Successful Mixed-Methods and/or Multidisciplinary Team Approaches to the Study of Racial Justice/Injustice in Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This panel explores the power and possibilities of mixed methods and/or multi-disciplinary team approaches to the study of racial justice/injustice in educational research. While research universities and funding agencies increasingly encourage large team-based projects, they are difficult to conceptualize and enact. Panelists report findings from recent projects while providing tips towards conceptualizing, funding, actualizing, and publishing multi-method/cross disciplinary research. A program officer at a major federal funding agency will act as Discussant, offering their own insights. The panel will provide important professional development opportunities for new and veteran faculty, postdocs, and students. This is not a theoretical discussion of varying methods, but rather, an on-the-ground-look at the utility and actual work of investigators who have successfully engaged this program of research.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Mixed Methods Research

Cosponsor

• Division D - Measurement and Research Methodologies / Division D - Section 4: Multi-Method and Mixed Methods

Chair

• Lois Weis, University at Buffalo - SUNY

Papers

• Challenges of Mixed-Methods and/or Cross-Disciplinary Research in Practice: An Example - Margaret A. Eisenhart, University of Colorado - Boulder

• Power of Mixed Methods: School Ethnographies, Academic Transcripts, Post–High School Interviews - Lois Weis, University at Buffalo - SUNY

• Iterative Use of Mixed Methods for Addressing Inequalities in High School Mathematics Course Taking - Seong Won Han, University at Buffalo - SUNY; Chungseo Kang, Korean Educational Development Institute

• Effects of Education on Cognitive Aging: Extending the Utility of Population Representative, Longitudinal Studies in Education - Chandra Muller, University of Texas at Austin; Eric S. Grodsky, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John R. Warren, University of Minnesota

Discussant

• David B. Daniel, National Science Foundation