Center for
Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Carmen Liliana Medina, Associate Professor

Carmen Medina is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Indiana University.  Her research examines literacy/biliteracy as decolonial, social and critical practices. For the past 10 years she has returned to Puerto Rico engaging with children and teachers in critical literacy work as emerging decolonial knowledge production at the intersection of local and transnational social issues.  She is co-author with Dr. Karen Wohlwend of Literacy, Play and Globalization: Converging Imaginaries in Children's Critical and Cultural Performances and co-editor of Methodologies of Embodiment with Dr. Mia Perry.