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• Zapien, R. & Elemen, J. E. (2024, November). Navigating AI in K-12 education with a critical lens. Civics of Technology Blog. Civics of Technology Project. 

• Elemen, J. E., Santillan, O., & Guajardo, L. (2021, January-February). Equitable civic empowerment in schools: Addressing the civic debt in democratic education. Leadership Magazine. Association of California School Administrators (ACSA). 

• Elemen, J. E., Enriquez, S., Santillan, O. & Slutsky, B. (2019, August). Inclusive literacy in history-social science. California History-Social Science Blog. California History-Social Science Project. 

• Elemen, J. E. (2019). Foreword In H. Roberts (Ed.), Peer advocates in action: A step-by-step curricular guide for trainers and coordinators of peer programs. Independently published.

• Elemen, J. E. (2018). Social design-distributed leadership for civic learning. Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace.

• Elemen, J. E. (2017, November-December). Student voice and equitable civic learning. Leadership Extra. Association of California School Administrators (ACSA). 

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• Elemen, J. E. (2015). Students' high school organizational leadership opportunities and their influences on academic achievement and civic participation. Journal of Research in Education, 25(2), 4-18. Eastern Educational Research Association. 

  • Cited in "Students’ participation in democratic school management: A systematic literature review" (Sousa & Feirera, & Journal of Social Science Education, 2024).

• Dissertation (2015)

Author

• Elemen, J. E. (2024, November). Critical AI literacy, ethics, and justice. California Educators Together, High Quality Lessons.

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• Roney, S. (2020). Young authors from South Monterey County compete in Steinbeck essay contest: Middle school students participate in day of writing. Greenfield News. 

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