Beyond Coursework and Research Projects: Mentorship of and by QTBIPOC Scholars Toward Collective Transformation

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Through much of 2020, the marginalization of queer, trans, Black, Indigenous and people (young scholars and graduate students) of colour (QTBIPOC) has been exacerbated because of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Already marginalized QTBIPOC young scholars and graduate students (newcomers) are tasked with negotiating increased disparities in the current global climate. In its commitment to care for its membership, The Learning Sciences must confront--and design to eradicate--these disparities. One aspect of this effort is mentorship, an integral dimension of learning within highly competitive graduate learning environments. Building on the Learning Sciences’ commitment to interdisciplinarity, this symposium brings together four newcomers with four oldtimers in education research to dream about radical possibilities for the future of mentorship in higher education.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Learning Sciences

Chairs

• Rishi Krishnamoorthy, University of Toronto - OISE

• Jasmine Y. Ma, New York University

Papers

• Fitting In and Coming Out: Tensions in QTBIPOC Academic Experience - Sarah C. Radke, The Town School; Shante Paradigm

• Fighting for Our Liberation and Getting a Degree: Navigating Tensions in Our Entanglement With Academia - Rishi Krishnamoorthy, University of Toronto - OISE; Kevin Kumashiro, Kevin Kumashiro Consulting

• Those Loud Black Girls Making Spaces of Something Like Freedom: Black Womxn and Academia - Noor Maria Jones-Bey, New York University; Savannah Shange-Binion, University of Pennsylvania

• What's Love Got to Do With It? Exploring Radical Love in the Academy - Hui-Ling S. Malone, Michigan State University; Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Teachers College, Columbia University

Discussant

• Na'ilah Suad Nasir, Spencer Foundation