Academic Appointments

  • Lecturer, Native American Studies

2025-26 Courses

All Publications

  • Assessment for social justice with a focus on American Indigenous students Socioculturally responsive assessment: Implications for theory, measurement, and systems-level policy Nelson-Barber, S., Trumbull, E. Taylor Francis& . 2025; 1: 76-98
  • Commentary Culturally responsive classroom & large-scale assessment practices Trumbull, E., Nelson-Barber, S. 2025: 337-348
  • The Culture Factor: Paths to culturally relevant education for teachers and learning communities in the United States of America International Review of Education Nelson-Barber, S., Boxernan, J., Silberglitt, M., Johnson, Z., Trumbull, E. 2024; 70 (6): 1009-1042
  • Developing a framework for integrating local Indigenous knowledge with climate education in the Mariana Islands Cultural studies of science education. Special issue on Indigenous STEM Education: Perspectives from Pacific Islands, Pacific Rim, and SE Asia Nelson-Barber, S., Rechebei, E., Limes, J., Johnson, Z. Springer. 2023; Vol I: 79-91
  • Indigenous rural students' attitudes and perceptions about ethnoscience in STEM instruction. Cultural studies of science education. Special issue on Indigenous STEM Education: Perspectives from Pacific Islands, Pacific Rim, and SE Asia Nelson-Barber, S., Trumbull, E., Sexton, U., Johnson, Z. Springer. 2023; 1: 239-262
  • We want our children to survive: An interview with Sharon Nelson-Barber Curriculum Inquiry Nelson-Barber, S., Hill, D., Nayak, P., Nxumalo, F. 2022; 52 (2): 139-149

    View details for DOI 10.1080/03626784.2022.2052639

  • Using context-adaptive research methods to address pedagogical challenges in Indigenous citizen science Handbook of Multicultural Science Education Nelson-Barber, S., Johnson, Z., Boxerman, J., Silberglit, M. Springer. 2022: 1-28
  • Raising the standard for testing research-based interventions in Indigenous learning communities INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF EDUCATION Nelson-Barber, S., Johnson, Z. 2019; 65 (1): 47–65

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s11159-018-9756-4

    View details for Web of Science ID 000462197500003

  • Acknowledging the perils of "best practices" in an indigenous community CONTEMPORARY EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Nelson-Barber, S., Johnson, Z. 2016; 47: 44-50

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2016.04.001

    View details for Web of Science ID 000389282900006