Cultivando Metodologías Feministas: A Chicana/Latina Feminista Praxis in Educational Research

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Efforts to conduct humanizing research in the current socio-political context has become increasingly challenging for historically marginalized communities. A series of studies published by Inside Higher ED affirm that the four pandemics (Ladson Billings, 2021) have exacerbated gender inequality and loss for early career scholars; this is especially true for Women of Color (COVID-19 & Beyond, 2021). In an effort to disrupt systemic inequities and to foster collaboration between Women of Color researchers, this panel highlights the transformative power which ensues when Chicana/Latina Feministas draw on research methodologies that centralize Chicanx/Latinx experiences. Each paper offers insightful reflections about conglomerate approaches to applying pláticas (Fierros & Delgado Bernal, 2016) and Chicana/Latina epistolary methodologies (CLEM) in research about Chicanx/Latinx communities.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 5: Inquiry, Transformation, and Communities

Chair

• Magali Campos, University of California - Los Angeles

Papers

• A Chicana/Latina Feminist Methodology: Examining Pláticas in Educational Research - Alma Itzé Flores, California State University - Sacramento; Socorro Morales, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

• Pláticas y Conocimientos: Motherscholar Saberes Beyond Educational Research Methods - Christine Vega, San Jose State University

• Unveiling the "Unheard" and the "Unspoken": Leveraging Pláticas and a Critical Race Feminista Epistolary Methodology - Cindy R. Escobedo, University of California - Los Angeles

• "We Write and Change Together as escritoras Y mentoras!" The Fractals and Flows of Chicana and Latina Writing Femtors Creating Emergent Strategies for Graduate School - Nora Cisneros, California State University - Los Angeles

Discussant

• Yadira Valencia, University of California - Los Angeles