Publications

For a full list of publications, journals, chapters, articles, and books, see CV.

  • Brooks, M. C., Ezzani, M. D., Sai, Y., & Sanjakdar, F. (2023). Racialization of Muslim students in Australia, Ireland, and the United States: Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Race Ethnicity and Education, (26)2, 164-183.
  • Brooks, M. C., & Ezzani, M. D. (2022). Islamic school leadership: Advancing a framework for critical spirituality. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 35(3), 319-336.  
  • Ezzani, M. (2021). A principal’s approach to leadership for social justice: Advancing reflective and anti-oppressive practices. Journal of School Leadership, 31(3), 227–247.  
  • Ezzani, M. D., Brooks, M. C., Yang, L., & Bloom, A. (2021). Islamic school leadership and Social Justice: An international review of the literature. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 1-33.
  • Ezzani, M. D., Mun, R. U., & Lee, L. E. (2021). District leaders focused on systemic equity in identification and services for gifted education: From policy to practice, Roeper Review, 43(2), 112-127.
  • Paufler, N. A., Ezzani, M. D., Murakami, E. T., Viamontes Quintero, J., Pazey, B. L. (2020). Educational leadership doctoral program evaluation: Student voice as the litmus test. Journal of Research on Leadership Education.
  • Mun, R. U., Ezzani, M. D., Lee, L. E., Ottwein, J. (2020). Building systemic capacity to improve identification and service in gifted education: A case study of one district. Gifted Child Quarterly, 65(2), 132-152.
  • Ezzani, M. D. (2019). Principal and teacher instructional leadership: A cultural shift. International Journal of Educational Management, 34(3), 576-585.
  • Ezzani, M. D., & Brooks, M. C. (2019). Culturally relevant leadership: Advancing critical consciousness in American Muslim students. Educational Administration Quarterly, 55(5), 781-811.
  • Ezzani, M., & Paufler, N. (2018). Doctoral program in educational leadership redesign: Utilizing a multi-criteria framework. Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 3(2).
  • Ezzani, M. (2015). Coherent district reform: A case study of two California school districts. Cogent Education. A Taylor & Francis peer-reviewed, open access, international scholarly journal.
  • Ezzani, M. & Brooks, M.C. (2015). (Mis)Understanding Islam in a suburban Texas school district. Religion and Education, 42(3), 237-254.