Restrictive and Expansive Views of Equality: A Conceptual Framework That Explores the Influence of Racial Consciousness on the Behaviors of White Faculty in the Classroom

• In Event: 29.091 - Poster Session 4
  In Poster Session: 29.091-3 - Developing Indentity and Practice as College Teachers

Abstract

Attempts to address the ever increasing achievement gap have failed to explain how and why educational practices perpetuate the devaluing of some and the overvaluing of others. This predicament has been of increased concern given the growing racial diversity among college students and the saturation of White faculty in the academy. White faculty are less likely to interrogate how race and racism privileges them, thus influencing their faculty behaviors. The findings presented suggest that racial consciousness and faculty behavior are inextricably linked. This research bears great significance, as it is the first of its kind to utilize critical legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw’s restrictive and expansive views of equality framework to empirically evaluate excellence in college teaching.

Author

• Chayla Haynes, University of Northern Colorado