35.036 - Women of Color Feminisms, Epistemologies, and Knowledge Production as Historical and Contemporary Truth in Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

As a way to reify the narratives of, and articulations by Women of Color (WoC) in educational research, this session highlights WoC feminisms and Critical Race paradigms as theoretical, methodological, and epistemological foundations, to ask: How do we challenge research that (1) privileges narrative “truths” about white males and Men of Color and (2) marginalizes and skews WoC educational realities? The authors present qualitative work that centers the narratives of WoC to disrupt historical and contemporary “truths” in education, and affirm WoC’s knowledges as integral to transforming discourse and perceptions about Communities of Color. Ultimately, through gender- and race-conscious inquiry, the authors make an explicit attempt to combat a dehumanizing political climate that maintains oppressive systems of power.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 2: Differences and Intersectionalities

Chair

• Alma Itzé Flores, Loyola Marymount University

Papers

• A Chicana Feminist Approach to (Re)Define School Discipline: The Experiences of Latina High School Students - Bianca Nayeli Haro, University of California - Los Angeles

• Epistemologies From the Isthmus: U.S. Central American Women Challenging Homogeneity in Higher Education - Audrey D Paredes, University of California - Los Angeles

• Ugandan Educational Aspirations and Home Making: Moving Beyond the Exceptional Immigrant Paradigm - Mary Senyonga, University of California - Los Angeles

• Nuancing the First-Generation Student Label: Examining the Educational Experiences of Latina/Chicana Motherscholars and Daughterscholars - Cindy Raquel Escobedo, University of California - Los Angeles

Discussant

• Stephanie Cariaga, California State University - Dominguez Hills