Division L - Educational Policies and Politics / Division L - Section 4: Social, Political, and Cultural Contexts

Jenna Doane, The University of New Mexico

Mama Bears in the Belly of the Beast: Moms for Liberty’s Far-Right Organizing in a Progressive State - Danfeng Soto-Vigil Koon, University of San Francisco; Huriya Jabbar, University of Southern California; Kiah Combs, University of San Francisco; Mira McDavitt, University of San Francisco; Tamra Malone, University of San Francisco; Teresa Leyva, University of San Francisco

Erasing Diversity: Demographic Shifts, Segregation and the Rise of Book Bans in U.S. Schools - Erica Frankenberg, Pennsylvania State University; Caprial E. Farrington, University of Georgia; Sarah McCollum, University of Georgia; Genevieve P. Siegel-Hawley, Virginia Commonwealth University; Talia S. Leibovitz, University of California - Berkeley; Elizabeth H. DeBray, University of Georgia; Janelle T. Scott, University of California - Berkeley; Kathryn A. McDermott, University of Massachusetts - Amherst; Caprial E. Farrington, University of Georgia

Institutional Adaptation and the Rollback of LGBTQIA+ Supports Under Texas SB 17 - Sherri Castillo, Austin Community College; Randy Lopez, University of Texas at Austin; Keren Esmeralda Gomez, University of Texas at Austin

Rolling Back “Anti-Racism,” Defending “Diversity:” How One Suburban District Navigated the DEI Backlash - Nadirah Farah Foley, Washington University in St. Louis

Jennifer Ventimiglia, Northeastern Illinois University