What a Time to Be Alive: Navigating the Academy and Centering the Social Context of Education

Session Type: Pre-Conference Mentoring Session

Abstract

We welcome a conversation with assistant, associate, and full professor panelists from various institutions to reflect on their experiences as Scholars of Color and how they navigate various academic spaces. The panelists discuss how they maintain a critical research agenda in the age of social media and cancel culture and how they navigate white supremacy against the backdrop of a deeply divided society. Finally, panelists reflect on their mentor-mentee relationship and suggest best practices for professors and graduate students.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education

Chairs

• Adeoye Adeyemo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Erica R. Davila, Lewis University

• Lasana D. Kazembe, Indiana University - Indianapolis

Panelists

• Ann M. Aviles, University of Delaware

• Richard D. Benson, University of Pittsburgh

• Sabrina J. Curtis, University of Virginia

• Christopher Emdin, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Angel Jones, Virginia Tech

• Larissa Malone, University of North Carolina - Wilmington

• Joanna Maravilla, Lewis University

• Yaribel Mercedes, Teachers College, Columbia University