Queering Black Education:
Theory, Practice, and Implications for Youth Work
Using queer theory as an analytic lens, this lecture will draw upon findings from two separate studies—one on the experiences of Black male teachers, the other on experiences of Black and Latino queer youth—to offer examples of what it means to queer Black educational discourses and practices. By highlighting the anti-normative sensibilities of queer knowledge production, this lecture will contextualize the hegemonic dimensions of Black educational discourses, and it will consider how queer disruptions may lead to more transformative agendas for Black educational justice.
Dr. Ed Brockenbrough is Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Rochester.
Tuesday, February 24 @ 6:00-7:00pm | UMass Amherst Lincoln Campus Center 165
Video of the Brockenbrough lecture available.
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