Erin Feinauer Whiting is an Associate Professor of Multicultural Education at Brigham Young University. Her scholarship has examined many aspects of belonging, community, inequality, and culture. Her research focuses on understanding and alleviating social inequality including a focus on school community and organization for the inclusion of all students. She is also engaged in research examining how preservice teacher candidates prepare for teaching through a critical multicultural education that is intended to unpack social privilege and cultural difference.
Research Interests
social inequalities, social positionality & power, student belonging & inclusion, equity & access in education, school climate & organization, critical multicultural teacher preparation, social & educational theory, feminist theory, social systems of emotions, emotional geographies & economies, food and foodways in schools
Teaching Interests
Multicultural Education for secondary education majors, Foundations of Education, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Knowledge, Classrooms as Culture Systems, Foundations in Teacher Education, Equity, Power and Privilege in Education
Honors and Awards
Benjamin Cluff Jr. Excellence in Educational Research Award, David O. McKay School of Education
(2023 - 2023)
Memberships
American Educational Research Association (2009 - Present)
National American Multicultural Education (NAME) (2009 - Present)
UT NAME (2009 - Present)
Rural Sociological Society (1998 - Present)
Professional Citizenship
Officer (specify in Other), Office of the United States Attorney of the District of Utah (2023 - Present)
Board Member, National Science Foundation (2022 - Present)
