Beyond Black and White: Accepting Responsibility for Intersectional Interdisciplinary Scholarly Research as Activism in Education

• In Event: Race, Gender, and Resistance in the Academy

Abstract

Educational research for equity and inclusion has become an increasingly complex responsibility. In this paper we demonstrate ways in which inquiry when undertaken by women scholars of Color is a form of scholarly activism. We examine terminology, framing, and the research impact (N=50) of our own work over the course of 20 years through a critical co-constructed autoethnography. Our analysis centers on researcher perspective beyond external phenotype, presenting instead intersectionality as a critical (multi) race theoretical lens and perspective for responsible research with and benefitting Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in the United States, Mexico, and New Zealand. Our intent is to provide a space where scholar-practitioner identities are honored within the research in which we/they engage.

Authors

• Cristina C. Santamaria Graff, Indiana University - Indianapolis

• Lorri J. Santamaría, California Lutheran University