SOPHIA THRAYA
PUBLICATIONS
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Invited, Refereed Book Chapters (click title for open access)
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Takeuchi, M., Thraya, S., Langevin, N. (in press). “Can the Plants Talk?”: Linguistic Queering to Unveil the Hidden with Programming. In Proctor, Chris; Semel, Beth; Suárez, Enrique; Vogel, Sara. Learning Machines: Sociology of Language Perspectives on Digitally Mediated Learning. Contributions to the Sociology of Language.
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Kopparla, M., Takeuchi, M.A., Yuen, J., Thraya, S., & Chowdhury, A. (in press). Play, joy, and creativity in land-based STEM learning: Reconnecting with intergenerational knowledge for refugee learners. In J. Adams, & C. Siry (Eds.). Wondering sciences: Creativity, imagination and future thinking in sciences education. New York: Springer.
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Refereed Conference Proceedings (click title for open access)
Non-Refereed Reports (click title for open access)
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, PAPERS, AND POSTERS
Refereed Conference Presentations
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Sanyal, M., Helvaci Ozacar, B., Thraya, S., Sengupta, P., Banerjee P. (2024, August). Dis/Orienting Computing Education Through Centring Carework of Newcomer Young Women Siblings of Color. Presented at STEM 2024, the 8th International STEM in Education Conference, Calgary, Canada.
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Thraya, S., Kopparla, M., Takeuchi, M.A. (2024, June). Care as Anti-Colonial Relationality: Translanguaging in a Land-Based STEM Program for Refugee Children and Youth. In J. Adams & S. El Halwany (Chairs), Speculative Science Education Toward Socioecological Care [Symposium]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference (CSSE), Montreal, Canada.
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Takeuchi, M., Thraya, S., Mambo, T. (2024, June). Learning to See Beyond Anthropocentric Views on Bodies through Transdisciplinary Soil-Centered Pedagogy. Paper submitted for the International Society of the Learning Sciences Annual Meeting Buffalo, USA: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
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Takeuchi, M.A., & Thraya, S. (2024, April). Linguistic queering to unveil the hidden: Listening to the voice of plants through programming. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia.
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Dadkhahfard, S., Kopparla, M., Takeuchi, M.A., Thraya, S. (2024, April). Collective Illustrating of Socioecological Care Toward Pluriversal Speculations. In T. Jen (Chair), Speculative Science Education Toward Socioecological Care [Structured Poster Presentation]. American Educational Research Association’s Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Thraya, S., Takeuchi, M.A., Kopparla, M., & Chowdhury, A. (2023, June). Co-Fostering Translanguaging Spaces Through Design for Embodied (Re)Connection. Paper submitted for the International Society of the Learning Sciences Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
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Chowdhury, A., Takeuchi, M.A., Kopparla, M., & Thraya, S. (2023, June). Arts as Critical Transdisciplinary Pedagogy: Awakening Relationality Through the Anti-Oppressive Facilitation of Soil Painting on the Land. Paper submitted for the International Society of the Learning Sciences Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
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Vadeboncoeur, J., Takeuchi, M., Rahm, J., Marin, A., Curnow, J., Chowdhury, A., Kopparla, M., Thraya, S., Czuy, K., El Halwany, S., Turner, K., Qureshi, N., Marlow, S., Edino, R., & Adams, J., (2023, June) Reimagining Learning Research in “Canada” as “Road Making”: Opportunities to Move Toward Equity Through Walking Methodologies. Symposium submitted for the International Society of the Learning Sciences Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
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Kopparla, M., Thraya, S., Takeuchi, M.A., Haroon, A., Chowdhury, A., Panaguiton, R. (2023, April). Designing Anti-Colonial, Land-Based and Culturally Sustaining STEM Learning. In J. Adams (Chair), Re-engaging (with) Care in Equity-based STEM Research [Structured Poster Presentation]. American Educational Research Association’s Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Banerjee, P., Nasiri, P., Lognon, R., Bahliby, N., Graham, V., Hussein, R., Narvaez, F., Sengupta, P., Cutler, M., Dutta, S., Helvasi Özacar, B., Thraya, S., Borzoo, S., Khandelwal, C., Sanyal, M. (2023, March). Newcomer Youth and Anti-Racism Integration: A Community-Based Research Initiative [Workshop]. 25th Metropolis Canada Conference, Ottawa, Canada.
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Chowdhury, A., Edworthy, S., Takeuchi, M.A., & Thraya, S. (2023, February). Soil camp: Land-based pedagogy for equity, diversity, and anti-oppression. Session presented at the Calgary City Teachers’ Convention, Calgary.
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Muscat, L., Wang, X., Thraya, S., & Takeuchi, M. (2022, April). Linguistic queering to disrupt normative STEM disciplinary practices in a Kindergarten classroom. In B. Daniel & N. De Lucca (Chairs), Interaction as a Site for Ideological Negotiation and Transformation in Science Teachers’ Learning [Symposium]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA.
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Thraya, S., & Takeuchi, M.A. (2022, June). Translanguaging as a tool to (re)connect: Co-designing land-based learning environments with refugee children. Paper presented at International Society of the Learning Sciences Annual Meeting. Hiroshima, Japan.
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Thraya, S. (2022, August). Redefining the Silent Period from Silent to Silenced: A Translanguaging Stance. Presented at Language Policy and Planning 2022 Conference: The Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning Conference. Montreal, Quebec.