Roxana Marachi, PhD

Professor, Teacher Education

Dr. Roxana Marachi is a Professor of Education at San José State University where she teaches courses in the Department of Teacher Education and the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership. Dr. Marachi’s research publications have focused on evaluations of policies and programs related to school violence prevention, high-stakes testing, privatization, and the technologization of teaching and learning. Her current interests are focused on strategies for the prevention of data harms and on bridging research-to-practice gaps in the integration of emerging technologies in education. Marachi is a fellow of the National Education Policy Center, served as education chair of the CA/HI State NAACP from 2019 to 2021, and has been active in local, state, and national efforts to strengthen and protect public education.

Education

• Ph.D., Education and Psychology, University of Michigan
• M.A., Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan
• B.S., Psychology, Minor in Music, University of Washington

Recent Publications

• Marachi, R. & Quill, L. (2020). The Case of Canvas: Longitudinal datafication through learning management systems [In Special Issue on datafication of teaching in higher education]. Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives. 25(4), 418-434. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2020.1739641

• Marachi, R., & Carpenter, R. (2020). Silicon Valley, philanthro-capitalism, and policy shifts from teachers to tech. In Givan, R. K. and Lang, A. S. (Eds.). Strike for the Common Good: Fighting for the Future of Public Education. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

• Carnoy, M., & Marachi, R. (2020). Investing in “impact” or investing for profit? The next wave of privatization of social services and education. National Education Policy Center. Boulder, Colorado. https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/social-impact-bonds

Recent Presentations

• Marachi, R. (June, 2019). When “innovation” is exploitation: Data ethics, data harms, and why we need to demand data justice. Invited presentation for A Black Education Network, Summer Institute. Stanford, CA. June 17, 2019. http://sco.lt/4r8MOO

• Marachi, R. (2018). Privatization of Public K-12 Education: Racial Disparities in Politics, Power, Policy, and Practice.  Presentation prepared for Race Equity Through Prevention Workgroup of Santa Clara County Juvenile Justice Systems Collaborative. San José, CA. July, 2018. http://sco.lt/6pJQLB

• Marachi, R. (2017). Unpacking College and Career Readiness Metrics. Do They “Level the Playing Field''? Or Create [More] Systemic Barriers to Educational Access?  Invited presentation for State NAACP/ESSA Civil Rights Education Conference. San José, CA. August 19th, 2017. http://sco.lt/6QU8or

Noteworthy Grants and Awards

• 2015 Freedom Fighter Award (San José / Silicon Valley NAACP)
• 2015 Justice Award (Californians For Justice)  

Online Resources

• Research Gate profile
• LinkedIn profile
• EduResearcher website
• Twitter account | @ConnectEdProf

Areas of Research Interest

• Data Ethics
• Data Harms
• School Climate
• Violence Prevention

Recommended Reading

• Captivating Technology: Race, Carceral Technoscience, and Liberatory Imagination in Everyday Life by Ruha Benjamin
• Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code by Ruha Benjamin
• The Swindle of Innovative Educational Finance by Kenneth J. Saltman