4118 - Feeling Intersectionality, Social Construction and Pedagogy

Session Submission Type: Workshop

Description

The socially constructed categories of race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality, and class/social status are fluid, not static. The intersection(s) of these categories take varied forms operating both within and across institutional structures, and always situated within specific historical and spatial contexts. We will present our own Social Matrix framework which embraces the nuance and complexity of identity and systems of inequality. Specific identities, such as race, may be centered and examined through the lens of the intersectional matrix. The purpose of this session is to explore this approach in practice. We will examine the construction of race and the reproduction of racism within specific institutional settings. We shall conclude by suggesting future directions for teaching and studying race.

Sub Unit

• Workshops / Teaching Workshop

Session Organizer

• Rodney D. Coates, Miami University

Presider

• Rodney D. Coates, Miami University

Panelists

• Rodney D. Coates, Miami University

• Abby L. Ferber, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

• David L. Brunsma, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University