Faculty Directory
Stanton Wortham
Inaugural Charles F. Donovan, S.J., Dean
Stanton Wortham
Ph.D.
Contact
Campion Hall Room 101
Telephone: 617-552-3902
Email: stanton.wortham@bc.edu
ORCID 0000-0003-0482-1191
Education
- Ph.D., The University of Chicago
- B.A., Swarthmore College
Research Interests
Discourse analysis, Linguistic anthropology of education, Identity and learning, Narrative self-construction, New Latino disapora
Expertise
- Bilingualism & Immigration
- Formative and Whole Person Education
- Philosophy of Education
GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT
- Helping to lead and hosting the Global Education Deans Forum
- Working with the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education to evaluate Hyukshin Schools
- Convening global scholars to envision whole person education betting well-being
Select Publications
- Migration narratives: Diverging stories in schools, churches, and civic institutions. New York: Bloomsbury, 2020. (Stanton Wortham, Briana Nichols, Katherine Clonan-Roy & Catherine Rhodes)
- Discourse analysis beyond the speech event. New York: Routledge, 2015. (Revised and expanded second edition published by Routledge, 2021). (Stanton Wortham & Angela Reyes)
- Encyclopedia of language and education, Volume 3: Discourse and education (Stanton Wortham & Deoksoon Kim, Editors). New York: Springer, 2017.
- Revisiting education in the New Latino Diaspora (Edmund Hamann, Stanton Wortham & Enrique Murillo, Editors). Charlotte: Information Age Publishing, 2015.
- Bullish on uncertainty: How organizational cultures transform participants. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. (Alexandra Michel & Stanton Wortham)
- Learning identity: The joint emergence of social identification and academic learning. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Linguistic anthropology of education (Stanton Wortham & Betsy Rymes, Editors). Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003.
- Education in the new Latino diaspora: Policy and the politics of identity (Stanton Wortham, Enrique Murillo & Edmund Hamann, Editors). Westport, CT: Ablex, 2002.
- Narratives in action: A strategy for research and analysis. New York: Teachers College Press, 2001.
- Acting out participant examples in the classroom. Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1994.
Teaching and Administrative Experience
- Assistant Professor of Education, Bates College (1993-1998)
- Assistant Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania (1998-2000)
- Associate Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania (2000-2004)
- Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania (2004-2016)
- Judy and Howard Berkowitz Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania (2006-2016)
- Chair, Educational Leadership Division, University of Pennsylvania GSE (2000-2004)
- Chair, Education, Culture & Society Division, University of Pennsylvania GSE (2011-2015)
- Acting Dean, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (2002)
- Interim Dean, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (2006-2007)
- Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Pennsylvania GSE (2004-2006; 2007-2015)
- Faculty Director of Online Learning, University of Pennsylvania (2015-2016)
- Member, Anthropology Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania (1999-2016)
- Charles Donovan, S.J., Dean, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College (2016-present)
Honors and Awards
- National Academy of Education, Elected Member (2019- )
- Society for Linguistic Anthropology Sapir Book Prize (2016)
- University of Pennsylvania Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching (2013)
- University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education Excellence in Teaching Award (2012)
- American Educational Research Association Cattell Early Career Research Award (2001)
- Maine Campus Compact Faculty Service-Learning Award (1997)
- Phi Beta Kappa (1985)
- Swarthmore College Honors Program, B.A. with highest honors (1983 1985)
Grants & Fellowships
- American Educational Research Association Fellow (2009)
- William T. Grant Foundation Distinguished Fellow (2008-2010)
- National Academy of Education Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow (1996-1997)
- Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellow (1991-1992)
- National Graduate (Javits) Fellow (1986 1988)
- University of Chicago Century Fellow (1985 1989)