Barbara Dennis: Walking with Strangers

This book review critiques Barbara Dennis’s Walking with Strangers: Critical Ethnography and Educational Promise, which tells the story of her engagement with a midwestern school district that was experiencing challenges with the increase of their transnational population. Dennis’s portrayal is an intimate and thorough example of the emotional, personal, and methodological processes involved in conducting critical participatory ethnography. This review explores the chapters in the text as they provide insight to various components of the project and provides a discussion of the strengths and challenges presented within the book.