Psychological Lynching: An Examination of Educational Trauma and Identity Development

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Four
  In Roundtable Session: Urban Learning, Teaching and Research SIG Roundtable Two (Table 6)

Abstract

This article seeks to shed light on the ways urban educational spaces aid in the traumatization of Black students and their identity formation. This article positions the theories of critical race (CRT) and racial space (RST) as a vehicle to more intentionally explore and link trauma work to discussions of identity development. In these spaces, identities are strengthened or disrupted, with implications for academic and social well-being (Renn & Shang, 2008). This study highlights the voices of teachers who attended urban K-12 schools in the area growing up and now teach in those schools. These teachers reflect and share their traumatic experiences and provide insight into how those experiences influenced their identity development.

Authors

• Kala Burrell-Craft, University of Maryland - Eastern Shore
  Presenting Author

• Petra A. Robinson, Louisiana State University
  Presenting Author