Articles
Beyond Liberal Democracy: Dewey's Renascent Liberalism, Education and Culture (2012)
My project aims to develop a relational, pluralistic political theory that moves us beyond liberal...
Book Review of: Leaders in Philosophy of Education: Intellectual Self Portraits, Education and Culture (2012)
Befriending (White) Women Faculty in Higher Education?, Advancing Women in Leadership (2011)
In this essay Thayer-Bacon explores the issue of a chilly climate in higher education that...
Maria Montessori: Education for Peace, In Factis Pax (2011)
We recognize John Dewey’s significant contributions to democratic theory but not Maria Montessori’s, and it...
Sister Katherine: An Example of Feminist Educational Leadership, Advancing Women in Leadership (2008)
Books
Beyond Liberal Democracy in Schools: The Power of Pluralism (2008)
In this unique union of philosophy and ethnographic research, Barbara Thayer-Bacon explains how the individualist...
Contributions to Books
Education’s Role in Democracy: The Power of Pluralism, Contemporary Feminist Pragmatism (2012)
The notion of "feminist pragmatism" or "pragmatist feminism" has been around since Charlene Haddock Seigfried...
Pragmatism and Education, The Continuum Companion to Pragmatism (2011)
The Continuum Companion to Pragmatism offers the definitive guide to a key area of contemporary...
Feminist Theory and Moral Education, Character and Moral Education: A Reader (2011)
Against a formidable national discourse that emphasizes academic standardization, accountability, and high-stakes testing in educational...