College of Education and Social Services
Addyson Frattura smiling with green trees in the background
Alma mater(s)
  • Ph.D. in Educational Studies (Philosophy of Education) from the University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
  • M.A. in Educational Studies (Philosophy of Education) from the University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
  • B.A. in Comparative History of Ideas and Anthropology from the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Affiliated Department(s)

Department of Education

Areas of expertise

  • Philosophy of Education
  • Critical Philosophy of Race
  • Critical Theory
  • Literary Philosophy

BIO

Dr. Addyson Frattura is a lecturer in the Foundations of Education. Within this role, she is teaching “Race and Racism in the United States” as a D1 Catamount Core Course for the University.

Frattura earned her Ph.D. in Educational Studies with a focus in Philosophy of Education from the University of British Columbia. Frattura’s teaching and scholarship focus on concepts of exclusion and freedom regarding race and racial oppression, oppressive systems and histories, and abolitionary theory and practice. As a teacher, her primary focus creating and sustaining a humanizing education through humanities-based teaching and learning. Prior to teaching at UVM, Frattura worked as a lecturer in the Teacher Education Program within the foundations of education at the University of British Columbia.

Frattura’s recent publications include “Two Loves Diverge: Education and a Love that Does Not Expel” in Philosophy of Education, “Mary Shelley’s Justine and the Monstrous Miseducation of Exclusionary Punishment,” in Studies in Philosophy and Education and “A Walking Poem” in Visual Arts Research.

Bio

Dr. Addyson Frattura is a lecturer in the Foundations of Education. Within this role, she is teaching “Race and Racism in the United States” as a D1 Catamount Core Course for the University.

Frattura earned her Ph.D. in Educational Studies with a focus in Philosophy of Education from the University of British Columbia. Frattura’s teaching and scholarship focus on concepts of exclusion and freedom regarding race and racial oppression, oppressive systems and histories, and abolitionary theory and practice. As a teacher, her primary focus creating and sustaining a humanizing education through humanities-based teaching and learning. Prior to teaching at UVM, Frattura worked as a lecturer in the Teacher Education Program within the foundations of education at the University of British Columbia.

Frattura’s recent publications include “Two Loves Diverge: Education and a Love that Does Not Expel” in Philosophy of Education, “Mary Shelley’s Justine and the Monstrous Miseducation of Exclusionary Punishment,” in Studies in Philosophy and Education and “A Walking Poem” in Visual Arts Research.