Showcasing Black Brilliance: Presenting Scholars of Color Integrating Antiracist Agendas in Education Research

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Researchers problematize intersectional issues occurring in P-20 spaces and share their work from the emic perspective, that is, the perspective of Black women in PK-12 schools and the academy. Framed by Critical Race Theory and emancipatory perspectives, five studies explore minoritized groups and challenge racist systems in the United States and abroad. Researchers discuss historical perspectives, anthropological studies, focus groups, and interview findings and offer context highlighting their positionality as Black researchers in critical qualitative inquiry. Each study underscores the unequal opportunities for minoritized groups and centers the perspectives of Black women, a group frequently robbed of their authentic voices, asked why they are not studying individuals who identify as White, or probed for how their participants compare to majority groups.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Research Focus on Black Education

Chair

• Ebony Terrell Shockley, University of Maryland

Papers

• Racial Violence in Education: Past and Present - Takeshia Pierre, Tufts University; Ebony Terrell Shockley, University of Maryland

• Racing Education: Black Cuban Women Teachers and Social Reproduction - Angela Crumdy, University of Pennsylvania

• A Case Study of a Skillful Black Mathematics Educator - Kelly K. Ivy, University of the District of Columbia

• FACEing-Black Family Engagement - Tamyka Morant, District of Columbia Public Schools

• Black Mothers of Young Children Diagnosed With ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder): Navigating Educational Spaces - Renee L. Garraway, Howard University