"I Am Here for a Reason": Thai American Women School Administrators Leading for Justice, Equity, and Healing

• In Event: Research on Women and Equity

Abstract

In the field of educational leadership, little is known about Southeast Asian American women, their perspectives and experiences as school leaders. Studies that explore the roles of Southeast Asian American women school administrators in leading for social justice are virtually non-existent. The current study was guided by the tenets of AsianCrit theory. This qualitative multi-case study draws on retrospective accounts of two Thai American women school administrators in a Southern state to understand how they navigate intersectional identities and marginalization and discrimination associated with such identities in their leadership context to advocate for and create conditions for educational equity and restorative healing for their socioculturally and linguistically diverse students and families. 

Author

• Jia Liang, Kansas State University