Karla O’Donald, Ph.D.
k.odonald@tcu.edu817-257-6406Scharbauer Hall 3120
Program Affiliations
Education
Curriculum Studies, Texas Christian University
Areas of Focus
Languages for Specific Purposes
World Language Teacher Education
Chicana Femenist Epistemologies
Decoloniality
Testimonio
Calderon, F., & O’Donald, K. (2026). Mi/Tu/Nuestra cocina: Ancestral knowledge and cultural mothering while making tamales. In M. Zhu & S. Morrison (Eds.), Recipes of motherhood: Families, communities, and the power of food narratives (pp. 167–182). Myers Education Press.
O'Donald, K., & Calderon-Berumen, F. (2025). Healing generational trauma: Confronting coloniality through imagined conversations. Platicando, aprendiendo y resistiendo. Educational Borderlands, 3, 99-110.
Calderon-Berumen, F., & O’Donald, K. (2024). Comadreando: Entangling the web of our lives. In Aughterson, K., & Moriarty, J. Performing Maternities: Political, Social and Feminist Enquiry. pp. 161-174.
O'Donald, K. (2024). Telarañas: Untangling My Pain. Río Bravo: A Journal of the Borderlands, 25, 68-73.
Fogelber, K., Cook, K.S., Calderon, F., O’Donald, K. (2024) Educational Principles and Practice in Veterinary Medicine. pp. 35-78.
Calderon-Berumen, F., Espinosa-Dulanto, M., & O'Donald, K. (2022). Testimonio at work: the power of Malintzin researchers. International journal of research & method in education, 45(4), 370-380.
ODonald, K., Calderon, F., & Espinosa-Dulanto, M. (2021). Yo no me se vender, yo no me quiero vender: Latina women navigating personal and professional lives. In The Kaleidoscope of Lived Curricula: Learning Through a Confluence of Crises. (Vol. Annual Curriculum and Pedagogy Group 2021).
Calderon-Berumen, F., Espinosa-Dulanto, M., & ODonald, K. (2020). Nepantla Connection: Testimonio and Anzaldúa’s poetry work. In Teaching Gloria E. Anzaldúa: Pedagogy and Practice for Our Classrooms and Communities (p. 328). University of Arizona Press.
Calderon-Berumen, F., & O’Donald, K. (2018). Criando y Creando. Critical Intersections In Contemporary Curriculum & Pedagogy, 225.
Jupp, J. C., Berumen, F. C., & O’Donald, K. (2018). Advancing testimonio traditions in educational research: A synoptic rendering. Journal of Latinos and Education, 17(1), 18-37.
Calderon-Berumen, F., & O'Donald, K. (2017). A living curriculum of Orgullo. Journal of curriculum theorizing, 31(3).
O’Donald, K. (2013) Encuentro (Encounter). Qualitative Inquiry, 19(2), pp. 129-130.
Santamaria, K.D., Muñoz, M.L., Atkins, J.L., Hobbs, D.R., O'Donald, K. (2013). A preliminary investigation into the application of processing instruction as therapy for aphasia in Spanish speakers. Journal of Communication Disorders, 46(4), pp. 338-350.
Santamaria, K.D., Muñoz, M.L., Atkins, J.L., Hobbs, D.R., O'Donald, K. (2013). A preliminary investigation into the application of processing instruction as therapy for aphasia in Spanish speakers. Journal of Communication Disorders, 46(4), pp. 338-350.
O’Donald, K. (2013) Encuentro (Encounter). Qualitative Inquiry, 19(2), pp. 129-130.
Calderon-Berumen, F., & O'Donald, K. (2017). A living curriculum of Orgullo. Journal of curriculum theorizing, 31(3).
Jupp, J. C., Berumen, F. C., & O’Donald, K. (2018). Advancing testimonio traditions in educational research: A synoptic rendering. Journal of Latinos and Education, 17(1), 18-37.
Calderon-Berumen, F., & O’Donald, K. (2018). Criando y Creando. Critical Intersections In Contemporary Curriculum & Pedagogy, 225.
Calderon-Berumen, F., Espinosa-Dulanto, M., & ODonald, K. (2020). Nepantla Connection: Testimonio and Anzaldúa’s poetry work. In Teaching Gloria E. Anzaldúa: Pedagogy and Practice for Our Classrooms and Communities (p. 328). University of Arizona Press.
ODonald, K., Calderon, F., & Espinosa-Dulanto, M. (2021). Yo no me se vender, yo no me quiero vender: Latina women navigating personal and professional lives. In The Kaleidoscope of Lived Curricula: Learning Through a Confluence of Crises. (Vol. Annual Curriculum and Pedagogy Group 2021).
Calderon-Berumen, F., Espinosa-Dulanto, M., & O'Donald, K. (2022). Testimonio at work: the power of Malintzin researchers. International journal of research & method in education, 45(4), 370-380.
Fogelber, K., Cook, K.S., Calderon, F., O’Donald, K. (2024) Educational Principles and Practice in Veterinary Medicine. pp. 35-78.
O'Donald, K. (2024). Telarañas: Untangling My Pain. Río Bravo: A Journal of the Borderlands, 25, 68-73.
Calderon-Berumen, F., & O’Donald, K. (2024). Comadreando: Entangling the web of our lives. In Aughterson, K., & Moriarty, J. Performing Maternities: Political, Social and Feminist Enquiry. pp. 161-174.
O'Donald, K., & Calderon-Berumen, F. (2025). Healing generational trauma: Confronting coloniality through imagined conversations. Platicando, aprendiendo y resistiendo. Educational Borderlands, 3, 99-110.
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