ABSTRACT

Centered on the narratives from ethnically and racially diverse scholars of color with experience studying and working in predominantly White institutions in the United States, this volume offers critical reflection on common assumptions, policies, and practices which limit or preclude racial diversity and inclusion in various types of educational contexts and settings.

Scholars at different stages of their careers and from varied sociocultural backgrounds offer powerful critiques of contemporary experiences of disproportionality, mis/labelling, and exploitation, among others. Exploring both personal and professional repercussions of these lived inequalities, the candid insights of racialized challenges and imbalances are linked to the schooling experiences of minoritized K-12 learners and their families. This book proposes solutions to promote equitable and inclusive environments for faculty and scholars from racialized backgrounds in higher education with a specific focus on universities with education programs.

Students, scholars, and researchers across a broad number of fields including Educational Leadership, Ethnic Studies, Teacher Education, Higher Education may benefit from the discussions provided in this work.

chapter |5 pages

A Note on Terminology

The Power of Language

chapter |12 pages

Optical Illusions

On Being Un/Desirable Bodies of Difference in Education

chapter 1|11 pages

“A Slippery Slope”

From Deficit-Based Vantage Points to Ignorance for White Pre-Service Teachers

chapter 2|15 pages

(Re)discovering My Racialized Body

Critical Autoethnographic Connections

chapter 3|12 pages

Life After Death

Beyond the Epistemologies of Black Education Struggle in Teacher Preparation and Toward a Pedagogy of Black Educational Life

chapter 4|19 pages

Even if Our Voices Shake

Refusing to Be and Teach “Inside of the Lines”

chapter 5|13 pages

From Consumption to Refusal

A Four-Part Exploration of the Dilemmas of Black Education Scholars and Radical Knowledge

chapter 6|11 pages

A Shattered Window

chapter 7|10 pages

Disproportionate Underrepresentation of Faculty of Color in Education

A Critical disAbility Studies in Education (dSE) Analysis

chapter 8|11 pages

From the Mekong River to the Merrimack River

One Lao American Refugee’s Journey Through the Academy

chapter 9|10 pages

Still Searching

My Present Reality

chapter 10|9 pages

“You Need to Be More Social”

Controlling Images of Black Women in Tenure Dossiers