More Than an Ally

Michael Boucher in an assistant professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas A&M University - San Antonio. He completed his Ph.D. in 2013 in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in urban education from Indiana University. As a successful urban public school teacher, Michael taught social studies, served as department chair, and coordinated programs. He has taught middle school, high school, online courses, adult diploma, GED, and instructional methods. As a teacher-leader, Michael advocated for his students every day at school, but also in the press, the district, and the statehouse. Michael’s research examines the relationships of solidarity developed between successful White teachers and their students of color in de-facto segregated schools and explores researcher's responsibility to work in solidarity with participants during ethnographic research. Michael studies the interplay between race, power, and curriculum through his varied work exploring the racialization of historical understanding, the impact on White teacher candidates of student teaching experiences abroad, and a cultural studies critique of Ruby Payne’s, “Framework.”