Asian American Teacher Man: Gender/Race Intersectionality Creates Invisibility in the Elementary School

• In Event: 68.061 - Roundtable Session 30
  In Roundtable Session: 68.061-2 - Intersectional Education Research Across Race and Gender Lines

Abstract

This study explores the discourses surrounding men elementary teachers through feminist Collective Memory Work methods with a group of elementary-teaching men (the term men is a deliberate choice for gender research). Through collective analysis the ten participant-researchers (all men current or former elementary teachers) identified a number of intersectionalities, including race and gender, which is illuminated here in the experiences of an Asian American man teacher. This work provides significant insight into the intersectionality of gender and race in the work lives of men and women educators which can be used to promote a more equitable work and learning environment as part of feminism’s “movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression” (hooks, 2000, p. 1).

Author

• Christopher Michael Hansen, University of Tennessee Chattanooga