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Alum Christo Sims Interview on Ethnography and Education

18 May, 2019

Alum Christo Sims Interview on Ethnography and Education

The podcast "Meet the Education Researcher" features a fantastic interview with alum Christo Sims on its latest Soundcloud episode!

Asking what ethnography can bring to the study of school reform, Christo discusses the complexities of ethnographic research and writing, as well as how having Jean Lave as a substitute teacher proved a life-changing experience.

Christo received a Ph.D. in Information and New Media and is now an Associate Professor at UC San Diego. His award-winning ethnography lays bare the ‘technological idealism’ driving the past 20 years of school reform.

Listen to the interview here!