Her teaching and research apply a framework of critical race theory to examinations of educational access and equity, emphasizing the community cultural wealth that facilitates the resilient resistance of students of color. The American Educational Studies Association selected Yosso’s book Critical Race Counterstories Along the Chicana/Chicano Educational Pipeline for the 2008 Critics’ Choice Book Award. Her research is also published in journals such as Race Ethnicity and Education, Qualitative Inquiry, and the Journal of Popular Film and Television. Yosso’s current research analyzes racial microaggressions evidenced in Hollywood portrayals of urban Latina/o high school students.