Visions of a Racially Just Teacher Education Professoriate: Future Dreaming for Meaningful Change

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Much conceptual and empirical research exists that documents myriad possibilities and visions for racial justice in educational spaces and communities. Yet, despite all that is known about the possibilities and benefits of racially just work, the teacher education professoriate largely operates within deeply racist, sexist, ableist, and classist spaces. Within such systemic oppressive projects, how should we move forward as a national and international coalition (as the teacher education professoriate) to transform into an expansive space for racial justice? Established teacher education scholars from varying institutions (public and private; international and domestic) and backgrounds (varying racialized identities, fields of expertise) come together in this session to share their visions and future dreaming for transforming into a racially just professoriate.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education / Division K - Section 04: Transformative Justice in Teaching and Teacher Education

Chair

• Manka M. Varghese, University of Washington

Papers

• Living the Nightmare, not the Dream: Teacher Education, Whiteness, and Racial Injustice - Cheryl E. Matias, University of San Diego

• From What Is to What Should Be: Possibilities for an Intersectionally Racially Just Teacher Education Professoriate - Kara Mitchell Viesca, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

• Why Am I Here? The Role of Relationships, Hope, and Love - Teddi M. Beam-Conroy, University of Washington

• Visibility, Solidarity, and Power: Duoethnography of Asian/Asian American Teachers and Teacher Educators - A. Lin Goodwin, Boston College; Seung Eun McDevitt, Rowan University; Crystal Chen Lee, North Carolina State University

Discussant

• Kimberly A. White-Smith, University of San Diego