Erika Bullock

Associate Professor

ecbullock@wisc.edu


Teacher Education Building

Bullock, Erika

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Education

  • PhD Teaching and Learning, Mathematics Education, Georgia State University, 2013
  • M Ed Mathematics Education, Georgia State University, 2008
  • BS Computer Science, Spelman College, 2002

Select Media Contributions

  • Reel Link Films, Counted Out. (2024). Media Link
  • Molly Stentz, The Morning Show, Wisconsin Public Radio, Helping Students Transition to In-Person Learning. (August, 2021). Media Link
    We discuss tips for helping K-12 students ease back into in-person learning with educators who specialize in early childhood and mathematics and curriculum studies.
  • PBS Wisconsin Education, Black Educators Speak: A Critical Look at Equity Across Learning Environments. (March, 2021). Media Link
    With Wisconsin being at the national forefront of racialized educational disparities between Black and white students, many educators seek strategies for dismantling existing barriers. This leads many educators to ask the question: what does race-based equity look like in a variety of learning spaces? From early childhood classrooms to afterschool settings and college lecture halls, join our outstanding panel of Wisconsin education leaders to learn about their own experiences and strategies for developing equitable learning spaces.
  • Melinda D. Anderson, The Atlantic, How Does Race Affect a Student's Math Education?. (April, 2017). Media Link

Select Publications

  • Bullock, E. C. (2025). (Re)Considering the Genre Function in Mathematics and Science Education Through Racialized Affective Hierarchies: A Response to Kirchgasler. Science Education Science Education Online Publication/Abstract.
  • Bullock, E. C. (2024). Racialized deviance as an axiom in the mathematics education equity genre. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 116(3), 333-350. Educational Studies in Mathematics.
  • Bullock, E. C., & Meiners, E. R. (2021). Abolition in and through mathematics: Three radical reimaginings. Restorative justice in education: Transforming teaching and learning through the disciplines (pp. 73-86). Harvard Education Press.
  • Bullock, E. C. (2020). More than just potential: Troubling success counternarratives in mathematics education research. The Future is Black: : Afropessimism, fugitivity, and radical hope in education (pp. 117-125). Routledge.
  • Bullock, E. C., & Meiners, E. R. (2019). Abolition by the numbers: Mathematics as a tool for building and dismantling the carceral state (and building alternatives). Theory into Practice, 58(4), 338-346.