Victoria Gill | Lesley University

Dr. Victoria Gill is a poet, practitioner-scholar, former teacher of English at the middle school level, and former team leader of professional learning communities. She obtained her doctorate in Reading, Writing, and Literacy from the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the co-founder of @LanguageLegacies, an educational social media account on Instagram created with colleague Dr. Río Lopez from New Mexico State University, to resist against language loss within their families and communities.

Dr. Gill investigates the intersections of language, identity, and power as they relate to literacies and pedagogies in ways that create pathways for teachers to build inclusive classrooms that center historically excluded perspectives and voices. Her research examines how students' learning and teachers' teaching can be impacted by understanding and using the theory of Intersectionality with aims for equity and agency with a focus on Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Her current literacy research project analyzes award-winning Asian American picture books and explores the quality of intersectional ethnic representations.

Education

Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2021
Reading, Writing, Literacy
Dissertation title: “Intersectional Pedagogy: Doing Space and Soul Work in the Community, Classroom, and Curriculum”

MAT, University of Southern California, 2012
Secondary English Teaching

BA, University of California, Berkeley, 2010
Double Major: English and Comparative Literature (focus: Thai)

Selected Publications

Gill, V. (2022). Intersectional(ity) Pedagogy: Conceptualizing Soul Work Solidarity and Resistance. The Educational Forum, [Intersectionality Special Issue], 1-14. DOI:10.1080/00131725.2022.2101826
Garg, R. & Gill, V. (2022). between our brows. In:cite Journal. Vol 5, 18-21.
Gill, V.S. (2022). #34 Luk Lao. Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement, 17(1), Article 2. DOI: 10.7771/2153-8999.1247
Gill, V. S. (2021). #32 Whose Muse. The English Journal, 110(5), 50.
Player, G., Ybarra, M., Brochin, C., Brown, R., Butler, T., Cervantes-Soon, T., Gill, V., Kinloch, V., Price-Dennis, D., Saavedra, C., & Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2021). “We are our only way forward”: Dialogic Re-imaginings and the Cultivation of Homeplace for Girls, Women, and Femmes of Color.” Urban Education, The Unapologetic Literacies of Girls of Color [Special Issue], 1-21.
Gill, V. S. (2018). Intersectional identities from the margins. English Journal, 107(5), 80-82.
Gill, V. S. (2018). #28 My name means. English Journal, 107(3), 133.
Player, G. D., Gill, V. S., & Campano, G. (2016). “Beyond the barriers”: Listening to immigrant youth to transform higher education. LEARNing Landscapes, 10(1), 215-234.
Gill, V. S. (2016). “‘Everybody else gets to be normal’”: Using intersectionality and Ms. Marvel to challenge “normal” identity. The ALAN Review, 44(1), 68-78.

Selected Presentations

Gill, V. (July 26th, 2022). Humanizing and Decolonizing Research Methodologies. Invitation by Dr. Grace Enriquez at Lesley University’s Doctoral Students Summer Residency Program.
Gill, V. & López, A. (May 15th, 2022). Is your Syllabus Perpetuating Inequity? A Workshop on Critical Content Analysis of your Syllabi/Teaching. Invitation by Lesley University, Graduate School of Education, Anti-Racism Task Force’s Teach-In Day.
López, A. & Gill, V. (May 15th, 2022). Time to get Uncomfortable: Examining Internalized White Supremacy. Invitation by Lesley University, Graduate School of Education, Anti-Racism Task Force’s Teach-In Day.
Gill, V., Phoung, J., Player, G. (Feb 4th, 2022). Not a Monolith: Storying Asian American Identities in Research and Teaching. Invitation by Dr. Gerald Campano at University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education Hub for Equity, Anti-Oppression, Research, and Development’s Lecture Series.
Gill, V.S. (October, 2021). Intersectional Pedagogy: Doing Space and Soul Work in the Community, Classroom, and the Curriculum. Invitation by the Department of Teaching and Learning, New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, Human Development for the “Theories and Philosophies of Teaching and Learning Lecture Series.”
Gill, V.S. (December, 2021). We don’t need to be saved, just stop exploiting us: An Intersectional analysis of a charter school community. Roundtable session at the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
Gill, V. S. (November, 2020). Intersectionality for Middle School ELA. Poster session at the National Council for Teachers of English Conference, Virtual Annual Convention.
Gill, V. S. (November, 2018). We need more intersectional readings of (Young Adult) Literature. Paper session at the Literacy of Research Association Annual Conference, Indian Wells, California.
Gill, V. S., Hankinson, B. (February, 2017). A lesson in doing intersectionality research. Presentation at the Ethnography Forum, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, PA