Ethical Lessons Beyond Institutional Review Board Approvals: Rethinking Ethics in Qualitative Research

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium responds to AERA 2024’s call for educational researchers to dismantle racial injustice and forge practices for more just and ethical possibilities in education. We gather as junior scholars of color to unpack complicated ethical challenges, issues, and dilemmas that are gate-keeping and unjust for both the researchers and participants in our research projects. Our works are grounded in various contexts (e.g., community, digital space, and k-12), centering on diverse topics that capture disability, intersectionality, adolescents, and systemic disparities. Through examples from our research, we invite the audience to have a critical discussion on positionality, methodological approaches, reflexivity, and inclusivity that move forward to cultivate justice-oriented and responsible research ethics.

Sub Unit

• Division D - Measurement and Research Methodologies / Division D - Section 3: Qualitative Research Methods

Chair

• Yixuan Wang, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Papers

• Navigating Ethical Dimensions: Promoting Inclusive Research Practices for Students With Learning Disabilities - Wisnu Agung Pradana, National University of Singapore

• Embracing Critical Reflection: Ethical Issues in School-Based Research - Shuang Fu, New York University

• Researching With "the Privileged": Intersectional Positionality, Glocality, and Power Dynamic in Research Ethics - Yixuan Wang, Gwinnett County Public Schools

• Shared Ethnicity Yet Different: Rethinking Ethics in Research With Adolescents Through Reflexivity - Ji Hyun Hong, Emory University

Discussant

• Maureen Alice Flint, University of Georgia