Embodied: Finding Ways to Thrive as a Queer Non-Binary Black Womxn K-12 Educator

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Wednesday 1:45 pm - Gold 3
  In Roundtable Session: Leading Education at the Intersection of Queerness and Transness: School Leaders, Embodiment, and Transformation

Abstract

This critical autoethnography is a Queer Non-binary Black Womxn’s experiences navigating the K-12 institution amongst the social, historical and political elements that have dominated these environments. The author’s methodological and theoretical decisions reflect a resistance to the dominant ideologies and provide a counter-story of the experiences of Black educators at the intersection of other marginalized identities. The author’s chosen methodological and theoretical frameworks are embedded within this autoethnographic account to arrive at a process for reimagining a future, space, and place in education within which these identities can thrive.

Author

• Whitney S. Hanley, University of Kentucky