Vulnerable youth in volatile times: Ethical concerns of doing visual work with transfronterizx youth on the U.S./Mexico border

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Notes

1 This is a pseudonym, as are all other names of individuals at the high school that was my field site.

2 “Transfronterizx” is a gender non-binary term used as an alternative to the gender-specific “transfronterizo” (Relaño Pastor 2007) or “transfronteriza.”

3 Latinx is a gender non-binary term used as an alternative to the gender-specific Latino or Latina.

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Amy J. Bach

Amy J. Bach is an Assistant Professor of Literacy/Biliteracy Education at the University of Texas at El Paso. Bach uses anthropological methods to study the social and institutional contexts in which literacy is practiced and how these practices differ in value, method, and purpose across various sites and contexts. In her role as a Faculty Fellow with the Greater Texas Foundation, Bach investigated how state testing policies shape the literacy instruction and educational experiences of emergent bilingual high school students on the United States/Mexico border. Her other areas of research examine the intersection between literacy education, civic engagement, and citizenship; media- and arts-based education programs as avenues for youth development; and the impact of public school closures on communities, as well as photographic documentation of these closures.