Maxine McKinney de Royston

Associate Professor

mckinneydero@wisc.edu

(608) 265-3434

476C Teacher Education Building

225 N. Mills Street

Madison, WI 53706

McKinney de Royston, Maxine

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Education

  • PhD Education, University of California, Berkeley, 2011
  • DSW Education: Cognition & Development, University of California, Berkeley, 2007
  • BA Government, African American Studies (minor) , Smith College , 1999

Select Publications

  • Nasir, N., Lee, C., Pea, R., & McKinney de Royston, M. (In Press). The Handbook of Culture & Learning. New York: Routledge.
  • McKinney de Royston, M., & Madkins, T. (2019). A question of necessity or of equity?: Full Service Community Schools and the (Mis)education of Black Youth. Journal of Education for Students at Placed at Risk
  • McKinney de Royston, M., & Sengupta-Irving, T. (2019). Another Step Forward: Engaging the Political in Learning. Cognition & Instruction
  • Madkins, T., & McKinney de Royston, M. (2019). Illuminating Sociopolitical Clarity in Culturally Relevant Science Instruction. Science Education, 1-28.
  • Vakil, S., & McKinney de Royston, M. (2019). You’re so far out, and you’re trying to look in”: Exploring Politicized Trust in a Racially Diverse Computer Science Classroom. Race, Ethnicity, & Education
  • McKinney de Royston, M., & Nasir, N. (2017). Racialized Learning Ecologies: Understanding race as a key feature of learning and developmental processes in schools. In N.Budwig, E. Turiel, & P.D. Zelazo (Eds.), New Perspectives on Human Development New York: Cambridge University.
  • McKinney de Royston, M., Vakil, S., Nasir, N., ross, K., Givens, J., & Holman, A. (2017). “He’s More Like a ‘Brother’ than a Teacher”: Politicized Caring in a Program for African American Males. Teachers College Record, 119(4), 1-40.
  • Vakil, S., McKinney de Royston, M., Kirschner, B., & Nasir, N. (2016). Rethinking Race, Power, and Definitions of Learning in Design-Based Research: Reflections from the Field. Cognition & Instruction, 34(3), 194-209.
  • Engle, R. A., Langer-Osuna, J., & McKinney de Royston, M. (2014). Toward an Interactional Model of Influence in Pervasive Discussions: Negotiating Quality, Authority, and Access Within Student-Led Arguments. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 23(2), 265-268.
  • Nasir, N., & McKinney de Royston, M. (2013). Power, Identity, and Mathematical Practices Outside and Inside of Schools. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 44(1), 264-287.

Select Presentations

  • Ma, j., Gutierrez, R., Gholson, M., Kelton, M., & McKinney de Royston, M. (2019). Ontological Possibilities of Mathematics in Mathematics Education: An Activity-Based Exploration and Discussion. Paper presented at the Bi-annual Meeting, Hyderabad, India.
  • McKinney de Royston, M., Bryant, J., Anderson, K., Baxa, M., & Long, C. (2018). Gwen Marshall: Contemporary Black Teacher as Race Woman. presented at the , Greenville, SC.
  • Langer-Osuna, J., & McKinney de Royston, M. (2017). Understanding relations of power in the mathematics classroom: Explorations in positioning theory. Paper presented at the Bi-annual Meeting, Volos, Greece.
  • McKinney de Royston, M. (2017). Learning While Black: Re-thinking schools in a neoliberal era. presented at the , Greencastle, IN.
  • McKinney de Royston, M., & Nasir, N. (2016). Race as a Fundamental Aspect of Social Ecology in Schools. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting, Washington, DC..
  • McKinney de Royston, M. (2015). Rethinking Education & Learning: Characteristics of Productive Learning Ecologies for Black Students. presented at the Annual Conference, Washington, DC..
  • McKinney de Royston, M. (2014). Quantifying Liberation in Mathematics Education. In Theorizing Racism: Unpacking Supremacy, Privilege, and Justice. presented at the , New Orleans, LA..
  • Engle, R. A., & McKinney de Royston, M. (2007). A Situative Approach to Progressive Refinement of Hypotheses in Video-Supported Research: Examining Differential Influence in an Unmoderated Student Argument. presented at the , Lyon, France.

Select Awards and Honors

  • Vilas Associate, Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, UW – Madison, (2019, 2021)
  • Teaching, & Research (STaR) Fellow, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educator’s Service, (2018, 2019)
  • Faculty Fellow, Madison Teaching and Learning Excellence, UW- Madison, (2017, 2018)
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ford Foundation, (2015, 2016)
  • Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow, UC-Berkeley, National Academy of Education, (2012, 2014)
  • Dissertation Fellowship, UC/ACCORD, (2010, 2011)
  • Research in Cognition & Mathematics Education Fellowship, UC– Berkeley, Institute of Education Studies, (2010, 2011)