Faculty Profiles

Pimentel, C. N. (n.d.). Everyday White Supremacy: A Case Study of Interest Convergence in Film Screenwriting. In Critical Race Theory and the American Media. Routledge.

Pimentel, C. N. (2024). Critical Media Literacy. In Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Social Justice in Education (Teaching and Teacher Education Volume). Bloomsbury.

Pimentel, C. N., O’Donnell, J. L., Lerma, Y., & Charlesworth, C. (2022). What happened to the Green Book? The disappearing act of black agency and other white framings in Green Book. In S. Turner & S. Nilsen (Eds.), White supremacy and the American media (pp. 116–138). Routledge.

Pimentel, C. N., & Pimentel, Q. L. (2021). A Critical Reflection on College Choice and Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Status. In Cuentos and Testimonies II: Students’ Voices, Inclusion, & Anti-Racism. Texas State University. Retrieved from https://www.provost.txstate.edu/cuentos-and-testimonies/cuentos-and-testimonies/II.-student-voices.html

Balzhiser, D. A., Pimentel, C. N., & Scott, A. E. (2019). “Matters of Form: Questions of Race, Identity, Design, and the U.S. Census Bureau.” Technical Communication Quarterly, 28(1), 3–20. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2018.1539192

Pimentel, C. (2019). I Stress Less and Sleep More at a Hispanic Serving Institution. In Octavio Pimentel & Miriam Williams (Eds.), Cuentos & Testimonies: Diversity & Inclusion at Texas State University. Texas State University.

Pimentel, C. N. (2019). Colorblind Racism, the Trump Effect, and The Blind Side. In Sarah Turner & Sarah Nilsen (Eds.), The Myth of Colorblindness: Race and Ethnicity in American Cinema (pp. 113–139). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783030174460

Pimentel, C., & Busey, C. (2018). Hollywood Films as Social Studies Curriculum: Advancing a Critical Media Literacy Approach to Analyzing Black Male Representation. Critical Education, 9(4), 1–17.

Pimentel, C. (2018). Miss American Terrorist: A Critical Racial Analysis of the Crowning of Miss America. In C. Medina & O. Pimentel (Eds.), Racial Shorthand:  Coded Discrimination Contested in Social Media. University Press of Colorado. Retrieved from https://upcolorado.com/about-us/blog/item/3492-racial-shorthand

Pimentel, C. (2017). The (Im)possible Multicultural Teacher: A Critical Approach to Understanding White Teachers’ Multicultural Work. Sense Publishers.

Pimentel, C. N., & Busey, C. L. (n.d.). Hollywood films as social studies curriculum: Advancing a critical media literacy approach to analyzing Black male representation. Critical Education.

Pimentel, C., & Fite, K. (2016). Activities for Understanding Self and Others in Local, National, and Global Contexts. In L. Nganga & J. Kambutu (Eds.), Social Justice Education, Globalization & Teacher Education.

Pimentel, O., Pimentel, C., & Dean, J. (2016). The Myth of the Colorblind Writing Classroom:  White Instructors Confront White Privilege in Their Classrooms. In Performing Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communication. Boulder, Colorado: University Press of Colorado.

Pimentel, O., Pimentel, C. N., & Dean, J. (2016). The Myth of the Colorblind Writing Classroom: White Instructors Confront White Privilege in their Classrooms. In Performing Antiracist Pedagogy in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communication (pp. 109–122). Boulder, Colorado, USA: University Press of Colorado.

Pimentel, C., & Santillanes, S. L. (2015). The white cinematic lens: Decoding the racial messages in The Blind Side. The Urban Review, 47(1), 126–143.

Garcia, C., Young, V. A., & Pimentel, C. (Eds.). (2014). From Uncle Tom’s Cabin to The Help: Critical Perspectives on White-Authored Narratives of Black Life. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Pimentel, C., & Santillanes, S. (2014). Blindsided by racism: A critical, racial analysis of The Blind Side. In C. Garcia, V. A. Young, & C. Pimentel (Eds.), From Uncle Tom’s Cabin to The Help: Critical Perspectives on White-Authored Narratives of Black Life. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Garcia, C., Young, V. A., & Pimentel, C. (2014). Introduction. In C. Garcia, V. A. Young, & C. Pimentel (Eds.), From Uncle TomÂ’s Cabin to The Help:  Critical Perspectives on White-Authored Narratives of Black Life. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Pimentel, C. (2013). Stolen education: A movie review [Review of the documentary Stolen Education, 2013]. In English in Texas (Vol. 43.2, pp. 47–49).

Pimentel, C. N., & Balzhiser, D. A. (2012). Whites’ Panic: The Double Occupancy of Hispanics in the U.S. Census Questions. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 26(3), 311–339.

Pimentel, C., & Balzhiser, D. (2012). The double occupancy of Hispanics: Counting race and ethnicity in the U.S. Census. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 26(3), 311–339.

Pimentel, C., & Sawyer, C. (2011). Akeelah and the Bee: Inspirational story of African American intellect and triumph or racist rhetoric served up on another platter? Multicultural Perspectives, 13(2), 100–104.

Pimentel, C. (2011). Hmm...hmmm...excuse me?  A case study of interruptive caring in a bilingual classroom. Power and Education, 3(2), 128–138.

Pimentel, C. (2011). The color of language: The racialized educational trajectory of an emerging bilingual student. Journal of Latinos and Education, 10(4), 335–353.

Pimentel, C. (2011). The politics of caring in a bilingual classroom:  A case study on the (im)possibilities of critical care in an assimilationist school context. Journal of Praxis in Multicultural Education, 6(1), 49–60.

Pimentel, C. (2010). Critical race talk in teacher education through movie analysis: From Stand and Deliver to Freedom Writers. Multicultural Education, 17(3), 51–56.

Pimentel, C. (2010). Color-coded bilingualism. In L. Diaz Soto & H. Kharem (Eds.), Teaching bilingual/bicultural children: Teachers talk about language and learning. New York: Peter Lang.

Pimentel, C., & Sevin, T. (2009). The profits of language brokering. Language Magazine: The Journal of Communication & Education, 8(5), 16–19.

Bitar, M., Pimentel, C., & Juarez, A. (2008). Language gain, language loss: The production of K’iche’tellano in highland Guatemala. The International Journal of Language, Society and Culture, 26, 25–33.

Pimentel, C., Soto, L. D., Pimentel, O., & Urrieta, L. Jr. (2008). The dual language dualism: ÀQuiƒnes ganan? TABE Journal, 10(1), 200–223.

Johnson, R. J., Pimentel, O., & Pimentel, C. (2008). Writing New Mexico White: A critical analysis of early representations of New Mexico in technical writing. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 22, 211–236.

Pimentel, C. (2004). Title Not Specified [Review of A White teacher talks about race, by J. Landsman]. Educational Studies.

Pimentel, C., & Pimentel, O. (2002). Coalition pedagogy: Building bonds between instructors and students of color. In V. Villanueva & S. B. Fowler (Eds.), Included in English studies: Learning climates that cultivate racial and ethnic diversity. Washington DC: American Association of Higher Education.