66.060 - Survival, Resistance, and Resiliency: Problematizing Diverse Experience of Women in Academia in a Post-Truth World

Session Type: Workshop

Abstract

Social justice education in the post-truth era demands a new paradigm that not only addresses how a transformation of consciousness can lead to a transformation of structures (hooks, 1996, p. 118), but highlights ways in which daily encounters are saturated with opportunities to either resist or conform to dominant narratives and contribute to or suppress a new vision of collaborative meaning-making. This hybrid workshop illuminates the lived experiences of women and youth of color at different points in their educational journeys; each are actively engaged in disrupting oppressive structures and transcending false limitations. Their multimodal narratives demonstrate ways to create spaces so that critical conversations can unfold to galvanize empowerment and allow creative-collaborative possibilities to emerge.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Critical Educators for Social Justice

Chair

• Dolores Maria Calderon, Western Washington University

Papers

• "I'm So Afraid for My Family": Creating Healing Classroom Spaces in a Post-Truth Era - Neritza Diaz-Cruz, The University of New Mexico

• Invisible Bodies: Utilizing Critical Race Theory to Problematize Women of Color in Academia From Muslim and Indigenous Perspectives - Andrea Abeita, University of New Mexico; Liah Rosdiani Nasution, State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Padangsidimpuan, North Sumatra,Indonesia

• We Are Each Other's Harvests: Envisioning Hope, Reclaiming Voice Through Critical Action Research by and About Doctoral Female Students - Magda Dathe, The University of New Mexico; Beth Giebus-Chavez, University of New Mexico; Gregoria Arienda Cavazos, The University of New Mexico

• Academic Sister Circles: Resistance, Persistence, and Collective Healing of Women of Color in Academia - Malayka Neith Cornejo, University of Nevada - Las Vegas