No Limit (CRT) Soldiers: Scholar Activists Breaking Through Raced Academic Boundaries Using Critical Race Theory

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Researchers address an aspect of how scholars of color utilize Critical Race Theory to respond to the conditions and challenges of resisting and transcending educational systems rooted in white supremacy in order to accomplish academic goals. Moreover, each paper illustrates the textured and evolving methods employed by these scholars who hold close the responsibility of overcoming adversity future generations. This symposium aims to highlight issues within varying educational contexts that create theoretical and physical boundaries in education which threaten the sustainable coalitions building that centers communities of color as knowledge creators. These papers offer theoretically well-balanced alternatives to current realities, essentially and effectively preparing, protecting, and prioritizing students, communities, and scholars of color in the face of inequity.

Sub Unit

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

Chair

• Ivory Marcel Berry, Howard University

Papers

• Scholar Activism in Critical Race Theory in Education - Thandeka K. Chapman, University of California - San Diego; James Crawford, University of California - San Diego

• "Straight, No Chaser": An Unsung Blues - Joyce M McCall, Arizona State University - Tempe

• #SquadGoals: The Intersectional Impact of Mentorship on Women of Color in the Academy - Cecilia Elizabeth Suarez, University of Florida; Devean R. Owens, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jamila Hunter, JustaLilBit, LLC; Adrienne D. Dixson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Crystal Menzies, Learning Research & Development Center

• Critical Race Theory (CRT) Off-Shoots: Building on the Foundations of CRT and Emphasizing the Nuances They Offer - José Reyes Del Real Viramontes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Discussant

• Kevin Lawrence Henry, University of Wisconsin-Madison