Advancing a Transnational Comparative Framework for Racial Equity in Higher Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Transnationally, racially minoritized students have demanded racial and intersectional justice and institutional environments that demand that their lives really matter. In this critical juncture in our individual societies where anti-Blackness, anti-Asian, and anti-Muslim violence is rampant, yet becoming more transparent; higher education institutions have the responsibility to engage students, faculty, and staff in thoughtful and substantive training, research, and learning to prepare them to be racial equity advocates committed to social justice. This session will bring together transnational scholar-practitioners who participated in the 2022 and 2023 ICARE4Justice Summits, which are dedicated to developing global approaches to advancing access and equity for racially and ethnically minoritized (REM) communities, to present deliverables and findings from the summit.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education

Chair

• Franklin A. Tuitt, University of Connecticut

Papers

• A Comparative and Intersectional Anti-Blackness Framework for Humanizing Higher Education - Saran Stewart, University of Connecticut

• Decolonising Research Methods Training for Antiracist Researcher Development - Neema Begum, University of Nottingham; Alison Edgley, University of Nottingham; Pearl Agyakwa, University of Nottingham; Shardia Briscoe-Palmer, University of Nottingham; Hannah Robbins, University of Nottingham

• Rethinking Policy to Dismantle Racial Injustice: Examining the Dutch Context - Mary Tupan Wenno, ECHO, Expertise Center for Diversity Policy

• Cultivating Racial Equity in Higher Education Through Community-Led Research and Action - Naomi van Stapele, Hague University of Applied Sciences; Laurence Guérin, The Hague University of Applied Sciences