Cinematic Intersection Series (LoveCraft Country): The “Green Book” Personified: AERA Past Presidents Reflect on Guiding Scholars of Color Through the Academy

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Inspired by LoveCraft Country Episode 1: “Sundown” this session grapples with the challenges scholars of color face as they navigate the academy. The Green Book, featured in the series is a nod to Victor Hugo Brown, who created the guide during the Jim Crow Era to help Black motorists during their travels and to find safe spaces and places of respite. Educational research has been consistent in revealing that scholars of color are less likely to benefit from resources and opportunities due to limited mentoring and structural racism. Those who experience success and are able to thrive, typically benefit from mentors and leaders who are allies and who invest and take responsibility for cultivating the success and promise they see in scholars of color. Similar to Victor Hugo Brown, this panel of past AERA presidents have guided scholars in ways that shaped their careers and helped them navigate the terrain of the academy and AERA. Join us to hear their philosophy of mentoring, strategies and instructive lessons they have learned along their respective pathways of success.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Lori Patton Davis, The Ohio State University

Participants

• James A. Banks, University of Washington - Seattle

• Gloria J. Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Vanessa Siddle Walker, Emory University

• Carol D. Lee, Northwestern University

• Joyce E. King, Georgia State University

• Arnetha F. Ball, Stanford University

• Vivian L. Gadsden, University of Pennsylvania