I was listening to my friends on the ARPodcast when they interviewed Patricia Maguire, and thought "I really need to have a conversation with this person!" So, here today is my conversation with Patricia Maguire.
Dr. Patricia Maguire is Professor Emeritus of Education and Counseling, Western New Mexico University. For nearly twenty-five years (1988-2011) Patricia was Chair of the WNMU-Gallup Graduate Studies Center (GGSC). Located in Gallup, New Mexico, a border town to the Navajo Nation and Zuni Pueblo, GGSC served one of the most culturally rich, linguistically diverse, yet economically poorest communities in the USA. Inspired by bell hooks and Paulo Freire, Pat believes the classroom is a space of radical possibilities. Patricia taught feminist-informed Teacher Action Research to help educators focus inwardly on their identities and classroom practices as well as outwardly on the social conditions that shape and inform their students’ lives. Her book, Doing Participatory Research: A Feminist Approach (1987) was one of first feminist critiques of participatory research. She has developed a framework for feminist-informed teacher research and explored what happens for teachers who engage in AR with transformative intentions. She's volunteered with asylum seekers on the US southwest border, marched and witnessed for social justice, worked with battered women, counseled high schoolers, led Girl Scout troops, and worked locally with a coalition to feed the hungry.
Patricia’s website contains most of her writings, or links to where you can obtain them. (https://www.patriciamaguire.net/)
