44.021 - Division F Fireside Chat. Using the Past to Influence the Present: History of Education as an Activist Practice

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This fireside chat will showcase the work of scholars who take a critical or social justice stance. It has become increasingly apparent that in order to respond to the exigencies of our current political climate, the future of the history of education must bridge multiple disciplines; it cannot be simply the territory of formally trained historians. Instead we must also include and celebrate the work of scholar activists who make use of the past to effect change and to critique the present. We will provoke a dialogue with a group of scholars who have engaged history to varying degrees in order to think about our guiding question: How can thinking historically help us approach issues of racism and inequality?

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Chairs

• Deirdre Dougherty, Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway

• Atiya S Strothers, Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway

Participants

• Paul Cameron Gorski, George Mason University

• David Troutt, Rutgers University - Newark

• Michelle A. Purdy, Washington University in St. Louis

• Marybeth Gasman, University of Pennsylvania