Sharing a Decolonial and Humanizing Approach to Educational Research With Doctoral Students

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Five
  In Roundtable Session: Mentorship, Allyship, and Decolonial Approaches to Educational Research (Table 1)

Abstract

Two scholars reflect on their experiences of conducting ethnographic research alongside Latinx families from a humanizing and relational approach as part of an ethos of research that strives for decolonial praxis. As the subjects of their own reflection, authors use testimonios to tell their researcher stories and articulate their epistemological and ontological entry points into their research. This paper documents how this process was shared with doctoral students through a seminar that required them to reflect upon and identify their epistemologies and ontologies before proposing dissertation research. Findings suggest that requiring these types of explicit learning opportunities for students in doctoral programs may help to minimize educational research that is harmful to racially minoritized communities in both policy and practice.

Authors

• Sera Jean Hernandez, San Diego State University
  Presenting Author

• Ariana Mangual Figueroa, Graduate Center - CUNY
  Presenting Author