EDUCATION
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Ph.D. Education, Educational Foundations
Dissertation: A new materialist Investigation of feelings, things, and bodies in education
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
M.Ed. Education, Educational Foundations
Master’s Thesis: (Un)Confining spaces: Reconsidering contemporary educational assumptions through “pedagogy’s hinge”
Occidental College, Los Angeles, California
B.A. Art History and the Visual Arts
PUBLICATIONS
Books
2023
Means, A. J., Sojot, A. N., Ida, Y., & Sustarsic, M. (Eds.). Empire and Education. Routledge.
Articles in refereed journals
2022
Means, A. J., Sojot, A. N., Meyerhoff, E. (2022). Radical studying for another world: A conversation with Eli Meyerhoff. Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies.
Means, A. J., Jandrić, P., Sojot, A. N., Ford, D. R., Peters, M. A., & Hayes, S. (2022). The postdigital-biodigital revolution. Postdigital Science and Education, 4 (3), 1032–1051.
Jackson, L. & Sojot, A. N. (2022) So much more than research: Learning from women leaders in philosophy of education. Educational Philosophy and Theory. Special issue introduction.
Sojot, A. N. (2022). Emotional fundamentalism and education of the body. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 54 (7), 927–937. Special Issue: Empire and Education. (Published online August 11, 2020)
Means, A. J., Sojot, A. N., Ida, Y., & Hardt, M. (2022). A Dialogue with Michael Hardt on revolution, joy, and learning to let go. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 54 (7), 892–905. Special Issue: Empire and Education. (Published online August 10, 2020)
Means, A. J., Sojot, A. N., Ida, Y., & Sustarsic, M. (2022). Empire and education. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 54 (7), 879–881. Special Issue: Empire and Education. (Published online August 10, 2020)
Sojot, A. N. & Jackson, L. (2022). ‘No single way takes us to our different futures’: An interview with Liz Jackson. Educational Philosophy and Theory.
2021
Sojot, A. N. (2021). Cronenberg pedagogy and fleshy possibilities for educational futures. Policy Futures in Education. Special Issue: Educational Futures, Vol. 1.
Jackson, L. & Sojot, A. N. (2021). ‘If someone discovers these gentle pot-stirrings. . .’: An interview with Nesta Devine. Educational Philosophy and Theory.
Gibbons, A., Peters, M. A., Delaune, A., Jandrić, P., Sojot, A. N., Kupferman, D. W., Tesar, M., Johansson, V., Cabral, M., Devine, N., & Hood, N. (2021). Infantasies: An EPAT collective project. Educational Philosophy and Theory. [Invited]
2020
Di, X., Means, A. J., & Sojot, A. N. (2020). Emerging educational scholars: Volume 2. Educational Perspectives, 52(1), 1. Special Issue: Emerging Educational Scholars.
2019
Sojot, A. N. (2019). Slimer, slime, and the thingness of pedagogy. Educational Perspectives, 51(1–2), 8–12. Special Issue: Emerging Educational Scholars. [Invited contribution]
Di, X., Means, A. J., & Sojot, A. N. (2019). Emerging educational scholars. Educational Perspectives, 51(1–2), 1–2. Special Issue: Emerging Educational Scholars.
2018
Sojot, A. N. (2018). Pedagogical possibilities of becoming and the transitional space. Policy Futures in Education, 16(7), 893-905. Special Issue: The Spaces of Pedagogy. [Invited contribution] (Published online January 15, 2018)
CHAPTERS
Sojot, A. N. (2019). Tension, sensation, and pedagogy: Depictions of childhood’s struggle in Saga and Paper Girls. In D. Kupferman & A. Gibbons (Eds.), Childhood, science fiction, and pedagogy: Children ex machina. Springer. [Invited contribution]
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIEs
Sojot, A. N. (2020). New materialism and educational innovation. In M. A. Peters & R. Heraud (Eds.), Encyclopedia of educational innovation. Singapore: Springer. [Invited contribution]
Sojot, A. N. (2019). Sensation and pedagogies in teacher education. In M. A. Peters (Ed.), Encyclopedia of teacher education. Singapore: Springer. [Invited contribution]
COMMUNITY PERIODICALS
Desai, R., Padua, J., & Sojot, A. N. (2018). Celebrating Filipino university graduates. Fil-Am Courier, p. 7.
