Jason Michael Leggett

(he/him/his)

Associate Professor

I am a socio-legal scholar and educator. My research examines how language influences rights consciousness and legal mobilization, particularly among marginalized communities. I earned a B.A. in Political Science (Honors with Distinction) from the University of Washington. I received a Law Degree (J.D.) from Seattle University in Washington State.

Positions

Associate Professor, Behavioral Sciences, Kingsborough Community College

Publications

Leggett, Jason M., Nasser, Helen-Margaret, and Sharon Warren Cook (2024). “Culturally Sustaining Methods in a Mental Health Crisis,” Teachers College Record. Volume, 126, Issue 6-7. 

Leggett, Jason M. (2023). “Toward the Co-Construction of Assessment: Equity, Language Ideology and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy at the Community College” Currents in Teaching and Learning. Volume 15, Issue 1. Click here to download.

Leggett, Jason M., (2023) From the bottom up: marginalised students’ narratives of constitutionalism at an urban community college in the United States, Jindal Global Law Review.

Leggett, Jason M., (2023) Fumbling towards legal mobilization in the community college classroom, in Research Handbook on Law, Movements and Social Change, (Boutcher, S., Shdaimah, C., and Yarbrough, M, eds.) 2023, Elgar. Click here to buy the book.

Leggett, Jason M., and King-Reilly, Reabeka. (2020).  “In the Age of Fake News: Shifting Citizenry, Shifting Thresholds.” Currents in Teaching and Learning. Volume 12, Issue 1. Click here to Download.

Jason Leggett (2019) “The Community in Technology: How Collaboration Drives Virtual Spaces,” Liberal Education.

Leggett, Jason M.; Wen, Jay; and Chatman, Anthony (2018) “Emancipatory Learning, Open Educational Resources, Open Education, and Digital Critical Participatory Action Research,”  Click here to view

Leggett J. (2016) “Supporting Critical Civic Learning with Interactive Technology.” In: Schnee E., Better A., Clark Cummings M. (eds) Civic Engagement Pedagogy in the Community College: Theory and Practice. Education, Equity, Economy, vol 3. Springer. Click here to view.