Patricia Krueger

Patricia Krueger is an Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership in Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston, within the College of Education and Human Development. Her work centers on urban education and the critical examination of educational policies and their impact on youth in urban school systems.

Her research focuses on understanding how young people perceive and experience social injustices within educational contexts. Utilizing mixed-method and participatory action research approaches, she emphasizes youth-centered visual narratives as tools for reimagining education as embodied and spatialized knowledge. This work bridges theory and practice in equitable and community-driven educational reform.

Dr. Krueger-Henney earned her PhD in Urban Education from The Graduate Center at The City University of New York. Prior to her current role, she served on faculty in various teacher education programs and taught social studies in New York City public high schools, grounding her academic work in practical classroom experience.

She is actively involved in several academic and research communities: a member and consultant for The Public Science Project at The CUNY Graduate Center, serves on the advisory board for SPARK, a graduate teacher education program at Keene State College, and acts as an editorial reviewer for peer-reviewed educational journals. These roles reflect her commitment to collaborative, justice-oriented scholarship and teacher development.