Department of Learning, Teaching and Curriculum

Dr. Greg McClure is a professor in the Department of Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum at Appalachian State University. Greg draws on a diverse range of experiences to shape his work with future teachers. He worked in North Carolina public schools for many years as an ESL teacher and program director, but his life as an educator truly began in the multilingual highlands of Guatemala where he served as a human rights observer during the last years of the Guatemalan war.

Greg brings a commitment to equity and justice to his work as a teacher. His teaching and research focuses on understanding the ways language, culture, and power intersect and play out in educational practices. He values creativity, compassion, and collaborative problem-solving and tries to incorporate these elements into his work as an educator. He is a member of the Council on Anthropology in Education.

Selected Publications

• McClure, G., Fitts, S., & Martinez, L. (2022). La voz inmigrante: Engaging Latinx families through popular education. Professing Education, 20(1), 38-50.
• McClure, G. & Fitts, S. (2018). “Mi historia familiar es sencilla”: Testimonio in the new Latino Diaspora. Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education: Studies of Migration, Integration, Equity, and Cultural Survival, (12)1, 14-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/15595692.2017.1381950
• Fitts, S. & McClure, G. (2015). Building social capital in Hightown: The role of confianza in Latina immigrants’ social networks in the New South. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, (46)3, 295-311. https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.12108