JXJ Wang (she/her/她), M.Ed.

May the year of the fire horse bring wealth, health, prosperity, kind reviews and abundant grant funding.

Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping. Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.

The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

Here's the journal version. Glad to join a list of distinguished social psych scholars in this new issue of PIBBS! To complement other articles, ours focus on how to consider and improve standards in data collection & disaggregation, esp of MENA & Asian Americans
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.

I love this paper. If you study special education teachers, or support special education teachers, you need to read it!

My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.

We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.

We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc

Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.

Day ✌🏼 of TED. Dr @yangfu.bsky.social kicking off this 8AM session with a qualitative study on supports in mathematics courses for teaching English Learners with disabilities in special education programs.

Hello Kansas City!! First TED and repping my POWER! I’ll be presenting today at the Kaleidoscope poster session at 1PM.

Let the flight delays begin… 😅 See yall in Kansas City… maybe?

I miss seeing Internet friends on academia twitter 🥹

Thanks! I’ve heard lots of good things about it

Packing for my first TED Conference and had to pause and check in with my Northern friends on how to pack for weather in the 40s 😬 Well… I’ll be presenting at Kaleidoscope on Thursday if my blood doesn’t freeze 😅

NEW RESOURCE! In collaboration with my colleagues, here's an infographic on utilizing Positionality statements to strengthen credibility in qualitative research. This is part of an Infographic series led by Dr. Latara Lampkin.

It’s disappointing that efforts to combat teacher shortages no longer aligns with this administration’s priorities www.jsonline.com/story/news/e...

Had the best time getting together in the 3D with amazing members of The Neuroverse Initiative. Thanks @jesstella.bsky.social for having me on this panel to discuss the importance of inclusion and universal design.

Jessie JXJ Wang facilitates a panel, presenting in front of a projection of a meme inspired by Finding Nemo. She smiles at her meme with pride.

Thanks to the panelists and hosts @jxjwang.bsky.social & @lindyjjohnson.bsky.social for the conversation on continuing critical ed research in the current climate. #SREE2025

Examining the Distribution and Characteristics of Emergency-Licensed Special Education Teachers The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates that special education teachers be fully licensed, either by obtaining state certification or passing a licensure examination. However, ...

New working paper! With Dr. @HannahCKistler, we examine how emergency-licensed special education teachers are distributed across and within schools and service delivery models compared to their non-emergency-licensed counterparts in the state of Indiana
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1286

@tashnuvashaheen.bsky.social - emergency licensed special ed teachers more likely to work in self contained settings, less likely to work in inclusive settings; more likely to work with students with IDD and ASD. Such important findings regarding inequitable sorting of special ed teachers!

If you're at #SREE2025 and looking for an awesome section, come check out our panel on critical research at 3:30 - 5:00PM in Salon 10!

Thanks Esther!!

This article will be out in "Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines" later this year, but we are also sharing an open-access/pre-print version of the article and remain committed to continuing on this path to ensure accessibility of our work to broader audiences in the future.

My colleague Dr. Sehrish Shikarpurya and I got to work on a review of the use of Critical Quantitative Methods (CQM) within special education. In this review, we offer a blueprint for researchers to meaningfully integrate CQM into special education/disability-related research. osf.io/preprints/ed...

We’re hiring! Come work with us in the Department of Special Education at UT Austin. Scholar in special education or related fields, without restrictions on rank or specific research program. Apply here:
faculty.utexas.edu/career/168004 #WhatStartsHere

I TA’ed a 4-student reading class. They were also in teaching practicum. Because it was practice based we built in time for them to practice curriculum and interventions. Discussions also encouraged students to reflect on their placements and we would brainstorm based on the kiddos they worked with

The murder of America's world-best higher education sector--a leading export good of the US economy--continues under this lawless autocratic regime, and gets worse

I have the coolest friends. Go Prof. @yangfu.bsky.social !!

This concept of "deployment of disability" gets me thinking about how teachers are crucial gatekeepers to identification for supports and services, and on the flip side, also a key leverage point when thinking about disproportionality in disability ID. Plus, I love a vignette study.

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I'm generally a big fan of @rachelefish.bsky.social scholarship on disability identification, but this recent publication has me so excited! It takes me back to when I was more in the social psych world thinking about teachers' roles in disability ID and disprop

journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

A sure sign that summer is over. The POD SPED Jobs list is back!! 👀 not me bookmarking this and checking it religiously…

Cosplaying as a top college student at 人民大学 😎