civic Pathways: Multiliteracies in Inquiry-Driven Classrooms THEORY INTO PRACTICE Seglem, R., Garcia, A. 2018; 57 (1): 56–63

View details for DOI 10.1080/00405841.2017.1390335

View details for Web of Science ID 000423682000008
Looking at the Next 20 Years of Multiliteracies: A Discussion with Allan Luke THEORY INTO PRACTICE Garcia, A., Luke, A., Seglem, R. 2018; 57 (1): 72–78

View details for DOI 10.1080/00405841.2017.1390330

View details for Web of Science ID 000423682000010
"DUDE UR GUNNA BE A GREAT TEACHER YO": Cultivating Diverse Englishes Through Chatroom Discussions Between Preservice Teachers and Urban High School Youth READING & WRITING QUARTERLY Garcia, A., Seglem, R. 2018; 34 (4): 291–305

View details for DOI 10.1080/10573569.2017.1416319

View details for Web of Science ID 000436085500002
Worlds of Inclusion: Challenging Reading, Writing, and Publishing Science Fiction- and Fantasy-Based Young Adult Literature JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT & ADULT LITERACY Garcia, A. 2017; 61 (2): 221–24

View details for DOI 10.1002/jaal.676

View details for Web of Science ID 000408944000014
Player professional development: A case study of teacher resiliency within a community of practice TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION Garcia, A., Gomez, M. 2017; 66: 349–59

View details for DOI 10.1016/j.tate.2017.05.003

View details for Web of Science ID 000404500500031
Transmedia: Redefining Where and How Stories Are Told JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT & ADULT LITERACY Garcia, A. 2017; 60 (6): 715–17

View details for DOI 10.1002/jaal.639

View details for Web of Science ID 000400382900014
Privilege, Power, and Dungeons & Dragons: How Systems Shape Racial and Gender Identities in Tabletop Role-Playing Games MIND CULTURE AND ACTIVITY Garcia, A. 2017; 24 (3): 232–46

View details for DOI 10.1080/10749039.2017.1293691

View details for Web of Science ID 000404570700005
Alternate Reality Games and the Cusp of Digital Gameplay Conclusion ALTERNATE REALITY GAMES AND THE CUSP OF DIGITAL GAMEPLAY Garcia, A., Niemeyer, G., Garcia, A., Niemeyer, G. 2017; 5: 311–22

View details for Web of Science ID 000448819400013
Privilege, Power, and Dungeons & Dragons: How Systems Shape Racial and Gender Identities in Tabletop Role-Playing Games Mind, Culture, and Activity Garcia, A. 2017; 24 (3): 232-246
Good reception: Teens, teachers, and mobile media in a Los Angeles high school Garcia, A. MIT Press. 2017
Alternate reality games and the cusp of digital gameplay Garcia, A., Niemeyer, G. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. 2017
Alternate Reality Games and the Cusp of Digital Gameplay Introduction ALTERNATE REALITY GAMES AND THE CUSP OF DIGITAL GAMEPLAY Garcia, A., Niemeyer, G., Garcia, A., Niemeyer, G. 2017; 5: 1–26

View details for Web of Science ID 000448819400001
Wobbling With Writing: Challenging Existing Paradigms of Secondary Writing Instruction and Finding New Possibilities Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice Garcia, A., O’Donnell-Allen, C. 2016; 65 (1): 348-364
Revolutionizing inquiry in urban English classrooms: Pursuing voice and justice through youth participatory action research English Journal Mirra, N., Filipiak, D., Garcia, A. 2015: 49-57
The council of youth research: Critical literacy and civic agency in the digital age Reading & Writing Quarterly Garcia, A., Mirra, N., Morrell, E., Martinez, A., Scorza, D. 2015; 31 (2): 151-167
Doing youth participatory action research: Transforming inquiry with researchers, educators, and students Mirra, N., Garcia, A., Morrell, E. Routledge. 2015
Pose, wobble, flow: A culturally proactive approach to literacy instruction Garcia, A., O'Donnell-Allen, C. Teachers College Press. 2015
Teaching in the connected learning classroom Irvine, CA: Digital Media and Learning Research Hub Garcia, A., Cantrill, C., Filipiak, D., Hunt, B., Lee, C., Mirra, N., O’Donnell-Allen, C., Peppler, K. 2014
Critical foundations in young adult literature: Challenging genres Garcia, A. Sense Publishers. 2013
Reading YA with ' Dark Brown Skin ': Race, Community, and Rue's Uprising ALAN Review Garcia, A., Haddix, M. Submitted