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The Nebraska Educator, Volume 6, Issue 1 (2021)

The Nebraska Educator: A Student-Led Journal

Contents:

• Again Awake: A White Researcher’s Iterative Positioning for Entering Black Spaces—Eileen Boswell, Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education. (doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.ne021)

• Exploration of Lived Experiences of Science Teachers of English Language Learners: A Transcendental Phenomenological Study— Uma Ganesan, Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education (doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.ne022)

• Confronting the Past, Challenging the Future: Linguistic Hegemony and Neoliberalism in TESOL— Crystal Bock Thiessen, Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education (doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.ne023)

• The Effects of Self-Regulated Strategy Development on Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: A Literature Review—Danika Lang, Special Education and Communication Disorders (doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.ne024)

• Assessments and Accommodations for English …

Again Awake: A White Researcher’S Iterative Positioning For Entering Black Spaces, Eileen Boswell

The Nebraska Educator: A Student-Led Journal

In this blend of critical annotation and personal reflection, the author narratively frames a selection of works comprising a contextualized reading list for White researchers confronting and positioning their whiteness for the first time. Built around 21 influential texts, this personalized collection of what to read and possible directions for contemplation reflects one educator’s awakening to the crucial situating of White research in Black spaces. The texts include academic journal articles, magazine pieces, and book chapters covering topical and methodological considerations, in addition to monographs and popular press books. The narrative and annotation are interwoven, creating a mini literature review …