The Necessary Work: Research by and for Black Women and Girls

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The political tensions of recent years have highlighted the needs of Black and (im)migrant communities both in the United States and abroad. These contexts require educational researchers to examine the methodologies and theories that drive our work to fully accept educational responsibility. This symposium brings together Black-women scholars and practitioners, who pursue theories, methodologies, and lines of inquiry that center the educational experiences of Black students, administrators, faculty, and staff. The objective of the session is a vigorous and rigorous exchange on qualitative methodologies (i.e. narrative-based approaches, cross-case studies, and others) that counter essentializing discourses about race and attend to intersectionality (Crenshaw, 1991).

Sub Unit

• SIG-Research on Women and Education

Chair

• Dawn G. Williams, Howard University

Papers

• Employing a Transnational Black Feminist Frame in Qualitative Inquiry: Lessons From the Intersections - Tanja Burkhard, Washington State University

• Intersectional Leadership: Black Women's Emboldening of Black Girls in STEM and Beyond - Angel Miles Nash, Chapman University

• They Need to Be Heard: Undocumented and Black - Kayon A. Hall, Michigan State University

• "I'm Essential": An Autoethnographic Study of a Black Woman Doctoral Student Doing Qualitative Research With/for Black Women Faculty - Khalia Ii, University of San Diego

Discussant

• April L. Peters-Hawkins, University of Houston