Brenda Santos

Brenda Santos is a social studies educator, teacher educator, and researcher-practitioner. She has taught history at the middle school, high school, and collegiate levels, and mentored pre- and in-service social studies teachers and instructional leaders. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Rhode Island and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Social Policy Hub for Equity Research in Education at Rhode Island College, where she co-leads a multi-generational community-based action research project. Her research focuses on teaching and learning in secondary history, disciplinary literacy, culturally responsive and sustaining practices, and teacher learning.

Publications

Co-Constructing and Sustaining Service Learning in Graduate Programs: Reflections from the Field
Co-Constructing and Sustaining Service Learning in Graduate Programs: Reflections from the Field
Rabia Hos, Brenda Santos. © 2023. 276 pages.
Ensuring doctoral students receive a well-rounded and thorough education is critical for their future success. Service learning within the doctoral program is one of the many...
Disruptive Practices: Advancing Socially Just Research Through Service Learning
Disruptive Practices: Advancing Socially Just Research Through Service Learning
Brenda Santos. © 2023. 12 pages.
This chapter describes the service-learning experience of the author in a graduate-level service-learning course for education students. It explains how that experience...