Aleta’s Research

I am a qualitative researcher who explores the politics of embodiment in learning spaces (community-based education, traditional public schools, higher education) using arts-based methodologies.

  • PUBLICATIONS (UNDER REVIEW)

    Brown, A. & Pace, A. (2026) Listening With the Harlem River: Embodied, Land-Based Literacies of Love in an Urban Watershed.

    PUBLICATIONS (ACCEPTED WORKS)

    Brown, A. (2025). Rituals of survival. In S. A. Shelton (Ed.), Connections, reflections, and possibilities: Students' engagements with gender, race, and class in education. Emerald Publishing. [Manuscript accepted for publication].

    Brown, A. (2025). Queering pedagogy: An intersectional approach. National Council of Teachers of English. [Manuscript accepted for publication].

  • CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

    Brown, A. (2026, April 8-12). Rituals of survival: A queer, embodied praxis of refusal and reworlding [Conference presentation]. In Moving toward liberation: Somatic, decolonial, and queer pedagogies in dance education [Symposium]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

    Brown, A. (2026, February 27). Noticing the corners: A Hurstonian standpoint for curriculum development [Webinar Presentation]. Black Feminist Thought in Education: Theory, Praxis, and Possibility. Sisterhood & Scholarship, Part I. New Mexico State University Diversity Task Force & Pamela L. Grey.

    Brown, A., & Fraser, F. (2026, February 21-22). Movements toward life [Conference workshop]. Black Phoenixing: Dancing Through Ruins, The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance Biennial Conference, Duke University, Durham, NC.

    Brown, A., & Williams, K. (2025, June 2). Student voices on AI: Exploring how business undergraduates use and perceive generative AI [Conference presentation]. UNC System Learning and Technology Symposium, University of North Carolina System. Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

    Brown, A., Gao, Y., Pryor, W., & Walsh, J. (2025, April 4). K–12 teaching and research synergies [Panel discussion]. Culture, Curriculum & Teacher Education (CCATE) Research Symposium, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Presiders: N. Damico & S. A. Shelton.

    Brown, A. (2023, July). How do we heal? [Presentation]. Hollyhock Fellowship, Stanford Graduate School of Education, Stanford, CA.

  • Community Engagement Fellow, Carolina Center for Public Service— 2025–2026

    George W. Noblit Graduate Scholarship, UNC Chapel Hill— 2024–2025

    Weiss Fellowship, UNC Chapel Hill— 2024–2025