Yacine Kout, Ph.D.
Area(s) of Expertise: Critical Pedagogy, Autoethnography, Video Gaming
Courses Taught
EDUC 2110: Critical/Contemporary Issues in Education
EDUC 2120: Exploring Sociocultural Perspectives on Diversity
EDUC 2130: Exploring Teaching and Learning
TSLE 6001: Cultural Issues in ESOL
TSLE 6002: Applied Linguistics in ESOL
TSLE 6003: Materials and Methods in ESOL
Education
- Ph.D., Educational Studies with a Concentration in Cultural Studies, UNC Greensboro, 2019
- M.A., Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Salem College, 2010
- B.A., English Language, Literature and Civilization, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, 1999
Research/Special Interests
Research and special interests include teaching critical thinking and social justice through video gaming
Publications
- Kout, Y. (2022). Torpefied by Gaming: Three Ways Video Games Electrified Me Into Consciousness. Journal of Autoethnography: Manuscript accepted.
- Kout, Y. (2021). Becoming a Student of Critical Pedagogy A Story-Infused Naming of the Four Components of Critical Pedagogy. Scholastica Vitae: The Journal of Educational Biography, 38(1&2), 84-108.
- Kout, Y. & Lambrinou, M. (2021). Video games as free speech: Reproducing inequalities and pushing justice at the margins. In S. Jovanovic (Ed.), Expression in contested public spaces: Free speech and civic engagement (pp. 185-208). Lexington Books.
- Kout, Y. (2021 June 12). Asheboro City Schools’ leaders should not follow immoral rules [letter to the editor]. Asheboro Courier Tribune. https://www.courier-tribune.com/story/opinion/letters/2021/06/12/ever-lopez-denied-high-school-diploma-asheboro-city-schools/7662167002/
- O’Donnell, K., Jovanovic, S., Kout, Y. Musselwhite, J., Sizemore, S., Southard, J. (2016). One word does not a whole story tell: Contested truth on a highway historical marker. In Hannan, J. (Ed.). (pp.43-62). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.