Unforgetting Legal Precedent: Illuminating the Roots of Discrimination and Forging Equitable Futures in Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session explores the impact of Title VI and Title IX in education, emphasizing their role in ensuring equitable opportunities across diverse communities. Applying a legal analysis, four presentations highlight examples of discrimination and harassment facing marginalized communities as well as the ways in which education can advance Title VI and Title IX to advance equity. Presenter 1 uses an Afrofuturist approach to investigate the postsecondary aspirations of high school seniors attending schools in California. Presenter 2 addresses the gendered and racialized nature of Islamophobia that Muslim women experience. Presenter 3 explores the racialized experience among Asian American and Latinx students. Presenter 4 presents an equitable educational program in supporting gender equity for female students in STEM.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: Theory, Research and Practice

Chair

• Darnell G. Cole, University of Southern California

Papers

• Blueprints for Belonging: Black Students’ Aspirations and the Architecture of College Futures - Tr’Vel Lyons, University of Southern California

• Race, Gender, and Faith: Addressing Gendered Islamophobia in Higher Education - Milie Majumder, University of Southern California

• Asian American and Latinx College Experiences and DEI - Mabel Eunice Hernandez, University of Southern California; Alana Aiko Uilani Kennedy, Northern Arizona University

• An Intergenerational STEM Mentorship Program’s Impacts on Advancing Equity and Title IX for Female Students - Ting-Han Chang, William Paterson University

Session Organizer

• Ting-Han Chang, William Paterson University

Discussant

• Shafiqa Ahmadi, University of Southern California