ABSTRACT
Our nation's student population is becoming increasingly more diverse and yet many educational practices and policies remain the same. An intersectional approach in education research requires conscience reflection and thoughtful awareness of how multiple and interlocking oppressions impact similarly or differently the researcher and research participants. Intersectionality in qualitative education research moves beyond simplistic notions of identity and toward an accepted understanding that statuses differently position in society and in the research process. There has been an increase in scholars across disciplines who purport was to use intersectionality theoretically and to draw upon intersectionality methodologically. Intersectionality as a conceptual tool for understanding and interrupting social phenomena evolved from within Black feminism as theory and praxis.
