Zeus Leonardo

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Zeus Leonardo is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Zeus Leonardo has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 28 papers in Education and 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Zeus Leonardo's work include Critical Race Theory in Education (26 papers), Global Education and Multiculturalism (10 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (7 papers). Zeus Leonardo is often cited by papers focused on Critical Race Theory in Education (26 papers), Global Education and Multiculturalism (10 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (7 papers). Zeus Leonardo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Cyprus and Australia. Zeus Leonardo's co-authors include Alicia A. Broderick, Michalinos Zembylas, Carlos Alberto Torres, Theodore R. Mitchell, Angela P. Harris, W. Norton Grubb, Niral Shah, Peter McLaren, Sandy Grande and Rosalind Gill and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Educational Researcher.

In The Last Decade

Zeus Leonardo

53 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Race, Whiteness, and Education 2004 2026 2011 2018 2009 2004 200 400 600
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. Race, Whiteness, and Education
    2009 638 citations Zeus Leonardo profile →
  2. The Color of Supremacy: Beyond the discourse of ‘white privilege’
    2004 475 citations Zeus Leonardo profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zeus Leonardo United States 22 2.4k 2.3k 293 276 218 55 3.3k
James Joseph Scheurich United States 25 1.2k 0.5× 2.4k 1.0× 228 0.8× 229 0.8× 202 0.9× 82 3.1k
William F. Tate United States 22 3.0k 1.2× 3.9k 1.7× 200 0.7× 353 1.3× 254 1.2× 50 4.9k
Richard Delgado United States 21 2.3k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 359 1.2× 329 1.2× 352 1.6× 175 3.3k
Lois Weis United States 26 1.8k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 385 1.3× 260 0.9× 405 1.9× 100 3.3k
Dolores Delgado Bernal United States 18 2.9k 1.2× 2.7k 1.2× 149 0.5× 403 1.5× 235 1.1× 31 3.9k
Alan R. Sadovnik United States 12 1.4k 0.6× 2.2k 0.9× 365 1.2× 161 0.6× 132 0.6× 35 3.2k
Adrienne D. Dixson United States 18 1.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.9× 94 0.3× 217 0.8× 218 1.0× 46 2.6k
Carl A. Grant United States 30 1.6k 0.7× 3.0k 1.3× 202 0.7× 210 0.8× 133 0.6× 125 3.7k
Derrick Bell United States 19 2.8k 1.2× 2.1k 0.9× 387 1.3× 305 1.1× 345 1.6× 77 3.7k
Jean Anyon United States 21 1.9k 0.8× 2.8k 1.2× 463 1.6× 116 0.4× 161 0.7× 41 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Zeus Leonardo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zeus Leonardo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zeus Leonardo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zeus Leonardo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zeus Leonardo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Zeus Leonardo. Zeus Leonardo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leonardo, Zeus. (2025). Teachers as critical anti-intellectuals: Edward Said and educational criticism. Globalisation Societies and Education. 23(5). 1104–1110.
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Leonardo, Zeus, et al.. (2022). She Blinded Me with Science. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 37(2). 1–17. 1 indexed citations
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Leonardo, Zeus. (2021). She Blinded Me With Science: Postcurriculum and the New Science. Proceedings of the 2021 AERA Annual Meeting. 1 indexed citations
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Leonardo, Zeus. (2020). Edward Said and Education. 1 indexed citations
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Leonardo, Zeus, et al.. (2019). Sometimes Leaving Means Staying: Race and White Teachers’ Emotional Investments. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 121(13). 1–22. 4 indexed citations
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Battiste, Marie, Noam Chomsky, Norman K. Denzin, et al.. (2018). Dissident Knowledge in Higher Education. oURspace (University of Regina). 72 indexed citations
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Leonardo, Zeus. (2018). Whiteness at the Crossroad: Reflections on Race During Difficult Times. Religious Education. 113(4). 371–374. 3 indexed citations
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Trujillo, Tina, Kris D. Gutiérrez, Jabari Mahiri, et al.. (2017). Responding to Educational Inequality. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations
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Leonardo, Zeus. (2016). Educational criticism as a new specialization. Research in Education. 96(1). 87–92. 2 indexed citations
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Leonardo, Zeus. (2014). Contracting race: writing, racism, and education. Critical Studies in Education. 56(1). 86–98. 34 indexed citations
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Leonardo, Zeus & Angela P. Harris. (2013). Living with racism in education and society: Derrick Bell’s ethical idealism and political pragmatism. Race Ethnicity and Education. 16(4). 470–488. 8 indexed citations
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Leonardo, Zeus & Alicia A. Broderick. (2011). Smartness as Property: A Critical Exploration of Intersections Between Whiteness and Disability Studies. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 113(10). 2206–2232. 216 indexed citations
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Leonardo, Zeus. (2007). The war on schools: NCLB, nation creation and the educational construction of whiteness. Race Ethnicity and Education. 10(3). 261–278. 120 indexed citations
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Leonardo, Zeus. (2005). Through the Multicultural Glass: Althusser, Ideology and Race Relations in Post-Civil Rights America. Policy Futures in Education. 3(4). 400–412. 36 indexed citations
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Leonardo, Zeus. (2003). Interpretation and the Problem of Domination: Paul Ricoeur's Hermeneutics. Studies in Philosophy and Education. 22(5). 329–350. 16 indexed citations
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Leonardo, Zeus. (2003). Resisting Capital: Simulationist and Socialist Strategies. Critical Sociology. 29(2). 211–236. 7 indexed citations
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Leonardo, Zeus. (2003). Ideology, Discourse, and School Reform. Greenwood Publishing Group Inc. eBooks. 18 indexed citations
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Leonardo, Zeus. (2003). Reality on Trial: Notes on Ideology, Education, and Utopia. Policy Futures in Education. 1(3). 504–525. 8 indexed citations
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Tejeda, Carlos, et al.. (2000). Charting New Terrains of Chicana(o)/Latina(o) Education. Themes of Urban and Inner City Education.. 3 indexed citations
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McLaren, Peter & Zeus Leonardo. (1998). Deconstructing Surveillance Pedagogy: Dead Poets Society. Chapman University Digital Commons (Chapman University). 7 indexed citations

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