Forty Years of Triple Quandary, Taking Stock and Looking Forward

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Since its’ editorial debut in 1983, The Triple Quandary Framework, initially conceptualized to describe the tripartite psychological experience of Black students within the context of educational systems across the United States, continues to gain extensive research support from lab-based and field studies. It’s broad and overarching reach includes adaptations that lend descriptive power to the experiences of a diversity of students from marginalized backgrounds and people of color from four continents. This panel, featuring scholars across the academic lifespan, seeks to consider the impact of 40 years of A. Wade Boykin’s Triple Quandary Framework through the lens of supporting studies to identify both challenges and opportunities for future directions in education research.

Sub Unit

• AERA Honorary President Edmund W. Gordon Series

Cosponsor

• AERA Research and Science Policy Sessions

Participants

• Brenda A. Allen, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

• Malik Boykin, Brown University

• Eric A. Hurley, Pomona College

• Carol D. Lee, Northwestern University

• Edmund W. Gordon, Teachers College, Columbia University

Discussants

• Claude Steele, Stanford University

• R. Davis Dixon, Howard University

Moderator

• Robert M. Sellers, University of Michigan