Calling in Motivation Researchers: Employing Multicultural and Critical Approaches in Pursuit of Responsible Scholarship

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Multicultural and critical research practices are important foundations for moving the motivation field forward in conducting responsible research. Unfortunately, many scholars communicate to their colleagues and students that participants’ identities and lived experiences are not important components of their work, perpetuating notions of motivational theories being race/culture neutral. The purpose of this session is to center multicultural and critical scholarship to cement how these research approaches are meaningful lenses for motivation research. Moreover, we aim to call in motivation researchers who may not currently implement these perspectives in their work and training practices. In doing so, this symposium will challenge researchers theoretically and methodologically, while holding attendees accountable to change the systems and structures within which they hold power.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Motivation in Education

Chairs

• Allison Zengilowski, Lehigh University

• Temitope F. Adeoye, Purdue University

Papers

• Middle School Black Girls' Conceptualization of Belonging Within the Math Classroom - Brooke Harris-Thomas, Purdue University

• Dueling Pandemics: An Exploration of Black Undergraduates' Meaning-Making Using Self-Determination Theory - Taylor Payne, University of Texas at Austin

• For Whom Are Motivational Interventions Developed? A Systematic Review Centering Race, Ethnicity, and Culture - Korinthia D. Nicolai, Virginia Commonwealth University; Destini Braxton, St. Mary's College of Maryland; Margaret Wallace, Washington University in St. Louis; Alison C. Koenka, University of Oklahoma

• Racisms of Commission and Omission in Educational Psychology: A Historical Analysis and Systematic Review - Kamden Strunk, Virginia Commonwealth University; Carey E. Andrzejewski, Auburn University

Discussant

• DeLeon Gray, North Carolina State University