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Counternarratives For Racial Justice: Confronting Institutionalized Racism In Higher Education, Dianne Ramdeholl, Jaye Jones Jan 2022

Counternarratives For Racial Justice: Confronting Institutionalized Racism In Higher Education, Dianne Ramdeholl, Jaye Jones

Adult Education Research Conference

This research highlights findings from a recently published book documenting the lived experiences and struggles of racialized faculty at predominantly white institutions (PWI) within North America.


Experiences Of Students From The African Diaspora At Predominantly White Institutions (Pwi)., Sarah M. Ray Jan 2017

Experiences Of Students From The African Diaspora At Predominantly White Institutions (Pwi)., Sarah M. Ray

Adult Education Research Conference

Experiences of profiling, racism and discrimination are a part of life for many students in America. Perceptions of non-white, African International students about African American students is influenced by stereotypes and inadequate historical context of Black American experiences. This qualitative study addresses Black students from various parts of the African diaspora's experiences of racism, and perceptions of race/ethnic-based biases during their educational experiences in a predominantly white institution (PWI), through semi-structured interviews.


Social Justice Narrative Inquiry: A Queer Crit Perspective, Mitsunori Misawa Jun 2012

Social Justice Narrative Inquiry: A Queer Crit Perspective, Mitsunori Misawa

Adult Education Research Conference

Social justice narrative inquiry is an important research methodology in social justice research, especially for when examining the intersectionality of race and sexual orientation. This paper intends to: 1) conceptualize how social justice narrative inquiry contributes to knowledge production in the field of adult education in terms of positionality and its influence on the web of power dynamics; 2) theorize social justice narrative inquiries for social justice education and social justice research; and 3) demonstrate how a queer crit perspective (a queer perspective under Critical Race Theory) can be used in social justice narrative inquiry. Keywords: social justice narrative inquiry, …


The Intersection Of Racist And Homophobic Bullying In Adult And Higher Education: An Introduction Of The Three Types Of Bullying, Mitsunori Misawa Jun 2011

The Intersection Of Racist And Homophobic Bullying In Adult And Higher Education: An Introduction Of The Three Types Of Bullying, Mitsunori Misawa

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper addresses the author’s recent narrative study on adult bullying in higher education in terms of the intersection of racism, sexism, and homophobia. This paper specifically examines and provides several narratives from gay male faculty of color on three types of bullying that impacted their academic life and citizenship.