Equity, Technology, and Emerging Literacies

Session Type: Paper Session

Abstract

This session examines the intersections of equity, technology, and new literacies. The papers collectively highlight how digital and AI-mediated environments both replicate inequities and hold promise for transformative change. One paper applies QuantCrit methods to document racial disparities in digital reading among adolescents, while another investigates how teacher educators envision culturally responsive integration of artificial intelligence. The third paper explores how AI can amplify minority voices in STEM higher education. The added paper extends the discussion to PK–12 settings, where multicultural competence initiatives aim to prepare educators for leadership in diverse classrooms. Together, these contributions reveal the tensions between systemic inequities and the democratizing possibilities of emerging technologies and inclusive practices in education.

Sub Unit

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

Chair

• Samira Said Al Hosni, Indiana University

Papers

• Culturally Responsive AI Adoption in Teacher Education: Insights from Multicultural Educators - Nayif Adil Awad, Sakhnin College; Shira Soffer-Vital, Ono Academic College

• Exclusions: Using AI to Uplift Minority Voices in STEM Higher Education - Show Mei Lin, Tennessee State University

• Exploring Racial Disparities in Digital Reading: A QuantCrit Study of U.S. Adolescents - Ibrahim Kizil, Syracuse University; Bong Gee Jang, Syracuse University

Session Organizer

• Christopher J.P. Sewell, Colorado College

Discussant

• Matthew Nyaaba, University of Georgia