Sojot, A. N. (2017). Learning alongside plants. Fil-Am Courier, p. 12.
presentations
Conference papers and panels
Sojot, A. N. (2022, December 8–10). Pedagogical refrains and educational transformation: Feeling into philosophy of education’s futures. Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) Conference, Sydney, Australia.
Sojot, A. N. (2022, December 8–10). Looking Forward (keynote panel with Carl Mika [moderator], Sarah Gurr, Jacoba Matapo, Andrew Madjar, and Fiona Westbrook). Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) Conference, Sydney, Australia.
Sojot, A. N. (2022, December 8–10). When books talk back: A guide for educators. The Future of Philosophy and Education: A Panel of Almost Unimaginable Speculations. Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) Conference, Sydney, Australia.
Jackson, L., Sojot, A. N., & Devine, N. (2022, December 8–10). So much more than research: Learning from women leaders in philosophy of education. Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) Conference, Sydney, Australia.
Sojot, A. N. (2022, April 21–26). Disrupted feelings: Sensing a latent “undercommons” of time at the university. Paper accepted (unable to attend). American Educational Research Association (AERA), Foucault and Contemporary Theory in Education SIG, San Diego, California.
Sojot, A. N. (2021, August 27). Spinoza and “The Thing”: Disembodied joy and posthuman pedagogies amidst the pandemic. Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia Midwinter Zoomfest,
Sojot, A. N. (2019, December 7-11). Murmuration and multitude: Sensing self and others in education. Paper accepted (not delivered due to conference cancellation) for the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) Conference, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Sojot, A. N. (2019, October 31-November 5). Interstitial feelings: Economic undercurrents of emotion. Panel: Dangerous games and the future of childhood. Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education (RECE) Conference, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Sojot, A. N. (2018, December 8–10). Slimer, slime, and a pedagogy of thingness. Philosophy of Education of Australasia (PESA) Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand.
Sojot, A. N. (2018, October 18–19). Sensations and the thingness of pedagogy. Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies (ACGS) Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Sojot, A. N. (2018, October 14–18). “Timesucks”: Disrupting the inequality of childhood’s expectations. Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education (RECE) Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sojot, A.N. (2018, September 27–29). Pedagogical murmurations: Disrupting race, positionality, and community in Saga. Race & Pedagogy National Conference, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington.
Twomey, S., Lambrev, V., Alencastre, M., Sojot, A. N., Edwards, S., Waiau, K., & Kelling, M. (2017, October 30–November 1). Practice Architectures of a Hawaiian Immersion Public Charter School Consultancy Projects: (Re)framing Learning and Leading through Community-Based Research. Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED), Oakland, California.
Sojot, A. N. (2016, April 8–12). Pedagogical possibilities of becoming and the transitional space. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Washington, DC.
Sojot, A. N. (2014, October 29–November 2). Permutations of the Learning Self: Reflecting on Visual Imagery and Blurred Pedagogical Identities. American Educational Studies Association (AESA), Toronto, Canada.
Sojot, A. N. (2014, October 29–November 2). Insincere Motivations: The Hollywoodization of Educational Reform. American Educational Studies Association (AESA), Toronto, Canada.
Sojot, A. N. (2013, October 30–November 2). Complicating pedagogical borders: Exploring the transitional space of knowledge. American Educational Studies Association (AESA), Baltimore, Maryland.
