Rate My Professor Lisa Porter

Porter co-authored the book Equity in School-Parent Partnerships: Cultivating Community and Family Trust in Culturally Diverse Classrooms with Socorro Herrera and Katherine Barko-Alva, published by Teachers College Press in 2020. Her peer-reviewed articles include “Navigating Liminal Spaces in University-Community Engagement: Risky Collaboration in Times of Crisis” in the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (Fall 2023), “Plexiglass: How Power, Policy and Politics Create a Mirage of Equitable Family Engagement” in the Journal for Multicultural Education (2021), “Fearful No More: Teachers Amplifying CLD Familial Voices in Technological Spaces” in the MinneTESOL Journal (2020), “Looking for Pura Vida: Disgruntled Parents in Search of Educational Alternatives in Costa Rica” in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education (2019), “Journeying Together: Building Intercultural Ties between Parents in Dual Immersion Programs” (2018), “Transnational Spaces: US Expatriates Recreating Home in Costa Rica” in the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (2009), and “Peace Education,” co-authored with Maureen Lorimer, in Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice (2005). She has also contributed book chapters, including “Luchando Contra la Corriente: Failed Promises in Addressing the Needs of Latinx/e/o Families in K12 Settings” (2024) and “Technology as Technocracy: Educators’ Conscientious Use of Technology for Authentic Family Engagement” (2020), as well as book reviews.