Black Women as Publicly Engaged Scholars: Mobilizing Literacy for Social Transformation

Session Submission Type: Alternative Format Session

Abstract

In this session, five Black women attending and/or working at predominately white institutions of higher education discuss what publicly engaged scholarship means and why we view ourselves as publicly engaged scholars. Aligning scholarship on engagement with stories of engagement in relation to access, mobility, materiality, movement, and literacy, we consider: What is publicly engaged scholarship when guided by Black feminist perspectives? How can Black women’s engagement stories lead to increased consciousness about literacy for transformation?

Content Area

• Area 7: Social, Cultural, and Political Issues of Literacy Practices In and Out of School

Chair

• Ryann Randall, Ohio State University

Discussant

• Valerie Kinloch, Ohio State University

Individual Presentations

• Introduction: A Conversation on Publicly Engaged Scholarship - Ryann Randall, Ohio State University

• A Theoretical-Political Framing of Publicly Engaged Scholarship - Tamara T. Butler, Michigan State University

• Methodological Underpinnings to Publicly Engaged Scholarship - Ashley Patterson, Pennsylvania State University

• Black Women, Engagement, and Institutions of Higher Education - Halima Alhassan, Ohio State University