Aleta’s Research
I am a qualitative researcher focused on the politics of embodiment in learning spaces (community-based education, traditional public schools, higher education) using arts-based methodologies.
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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].
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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.
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Artists in the Archives, Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill— 2026
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
Dancing While Black Fellowship, Angela's Pulse, NYC— 2024
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar— July 2024
Hollyhock Fellowship, Stanford Graduate School of Education— 2022–2024
Award for Exceptional Leadership, NYS Senator Sepulveda— 2023