Judson Laughter

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 769 citations indexed

About

Judson Laughter is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Judson Laughter has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 769 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Education, 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Judson Laughter's work include Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (11 papers), Critical Race Theory in Education (10 papers) and Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (10 papers). Judson Laughter is often cited by papers focused on Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (11 papers), Critical Race Theory in Education (10 papers) and Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (10 papers). Judson Laughter collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Judson Laughter's co-authors include Brittany Aronson, H. Richard Milner, Anthony Pellegrino, M. Brewster Smith, Stewart Waters, Stefanie Benjamin, George Hruby, Leigh A. Hall, Richard L. Allington and Leslie David Burns and has published in prestigious journals such as Review of Educational Research, Educational Researcher and Teaching and Teacher Education.

In The Last Decade

Judson Laughter

23 papers receiving 720 citations

Hit Papers

The Theory and Practice of Culturally Relevant Education 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Theory and Practice of Culturally Relevant Education
    2015 469 citations Brittany Aronson, Judson Laughter Review of Educational Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Judson Laughter United States 9 656 336 73 71 58 24 769
Brittany Aronson United States 11 653 1.0× 374 1.1× 89 1.2× 45 0.6× 55 0.9× 40 817
Etta R. Hollins United States 16 942 1.4× 312 0.9× 48 0.7× 71 1.0× 96 1.7× 31 1.1k
Valerie Ooka Pang United States 15 513 0.8× 349 1.0× 45 0.6× 38 0.5× 33 0.6× 44 676
Jewell E. Cooper United States 12 452 0.7× 154 0.5× 61 0.8× 53 0.7× 55 0.9× 18 537
Jocelyn Glazier United States 13 499 0.8× 400 1.2× 31 0.4× 34 0.5× 27 0.5× 29 669
Carmen Montecinos Chile 19 703 1.1× 173 0.5× 24 0.3× 45 0.6× 61 1.1× 67 831
Jennifer L. Snow-Gerono United States 9 630 1.0× 286 0.9× 25 0.3× 31 0.4× 65 1.1× 17 708
Lauri Johnson United States 15 584 0.9× 293 0.9× 37 0.5× 18 0.3× 35 0.6× 38 715
Lois Weiner United States 13 614 0.9× 266 0.8× 31 0.4× 58 0.8× 29 0.5× 41 732
Gary Howard United States 7 477 0.7× 290 0.9× 27 0.4× 46 0.6× 23 0.4× 14 605

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Fields of papers citing papers by Judson Laughter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Judson Laughter

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Laughter, Judson. (2023). Toward the pragmatic abolition of Whiteness. 10(2). 177–192. 1 indexed citations
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Benjamin, Stefanie & Judson Laughter. (2022). Toward critical race tourism: valuing counter-narratives and endarkened storywork. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 31(12). 2628–2644. 5 indexed citations
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Laughter, Judson, et al.. (2022). Overwhelming whiteness: a critical analysis of race in a scripted reading curriculum. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 54(6). 852–870. 15 indexed citations
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Laughter, Judson, et al.. (2022). Critical AntiRacist Discourse Analysis (CARDA). Urban Education. 59(6). 1651–1675. 3 indexed citations
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Laughter, Judson, Anthony Pellegrino, Stewart Waters, & M. Brewster Smith. (2021). Toward a framework for critical racial literacy. Race Ethnicity and Education. 26(1). 73–93. 14 indexed citations
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Laughter, Judson, et al.. (2020). ProCAD: Looking at a Fuller Picture of the Teacher Candidate. Journal of Teacher Education. 73(3). 271–285. 1 indexed citations
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Laughter, Judson. (2018). Race in Educational Researcher: A Technical Comment on Li and Koedel (2017). Educational Researcher. 47(4). 259–261. 11 indexed citations
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Aronson, Brittany & Judson Laughter. (2018). The theory and practice of culturally relevant education: expanding the conversation to include gender and sexuality equity. Gender and Education. 32(2). 262–279. 15 indexed citations
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Laughter, Judson. (2016). Provocateur Pieces: “My Black Kids Are Not Sub-Pops”: Reflecting on the Impact of Standardized Testing in English Education. English Education. 48(3). 267–275. 1 indexed citations
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Laughter, Judson. (2016). "My Black Kids Are Not Sub-Pops": Reflecting on the Impact of Standardized Testing in English Education. English in Education. 48(3). 267. 2 indexed citations
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Hruby, George, et al.. (2016). The Metatheoretical Assumptions of Literacy Engagement. Review of Research in Education. 40(1). 588–643. 6 indexed citations
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Laughter, Judson. (2015). ELA Teacher Preparation 2.0: Critical Media Literacy, Action Research, and Mashups.. Contemporary issues in technology and teacher education. 15(3). 265–282. 2 indexed citations
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Laughter, Judson, et al.. (2015). Using Literature Circles to Discuss Social Justice in Teacher Education.. 12(1). 67–70. 4 indexed citations
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Laughter, Judson, et al.. (2015). “Can I Make Any Difference?” Gang Affiliation, the School-to-Prison Pipeline, and Implications for Teachers. The Journal of Negro Education. 84(3). 333–333. 4 indexed citations
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Aronson, Brittany & Judson Laughter. (2015). The Theory and Practice of Culturally Relevant Education. Review of Educational Research. 86(1). 163–206. 469 indexed citations breakdown →
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Milner, H. Richard & Judson Laughter. (2014). But Good Intentions are Not Enough: Preparing Teachers to Center Race and Poverty. The Urban Review. 47(2). 341–363. 60 indexed citations
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Laughter, Judson. (2014). Toward a Theory of Micro-kindness: Developing Positive Actions in Multicultural Education (pp. 2-14). International Journal of Multicultural Education. 16(2). 5 indexed citations
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Laughter, Judson, et al.. (2012). Culturally Relevant Science Teaching in Middle School. Urban Education. 47(6). 1106–1134. 72 indexed citations
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Laughter, Judson, et al.. (2012). Making Space for Space Traders. 7(2). 5 indexed citations
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Milner, H. Richard, et al.. (2008). What Can Teacher Education Programs do to Prepare Teachers to Teach High-Achieving Culturally Diverse Male Students?. Gifted Child Today. 31(1). 18–23. 6 indexed citations

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