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Ariel Borns Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Education
Education | School of Education
Education
- Ph.D. Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 2025
- Master of Arts, Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2020
- Master of Arts in Teaching, Clark University, 2012
- Bachelor of Arts in International Development and Social Change & Spanish, Clark University, 2011
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Stevenson University
- Teacher, Montgomery County Public Schools & Baltimore County Public Schools
Research
Literacy, Multilingualism, Professional Development, Comparative & International Education, and Community-Based Education
Publications
Select Publications
- Borns, A. (2020). Transcending Civic Disjunctures: Transnational Youth Organizing in a Community-Based Educational Space. Educação & Realidade (Education and Reality), 45(2).
- Bartlett, L. & Borns, A. (2022). School Climate & Culture. In Monisha Bajaj, Daniel Walsh, Lesley Bartlett, & Gabriela Martínez (Eds). Humanizing Education for Immigrant & Refugee Youth: 20 Strategies for the Classroom & Beyond. New York: Teachers College Press.
- McCleary, K., Borns, A., Brecklin, C., Lauter, L., Owenby, T. & Kendall, N. (2023). Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Engaging Multiple Stakeholders in Course-Level Internationalization. In Elise S. Ahn (Ed). Wisconsin in the World: Examining Internationalization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Select Presentations
- Borns, A. (April 2025). Middle Figures and Instructional Coaching Policy in Guatemala. [Poster presentation]. American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO, United States.
- Borns, A. (March 2025). Multilingual Literacies in National Guatemalan Schools. [Paper presentation].
- Comparative and International Education Society, Chicago, IL, United States.
- Borns, A. (November 2022). Instructional Coaching, Literacy Equity, and Constructing a “Science of Reading” Stance [Paper presentation]. American Anthropological Association, Seattle, Washington, United States.
- Borns, A. (November 2019). Transnational Youth Organizing: Coming of Age while Organizing for Change in a Community-Based Educational Space [Paper presentation]. American Anthropological Association, Vancouver, Canada.
Teaching
- Reading in the Content Area II
- Children’s and Youth Literature
- Junior Seminar
- Educational Psychology
Highlights
- 2024 National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship
- 2020 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
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