Micah Card

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About Micah Card

Micah Card is a writer and doctoral candidate at the University of California, Santa Cruz. An interdisciplinary scholar of culture, knowledge, and power, Micah's current research centers on the workforce and political economy of early childhood education (ECE). Micah uses qualitative methods and critical theories to examine and illuminate the lived experiences of early educators across policy contexts and how cultural-historical narratives around race, gender, labor, and science shape the working conditions and politics of expertise in the field. Over two decades, Micah has served as a California state mentor teacher, educational speaker and consultant, and UCSC graduate pedagogy and professional development teaching fellow. She has likewise published and presented work on progressive early childhood education, constructivist pedagogies, critical media literacy, and intersectional perspectives on children’s rights and the ECE workforce. Micah recently wrote the teaching guide for "The Media and Me"(2022) published by Censored Press. Micah is also an artist and writer of creative nonfiction and poetry, including the chapbook,"A Series of Engagements" published by tenderness lit. Their visual and performance art has been featured in shows in the Bay Area and Central Valley of California and their writing has been shortlisted for the 2017 Lummox Press Poetry Contest and the 11th Aesthetica Magazine Creative Writing Award.