Sleepwalking through Academia: The Impact of Anti-Woke Legislation on Higher Education

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Discussion

Abstract

This is co-authored paper that examines the impact of anti-woke legislation from the perspective of Black Studies scholars working as faculty/administrators, as well as the impact on student learning and education. This is a preliminary analysis of how anti-woke legislation impacts the ways in which Black Studies is taught in Texas and Illinois.

Sub Unit

• Theory, Practice & Struggle

Chair

• Ajewole Duckett, Northern Illinois University

Discussants

• W. Denae Powell, University of Houston

• Ashley Peet, Northern Illinois University

• Trevon Smith, Northern Illinois University

• Ajewole Duckett, Northern Illinois University