Uncovering Carcerality in the Educational Pipeline

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The overarching purpose of this symposium is to consider how carcerality is embedded into all levels of the educational pipeline and to bridge research in k12 policy and higher education. Carcerality refers to “social and political systems that formally and informally promote the discipline, punishment, and incarceration of individuals” (Buenavista, 2018, p. 80). The presentations are motivated by three shared objectives: 1) to identify the form of carcerality in the study; 2) to ascertain the actors involved; and 3) to contextualize the institutional culture that enables carcerality to inform student discipline and school safety. Through interaction between the presenters and audience, we will generate dialogue on the connection between carceral practices between k-12 schools and postsecondary institutions.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 4: Policies, Mattering, and Praxis

Chair

• Jude Paul Matias Dizon, University of Southern California

Papers

• Why They Wouldn't Stop Suspending Kids: The Logics of Carcerality and Student Discipline - Mariama Gray, California State University - East Bay

• The Pathway Away From College Readiness: A Focus on Latino Male Middle School Students and Discipline - Adrian H. Huerta, University of Southern California; Eligio Martinez, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona; Maritza Elizabeth Salazar, University of Southern California

• Barriers to Higher Education: Current Policies and Future Research - Bradley Custer, Michigan State University

• The Impact of Drug Laws on College Enrollment for Latinx Young Men - Tolani Britton, University of California - Berkeley

Discussant

• Vajra M. Watson, California State University - Sacramento