Quentin Sedlacek, Ph.D.

Quentin Sedlacek is an Assistant Professor of STEM Education at Southern Methodist University. He holds a Ph.D. in Race, Inequality, and Language in Education and Teacher Education from Stanford University, an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Mississippi, and a B.A. in Physics from Harvard University.

Before pursuing his doctorate, Quentin taught science and mathematics for five years at public schools in Mississippi and American Sāmoa. During grad school, he co-founded a peer mentorship program and co-organized an event series centering the perspectives of LGBTQ+ people of color in education. Today, Quentin’s research uses frameworks from linguistic anthropology and social psychology to examine how educators adopt, sustain, and advocate for practices that seek to center the voices of racially and linguistically marginalized individuals and communities. 

He has investigated how college faculty teach about African American Language in education and linguistics courses; how the raciolinguistic ideologies of K-12 STEM teachers may influence their adoption of a translanguaging stance; and how K-12 language educators use interest convergence to advocate for linguistically inclusive policies and practices within their schools. Beyond his research, Quentin teaches and mentors doctoral students in education as well as K-12 teacher candidates in science, math, and language arts.