Dr. Alecandra Pasqualone

Faculty

Dr. Fritz Fischer Distinguished Assistant Professor of History Secondary Education

Education

  • PhD, History & Educational Policy Studies, 2026
  • MA, Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2021
  • MA, History, University of Cincinnati, 2019
  • BA, History & Secondary Education, Rowan University, 2013

Professional Experience & Affiliations

  • Afterschool Program Facilitator, Philadelphia (2016-2017)
  • English Teaching Assistant, Akdeniz University, Turkey (2015-2016)
  • History, Sociology, & Psychology Teacher, Paulsboro High School, NJ (2014-2015)

Research Expertise & Interests

  • History of Education; Youth activism; Arab Americans; Youth identity development; 20th Century U.S. History; Oral History

Publications

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  • Pasqualone, A. “Instituting Identity: Schools and Arab American Identity Formation in Dearborn, 1980s-1990s.” History of Education Quarterly (2026): 1-27.
  • Pasqualone, A. “Review of The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History, by Brian Jones.” The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth 17, no. 2 (2024): 335-337.

Honors & Awards

2024-2025, NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship

2024, Albert Shanker Educational Research Fellowship, Walter P. Reuther Library

2024, Bordin/Gillette Fellowship, Bentley Historical library

2020-2021, Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship

2019, Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)

2015-2026, Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Antalya, Turkey