Research

• Racism in Schools
• Critical Race Theory
• After School Programs
• Community Engagement

Recent Publications

Patterson, W. & Rakha, S. (2014). “Now I am college material”: Engaging students through living reflections of self-identity as a form of pedagogy. In B.C. Bruce, A. Bishop & N.R. Budhathoki (Eds.), Youth community inquiry: New media for community and personal growth. New York: Peter Lang.

Carter, S.K., Rakha, S. & Nam, C. (2014). TAPping in: Education, leadership, and outright gumption. In B.C. Bruce, A. Bishop & N.R. Budhathoki (Eds.), Youth community inquiry: New media for community and personal growth. New York: Peter Lang.

Diaz, L.B., Rakha, S. & Nam, C. (2014).  Community as curriculum. In B.C. Bruce, A. Bishop & N.R. Budhathoki (Eds.), Youth community inquiry: New media for community and personal growth. New York: Peter Lang.

Education

• Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Educational Policy Studies Division: Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education, Social and Cultural Studies of Education Department: Education Policy, Organization and Leadership Dissertation: Emphasizing relations in an accountability-driven era: A qualitative study of a caring-centered after school program for Black and Latina/o students Committee: Dr. Yoon Pak (Chair), Dr. James Anderson, Dr. Robert Stake, and Dr. Reed Larson 05/2013
• Ed.M. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Special Education Concentration: Collaborative Resource Consultation 08/1992
• B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Curriculum and Instruction Concentration: Literacy, Social Studies, and Environmental Education 05/1990