International Relations Committee Invited Session: Racial (In)Justice Across International Educational Contexts

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This symposium brings together ethnically diverse scholars whose scholarship is situated at the intersections of education and racial (in)justice. Specifically, the scholars examine how (1) academic activist collaborations in Brazil, Nigeria, Iran, and South Africa can help scholars reimagine a world free of carcerality within and beyond higher education institutions, (2) conceptualizations of intersectionality and double consciousness can deconstruct monolithic portrayals of Black immigrants in educational contexts, (3) the cultural capital theory can reveal Chinese immigrant families’ educational resilience and adaptability in Southeastern United States, and (4) anti-Palestinian racism impacts the Palestinian Diasporas in various educational contexts across the globe. Together, the scholars also theorize how education can advance racial justice across various international contexts.

Sub Unit

• International Relations Committee

Chair

• Jennifer Brant, University of Toronto - OISE

Papers

• Why Be a Single Star? Comparative Constellations and Abolitionist Academic Activism - Sahar D. Sattarzadeh, Nelson Mandela University/The University of Texas at Arlington

• Exploring the Risks of Synonymizing Black and African-American: Immigrant Experiences of Blackness - Dionne Cross Francis, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Jeffery Franklin, Indiana University - Indianapolis

• Navigating New Horizons: Insights Into Cultural Adaptation and Educational Investment of Chinese Immigrant Families - Yuechen Sun, University of South Carolina

• Anti-Palestinian Racism in Education - Hanadi Shatara, California State University - Sacramento; Muna Saleh, Concordia University - Edmonton

Discussant

• Ligia L. López López, Universidad de Antioquia