Experience and Interests
Teaching
- Assistant Professor, UW-Stevens Point (2025-present)
- Assistant Professor, Colorado State University Pueblo (2024-2024)
- Associate Professor, Middle Georgia State University (2021-2024)
- Associate Professor with Tenure, Stephen F. Austin State University (2018-2021)
- Associate Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University (2016-2018)
- Assistant Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University (2012-2016)
- Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor, UW-Eau Claire (2011-2012)
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Texas A&M University (2010-2011)
- Mathematics Teacher, Nacogdoches Independent School District (2007-2010)
- Mathematics/PE Teacher, Brookeland Independent School District (2006-2007)
- Mathematics Teacher, Jasper Independent School District (2005-2006)
Research Interests
- Equity and Access in Education
- Construction of Identity
- Critical Approaches to Education
- Ethnography
- Autoethnography
Awards
- G. Pritchy Smith Multicultural Educator of the Year, 2016. National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)
Presentations and Publications
Presentations
- Fox, B. L. (2024, November). Interrogating constructed reality: Identity in education for the advancement of social foundations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Studies Association. Greenville, SC.
- Fox, B. L., & Xu, T. (2018, February). Examining the experiences of males in an early childhood professional preparation program. Paper presented at the 30th Annual Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conference. Las Vegas, NV.
- Fox, B. L. (2017, April). Feeling the administrative pressure: Colliding forces, negotiating realities, and leveraging love, care, hope, and labor. Paper presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Antonio, TX.
- Fox, B. L. (2016, November). Suspicions of love: Scholarship, space, and structure. Paper presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Studies Association. Seattle, WA.
Publications
- Fox, B. L., & Zagumny, L. (2017). Organizational approaches to addressing Machismo and sexuality in Cuba. Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research, 12(3), 97-109.
- Williams, D. M., & Fox, B. L. (Eds.). (2016). Nacogdoches: Integration and segregation, then and now. Nacogdoches, TX: Stephen F. Austin State University Press.
- Fox, B. L., & Byker, E. J. (2015) Searching for equity in education: A critical ethnographic exploration in Cuba. Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research, 9(3), 183-195.
- Byker, E. J., & Fox, B. L. (2013). Navigating hybridity: Investigating the dance between culture and values within the Cuban national education system. Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation, 1. DOI: 10.12893/gjcpi.2013.1.8
Involvement
Professional Memberships
- Co-founder/Co-Editor, Journal of Multicultural Affairs
- Member, American Educational Studies Association
- Member, American Educational Research Association
- Member, National Association for Multicultural Education
- Parliamentarian, National Association for Multicultural Education (2024-present)
Fun Facts
Last book you read?
Kondo, C. S. (2024). Pedagogy of humanization: Preparing teachers for culturally sustaining classrooms. Stylus Publishing, LLC.
Best advice you ever received?
Focus on what is within your reach and control, never allow others to control your feelings, emotions and worth.
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Athletic director and head football coach.
Favorite Quote?
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” ― Maya Angelou
One thing about your school that you are most proud of?
I am most proud of how the School of Education demonstrates acts of kindness, care and collaboration.
What do you enjoy most about teaching?
I appreciate the opportunity to learn through teaching!
A piece of advice for students in your school?
Embrace who you are now, but challenge yourself to grow, evolve and lead!