LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Books and Chapters
Identity Safe Spaces at Home and School: Partnering to Overcome Inequity
Becki Cohn-Vargas & Debbie Zacarian- Teachers College Press, to be released in February, 2024
Up-to-date research on identity safe practices and how to ensure that they occur both at home and at school.
The Routledge International Handbook of Gender Beliefs, Stereotype Threat, and Teacher Expectations
Chapter 23: Identity Safe Classrooms Becki Cohn-Vargas-Taylor-Francis, to be released in 2024
This chapter introduces identity safe teaching with specific examples of how to apply this approach to mitigating gender-based stereotype threat.
Belonging and Inclusion in Identity Safe Schools: A Guide for Educational Leaders
Becki Cohn-Vargas, Alexandrea Creer Kahn, Amy Epstein, & Kathe Gogolewski- Corwin Press, 2022
Identity Safe Classrooms Grades 6-12: Pathways to Belonging and Learning
Becki Cohn-Vargas, Alexandrea Creer Kahn, & Amy Epstein- Corwin Press, 2021
Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys
Chapter 11: Identity Safety as an Antidote to Stereotype Threat Becki Cohn-Vargas- Corwin Press-2018
Identity Safe Classrooms K-5: Places to Belong and Learn
Dorothy Steele & Becki Cohn-Vargas- Corwin Press, 2013
Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education
Chapter: Creating Identity Safe Environments- Dorothy Steele, Sage, 2012
Articles and Blogs (Partial List)
Identity Safety and Belonging for Native American Students
Becki Cohn-Vargas interviews Paula Rabideaux- Language Magazine, 2023
Corwin Connect: Culturally Responsive Teaching, Belonging & Inclusion with Native American Students
Paula Rabideaux & Becki Cohn-Vargas- Corwin Connect, 2022
Identity Safe Formative Assessment- Five- Part Series
Becki Cohn-Vargas - Corwin Connect, 2021
My Jewish Learning: Black Jewish Educator Advocates for More Inclusive Classrooms- Interview with Alexandrea Creer Kahn
Alexandrea Creer Kahn- Corwin Connect, 2020
Greater Good Science Center Article: How to Teach Online So Students Feel Like They Belong
Becki Cohn-Vargas & Kathe Gogolewski- 2015
Three-part series- Becki Cohn-Vargas on implicit bias, stereotype threat, and identity safety- Learning for Justice, 2015
David Cohen reviews the book Identity Safe Classrooms: Places to Belong and Learn- Ed Week, 2015