Critically Addressing Anti-Blackness and Other Forms of Racism and a Move Towards Decolonization in the Training of Educators across Kindergarten Through Doctoral Studies

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This session entitled “Critically Addressing Anti-Blackness and Other Forms of Racism and a Move towards Decolonization in the Training of Educators across Kindergarten through Doctoral Studies” addresses this theme directly and speaks to the urgent contexts of our times. As hundreds of thousands of people march in big cities and small towns across the U.S. to protest deeply embedded systemic racism, racial violence, and anti-blackness in our shared society and governmental systems, we have an obligation to address how systemic racism also impacts the ways in which educators are trained to work in schools, colleges, and universities.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chairs

• Kevin C. Roxas, Western Washington University

• Daniel Soodjinda, California State University Stanislaus

Participant

• Amanda R. Tachine, Arizona State University

Presenters

• Dorinda Carter Andrews, Michigan State University

• Wayne Au, University of Washington - Bothell

• Rita Kohli, University of California - Riverside

• Taharee A. Jackson, University of Maryland - College Park