Her research interests focus on classroom relations, curriculum, and pedagogy in history/social studies and English/language arts within the sociocultural and political contexts of schooling. Her publications include articles and chapters on classroom authority, academic engagement, and citizenship education, as well as two edited volumes: Classroom Authority: Theory, Research, and Practice (2006; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, with Annette Hemmings) and Educating Democratic Citizens in Troubled Times: Qualitative Studies of Current Efforts (in press; SUNY Press, with Janet Bixby). Contact information: pace@usfca.edu, University of San Francisco.