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Emma Gargroetzi is an Assistant Professor in STEM Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research, informed by over 15 years of experience working with youth in diverse environments such as New York City, Latin America, and California's Bay Area, centers on themes of identity, power, and educational justice in relation to the mathematical experiences of children and youth. Her ongoing work investigates the role of quantitative reasoning in fostering civic engagement among youth, using a methodological approach that emphasizes ethnographic studies and video-based social interaction analysis. A notable initiative led by Emma is the Transdisciplinary Civic Learning Collaborative, which merges literary and quantitative practices to enhance civic learning and social problem-solving among youth. She aims to create spaces for anti-oppressive educational democracies through the integration of theory and practice in her pedagogy. Emma's academic journey includes a Ph.D. from Stanford University, focusing on Race, Inequality, Language Education, and Mathematics Education. She also holds a Master's degree from Columbia University in Peace Education, and another from Brooklyn College in Teaching Students with Disabilities, as well as a Bachelor's in Political Science from Vassar College. Emma is actively involved in academic publishing, contributing as a co-editor and reviewer for multiple educational journals, and has published various studies addressing the intersection of youth identities and civic engagement in mathematics education.
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