Teaching Social Justice Ain't Easy: Stories of Historically Black College and University Faculty Who Walk the Talk

• In Event: Roundtable Session 34

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

In this presentation, the thick obligation of teaching social justice at an HBCU in the southern part of the United States is discussed. The landscape off the HBCU is reviewed, and the three authors, all HBCU faculty, share their stories through autoethnography. This methodology is defined as a research and writing approach that works to describe and analyze personal experience in order to better understand cultural experience. Through the authors' autoethnographies, they share their journeys of coming into being social justice activist educators and describe how said journeys impact their daily walk in their classrooms as they work to teach social justice to their students. They also share practical activities used to help students develop social justice dispositions.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Leadership for Social Justice

Chair

• Dara N. Nix-Stevenson, Southwest Guilford High School

Papers

• Walking the Talk: A Hip-Hop Baby's Take on Teaching Social Justice - Dawn Nicole Hicks Tafari, Winston-Salem State University

• From Philly to Ph.D.: Creating Social Justice Activists - Shawn Arango Ricks, Winston-Salem State University

• Walking the Talk: A Journey to Prepare Teacher Candidates With Social Justice Dispositions - Fran Bates Oates, Winston-Salem State University