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Anti-Racist Critical Perspectives Diversifying Special Education Research: Challenging Traditional Narratives of Objectivity, Neutrality, and Science
Sat, April 11, 9:45 to 11:15am PDT (9:45 to 11:15am PDT), JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 3Session Type: Symposium
Abstract
Traditional viewpoints toward research under the guise of empiricist science have dominated the field of Special Education, severely inhibiting transformative research on social justice. As a collective, we (a) critique how Special Education’s self-imposed narrow vision of research, especially its claims about “objectivity” and “neutrality,” are elevated above all other ways of knowing (Anastasiou et al., 2024) and (b) assert the value of critical perspectives in our field to diversify professional knowledge and support greater equity. Our panel applies two theories of DisCrit and QuantCrit to collectively explore the following question: How do anti-racist and critical perspectives challenge notions of objectivity, neutrality, and empiricist science within traditional Special Education research to advance justice-producing dispositions, knowledge, and skills in the field?
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Critical Historiography of Special Education Research and Praxis: Advancing Collective Race and Dis/Ability Positionings - Mildred Boveda, Pennsylvania State University; David I. Hernandez-Saca, University of Northern Iowa; Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides, Hunter College - CUNY
The Numbers and the Narrative: A Critical Mixed Methods Synthesis of Disproportionality Literature Across Paradigms - Rebecca A. Cruz, Johns Hopkins University; Allison Firestone, San Francisco Unified School District; Sarah A Caroleo, Brown University; Rachel Saperstein McClam, Johns Hopkins University; Isun Malekghassemi, Johns Hopkins University; Logan McDermott, Johns Hopkins University; Claire Shin, Johns Hopkins University; Abigail Howes, Johns Hopkins University; Hailey Love, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Unchilding & Purposeful Remembering: Education in the Carceral State - Candice Jeehae Kim, Stanford University; Subini Ancy Annamma, Stanford University; Michael O'Key, Stanford University; Anmol Gupta, Stanford University; Greg Prieto, University of San Diego
A Mother-Son Dialogue on Anti-Blackness, Racism, Ableism, Special Education, and the Dangling Carrot of Giftedness - Elijah Stoutenburg, Pennsylvania State University; Lydia L Ocasio-Stoutenburg, Pennsylvania State University
Countering Ableism and Racism in Mathematics and Special Education Contexts: Exploring Possibilities through Maroon Knowledges - Paulo Tan, University of California - Santa Cruz; Rachel Lambert, University of California - Santa Barbara; Alexis Padilla, Independent Scholar