Book review for Sanctuary

 Journal of American Ethnic History 

I appreciate the Journal of American Ethnic History for including a review of my book Sanctuary in the Summer 2026 issue.

From the review:

As we continue to grapple with the violence wrought by US imperialism and subsequent mass movement of people, Medina’s methodological framing will prove a useful model to build upon for future scholars.

Find it on Scholarly Publishing Collective: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/article-abstract/45/4/135/410879/Sanctuary-Exclusion-Violence-and-Indigenous?redirectedFrom=fulltext

NCTE Position Statement on Media in the ELA Classroom

National Council of Teachers of English Position Statement on Media Education

A couple years ago, I was on the committee who wrote the last position statement on media education. As they say, a lot can happen in a couple years, especially when it comes to technology and the proliferation of generative ai large language models across platforms. 

Since the last statement, greater attention has also been paid to limiting the amount of screen time in classroom, recognizing how Chromebooks in classrooms can have detrimental impacts with access to YouTube Shorts and generative ai that students use to write papers. These are issues that are both perennial (student looking for ways to avoid doing work) and paradigm shifting requiring critical media literacy. 

Link here: https://ncte.org/statement/statement-on-media-education/ 

Print Statement here: https://ncte.org/statement/statement-on-media-education/print/