Youth and Environmental Justice Publications
Jesica S. Fernández applies her community-engaged research expertise to document and support youth sociopolitical development at the intersections of environmental justice and community wellbeing.
Fernández, J. S. (2021). Growing Up Latinx: Coming of age in a time of contested citizenship. New York: New York University Press.
Fernández, J. S., Nguyen, A., & Langhout, R.D. (2015). “It’s a puzzle!” Elementary school-aged youth concept-mapping the intersections of community narratives. International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 3(1), 24-38.
Kirshner, B., Tivaringe, T., & Fernández, J. S. (2020). “This was 1976 reinvented:” The role of framing in the development of a South African youth movement. Journal of Community Psychology, 49(8), 3033-3053.
Langhout, R., & Fernández, J. (2015). Empowerment evaluation conducted by fourth- and fifth-grade students. In D. M. Fetterman, S. J. Kaftarian, & A. Wandersman (Eds.), Empowerment evaluation: Knowledge and tools for self-assessment, evaluation capacity building, and accountability (2d ed., pp. 193-232). SAGE Publications, Inc.
Govan, R. H., Fernández, J. S., Lewis, D. G., & Kirshner, B. (2015). International perspectives on youth leadership development through community organizing. Directions for student leadership: Engagement and leadership for social and political change, 148, 87-99.