Sampson, C. & Bertrand, M. (2020). “This is civil disobedience. I’ll continue.”: The racialization of school board meeting rules. Journal of Education Policy, 1-21. 

Bertrand, M., Salinas, S., Demps, D., Rentería, R., & Durand, E. S. (2019). “It’s everybody’s job”: Youth and adult constructions of responsibility to take action for school change through PAR. The Urban Review. 

González, T., Bertrand, M., & Salinas, S. (2019). Pursuing inclusive schools: The case of youth researchers of Color expanding a new vision. Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners. (19)1: 4-22.

Bertrand, M. (2018). Youth Participatory Action Research and Possibilities for Students of Color in Educational Leadership. Educational Administration Quarterly, 54(3), 366–395. 

Rodela, K. C., & Bertrand, M. (2018). Rethinking educational leadership in the margins: Youth, parent, and community leadership for equity and social justice. Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 13(1), 3-9. doi:10.1177/1942775117751306

Bertrand, M., Durand E. S., & González, T. (2017). “We’re trying to take action”: Transformative agency, role re-mediation, and the complexities of youth participatory action research. Equity & Excellence in Education, 50(2), 142-154.

Scorza, D., Bertrand, M., Bautista. M., Morrell, E., & Matthews, C., (2017). The dual pedagogy of YPAR: Teaching students and students as teachers. Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies. 

Bertrand, M. (2016). “I was very impressed”: Responses of surprise to Students of Color engaged in youth participatory action research. Urban Education. doi: 10.1177/0042085916648744

Bertrand, M., & Marsh, J. A. (2015). Teachers' sensemaking of data and implications for equity. American Educational Research Journal, 52(5), 861-893. 

Bertrand, M. Perez, W., & Rogers, J. (2015). The covert mechanisms of education policy discourse: Unmasking policy insiders’ discourses and discursive strategies in upholding or challenging racism and classism in education. Education Policy Analysis Archives. 

Bertrand, M. (2014). Reciprocal dialogue between educational decision makers and Students of Color: Opportunities and obstacles. Educational Administration Quarterly. 50(4), 812-843. doi: 10.1177/0013161X14542582

Bautista, M., Bertrand, M., Morrell, E., Scorza, D., & Matthews, C. (2013). Participatory action research and city youth: Methodological insights from the Council of Youth Research. Teachers College Record, 115(10).