Needs and Responses to School-Based Activism (Research)

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This presidential session features the work of action/activist researchers in education as they discuss needs, opportunities, and strategies for engaging and empowering staff, community members, and students in transforming their local school toward social justice minded change to serve the needs of diverse youth. This session illuminates the 2021 AERA Annual Meeting theme by engaging in a dialog with citizen-scholars who assume responsibility for enacting social change and who work to empower and position others to abolish inequities in education. Panelists will engage in a dialog exploring the societal values and norms being promoted to America’s youth; the rights, responsibility, and recourse to reshape the American educational experience; and the educational system’s potential for self-healing.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• April Z. Taylor, California State University - Northridge

Presenters

• Eric J. DeMeulenaere, Clark University

• Eve Louise Ewing, University of Chicago

• Anneliese Singh, University of Georgia

• Camille M. Wilson, University of Michigan

Moderator

• Patrick Mullen, The College of William & Mary