Sojot, A. N. (2013, April 6). Complicating Pedagogical Borders: Increasing Media Literacy Through the Visual Image. Critical Media Literacy Conference, Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois.
campus talks
Emotional currency and education of the body. International Cultural Studies Graduate Certificate Program Speaker Series. Panel: Hardt and Negri’s Empire at 20: Interdisciplinary perspectives on Empire, multitude, and higher education. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, February 12
teaching
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, College of Education
Lecturer, 2018 to 2023
Sole Instructor
EDEF 310: Education in American Society, contemporary ethical issues (8 sections, Summer 2018–Fall 2020; online synchronous/asynchronous and F2F)
EDEF 310: Education in American Society, contemporary ethical issues and writing intensive (Summer 2022; face-to-face; received instructor-based approval from UH Mānoa Office of General Education for my writing intensive course design)
EDEF 360: Introduction to Multicultural Education (Summer 2023; online synchronous)
EDEF 610: Foundations of Educational Theory (Fall 2019, Summer 2023; Graduate Level)
Co-Instructor
Social and Cultural Contexts of Education (Fall 2015; Graduate Level)
SELECTED RESEARCH, ACADEMIC, AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Publications Graduate Assistant, Center for Pacific Islands Studies (CPIS) Publications, 2021–2023
Assistant Issue Editor, Educational Perspectives (College of Education Research Journal), 2019–2020
Graduate Assistant, Education Doctorate in Professional Educational Practice, 2014–2019
Education Researcher and Legislative Aide Researcher, Hawai‘i Educational Policy Center, 2012–2013
Hawai‘i State Legislature, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Budget Analyst, Senate Committee on Ways and Means, 2009–2011
EDITORIAL
Editorial Board, Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies
Section Editor, Social Reproduction and Educational Innovation, Encyclopedia of Educational Innovation
PEER REVIEW
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Policy Futures in Education
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
Ad Hoc Book Proposal Reviewer, Bloomsbury Academic
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
Senator, College of Education Senate, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
August 2017-May 2019
Member, Student-Faculty Relations Subcommittee, College of Education Senate, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
August 2017-May 2019
Member, College of Education Advisory Council, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
August 2017-May 2019
Chair, College of Education Doctoral StudentS Association, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
April 2017-May 2019
Member, Tinalak College of Education Filipino Advisory Council, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
May 2016-Present
Council Member, College of Education Doctoral Student Association, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
August 2014-Present
Department Representative, Graduate Student Organization, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
April 2013-October 2014
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Co-Director, FilGrad, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
January 2017–May 2018
FilGrad (Filipino Graduation) is a program to celebrate and support Filipino graduates at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Community Volunteer, ‘Āina in Schools, Kōkua Hawai‘i Foundation
August 2016–May 2019
‘Āina in Schools is a “farm to school program” that seeks to engage students in their communities through sustainability measures such as gardening, nutrition, and waste reduction.
Curatorial Assistant, “Trip Around the Island/Save Our Surf” Exhibition
August 2013–October 2013
Bridge Gallery, Hamilton Library, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
awards
2022
Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) Doctoral and Postgraduate Presentation Award, Fiftieth Anniversary Conference.
2021
Achievement Scholarship, Office of Graduate Education, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Achievement Scholarship, College of Education, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
2020
Royal T. & Aurora A. Fruehling Graduate Fellowship, College of Education, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Achievement Scholarship (Fall), Office of Graduate Education, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Research Corporation of the University of Hawai‘i Graduate Fellowship, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Achievement Scholarship (Spring), Office of Graduate Education, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
2019
Travel Award, Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education Conference, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces.
William Randolph Hearst Scholarship, University of Hawai‘i Foundation.
Achievement Scholarship (Fall), Office of Graduate Education, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Achievement Scholarship (Spring), Office of Graduate Education, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
2018
Travel Award, Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education Conference, Danish Center for Research in Early Childhood Education and Care, Denmark, Copenhagen.
Travel Award, Race and Pedagogy National Conference, Race and Pedagogy Institute, University of Puget Sound.
2017
Travel Award, Education Doctorate in Professional Educational Practice, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Travel Award. American Educational Research Association, Division B: Curriculum Studies. San Antonio, Texas.
2014
Achievement Scholarship, College of Education, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
2013
Achievement Scholarship, College of Education, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Travel Award, Graduate Student Organization, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
MEMBERSHIPS
American Educational Research Association
American Educational Studies Association
Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia