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Most cited papers in Critical Race Theory in Education

Critical Race Theory in Education

What are the most cited papers in Critical Race Theory in Education?

The most cited paper in Critical Race Theory in Education is "1. Toward a Theory of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy" (Gloria J Ladson-Billings, 1995), with 7,973 citations. Next come "Critical Race Methodology: Counter-Storytelling as an Analytical Framework for Education Research" (4,169) and "Decolonization is not a metaphor" (4,103).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 520 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	1. Toward a Theory of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Gloria J Ladson-Billings · American Educational Research Journal	Sep 1995	7,973
2	Critical Race Methodology: Counter-Storytelling as an Analytical Framework for Education Research Daniel G. Solórzano, Tara J. Yosso · Qualitative Inquiry	Feb 2002	4,169
3	Decolonization is not a metaphor Eve Tuck, K. Wayne Yang · TSpace (University of Toronto) Open access	8 Sep 2012	4,103
4	The Silenced Dialogue: Power and Pedagogy in Educating Other People's Children Lisa D. Delpit · Harvard Educational Review	Sep 1988	2,965
5	Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black Melba Wilson, Bell Hooks · Feminist Review	1989	2,649
6	Critical Race Theory, Racial Microaggressions, and Campus Racial Climate: The Experiences of African American College Students. Daniel G. Solórzano, Miguel Ceja, Tara J. Yosso · The Journal of Negro Education	2000	2,485
7	Conceptualization and measurement of ethnic identity: Current status and future directions. Jean S. Phinney, Anthony D. Ong · Journal of Counseling Psychology	Jul 2007	2,130
8	A phenomenology of whiteness Sara Ahmed · Feminist Theory	Aug 2007	2,095
9	Along the Archival Grain: Epistemic Anxieties and Colonial Common Sense Christine Bichsel · Journal of Historical Geography	5 Mar 2012	2,024
10	Diversity and Higher Education: Theory and Impact on Educational Outcomes Patricia Gurin, Eric L. Dey, Sylvia Hurtado et al. · Harvard Educational Review	Sep 2002	1,999
11	Multidimensional Model of Racial Identity: A Reconceptualization of African American Racial Identity Robert M. Sellers, Mia Smith Bynum, J. Nicole Shelton et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Review Open access	Feb 1998	1,745
12	Race, Culture, and Researcher Positionality: Working Through Dangers Seen, Unseen, and Unforeseen H. Richard Milner · Educational Researcher	Oct 2007	1,692
13	Examining Transformational Resistance Through a Critical Race and Latcrit Theory Framework Daniel G. Solórzano, Dolores Delgado Bernal · Urban Education	May 2001	1,525
14	Critical Race Theory, Latino Critical Theory, and Critical Raced-Gendered Epistemologies: Recognizing Students of Color as Holders and Creators of Knowledge Dolores Delgado Bernal · Qualitative Inquiry	Feb 2002	1,463
15	The role of racial identity in perceived racial discrimination. Robert M. Sellers, J. Nicole Shelton · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology	May 2003	1,289
16	Dis/ability critical race studies (DisCrit): theorizing at the intersections of race and dis/ability Subini Ancy Annamma, David J. Connor, Beth A. Ferri · Race Ethnicity and Education	30 Oct 2012	1,258
17	Toward a Tribal Critical Race Theory in Education Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy · The Urban Review	Dec 2005	1,219
18	Critical Race Theory, Racial Microaggressions, and Campus Racial Climate for Latina/o Undergraduates Tara J. Yosso, William A. Smith, Miguel Ceja et al. · Harvard Educational Review	Dec 2009	1,216
19	Education policy as an act of white supremacy: whiteness, critical race theory and education reform David A. Gillborn · Journal of Education Policy	2005	1,188
20	The aversive form of racism. Samuel L. Gaertner, John F. Dovidio	1986	1,185
21	White Fragility: Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism Kent Andersen · Journal of College and Character	3 Apr 2019	1,176
22	Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity: A preliminary investigation of reliability and constuct validity. Robert M. Sellers, Stephanie J. Rowley, Tabbye M. Chavous et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology	Oct 1997	1,147
23	Variability in Minority School Performance: A Problem in Search of an Explanation John U. Ogbu · Anthropology & Education Quarterly	Dec 1987	1,107
24	“So When It Comes Out, They Aren’t That Surprised That It Is There”: Using Critical Race Theory as a Tool of Analysis of Race and Racism in Education Jessica T. DeCuir‐Gunby, Adrienne D. Dixson · Educational Researcher	Jun 2004	1,093
25	A Teacher Like Me: Does Race, Ethnicity, or Gender Matter? Thomas S. Dee · American Economic Review	Apr 2005	1,082
26	Discrimination Distress During Adolescence Celia B. Fisher, Scyatta A. Wallace, Rose E. Fenton · Journal of Youth and Adolescence	Dec 2000	1,074
27	Thinking with Theory in Qualitative Research: Viewing Data Across Multiple Perspectives Alecia Y. Jackson, Lisa A. Mazzei	2 Dec 2011	1,051
28	Talking about Race, Learning about Racism: The Application of Racial Identity Development Theory in the Classroom Beverly Daniel Tatum · Harvard Educational Review	Apr 1992	1,048
29	Using a Chicana Feminist Epistemology in Educational Research Dolores Delgado Bernal · Harvard Educational Review	Dec 1998	1,004
30	Elite discourse and racism Teun A. van Dijk · Critical theory Book chapter	31 Dec 1987	986
31	Authorizing Students’ Perspectives: Toward Trust, Dialogue, and Change in Education Alison Cook‐Sather · Educational Researcher	May 2002	962
32	Toward a Theory of Anti-Oppressive Education Kevin K. Kumashiro · Review of Educational Research	Mar 2000	952
33	The Latino threat: constructing immigrants, citizens, and the nation Lynn M. Stephen · Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationale	6 Apr 2009	950
34	Racial Identity, Racial Discrimination, Perceived Stress, and Psychological Distress among African American Young Adults Robert M. Sellers, Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, Karen Schmeelk‐Cone et al. · Journal of Health and Social Behavior	Sep 2003	904
35	Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World Gordon Divine Asaah, Chloe Kannan · Journal of Family Diversity in Education Open access	5 Apr 2018	900
36	From bi-racial to tri-racial: Towards a new system of racial stratification in the USA Eduardo Bonilla‐Silva · Ethnic and Racial Studies	10 Sep 2004	897
37	Teachers' Perceptions and Expectations and the Black-White Test Score Gap Ronald F. Ferguson · Urban Education	Jul 2003	892
38	The unexamined Whiteness of teaching: how White teachers maintain and enact dominant racial ideologies Bree Picower · Race Ethnicity and Education	26 Jun 2009	869
39	Racial Identity Matters: The Relationship between Racial Discrimination and Psychological Functioning in African American Adolescents Robert M. Sellers, Nikeea Copeland‐Linder, Pamela P. Martin et al. · Journal of Research on Adolescence	25 Apr 2006	844
40	Are teachers' expectations different for racial minority than for European American students? A meta-analysis. Harriet R. Tenenbaum, Martin Dale Ruck · Journal of Educational Psychology	May 2007	837
41	Point of view in personal memories Georgia N. Nigro, Ulric Neisser · Cognitive Psychology	Oct 1983	837
42	The Color of Supremacy: Beyond the discourse of ‘white privilege’ Zeus Leonardo · Educational Philosophy and Theory	2004	826
43	Transformative approaches to student voice: theoretical underpinnings, recalcitrant realities Michael Fielding · British Educational Research Journal Open access	Apr 2004	805
44	IS THERE A QUEER PEDAGOGY? OR, STOP READING STRAIGHT Deborah P. Britzman · Educational Theory	Jun 1995	800
45	The Symbolic Racism 2000 Scale Patrick J Henry, David O. Sears · Political Psychology Open access	Jun 2002	796
46	Coloring Epistemologies: Are Our Research Epistemologies Racially Biased? James Joseph Scheurich, Michelle D. Young · Educational Researcher	May 1997	777
47	Script, Counterscript, and Underlife in the Classroom: James Brown versus Brown v. Board of Education Kris D. Gutiérrez, Betsy Rymes, Joanne Larson · Harvard Educational Review	Sep 1995	770
48	The Sociopolitical Turn in Mathematics Education Rochelle Gutiérrez · Journal for Research in Mathematics Education	2013	756
49	6. Teaching To and Through Cultural Diversity Geneva Gay · Curriculum Inquiry	25 Jan 2010	745
50	Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality: A Brief History of the Education of Dominated Cultures in the United States Joel H. Spring	1994	740

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