Paradox and Disidentification

In this work-in-progress talk, I will begin with a discussion of the ways that one South Asian undocumented young woman experiences paradoxes due to immigration policy and structures of race and gender. I will analyze the ways that she disidentifies (Muñoz, 1999) with structures and concepts that do not allow for her sense of self. I will share snippets of her experiences with discussions of structure and agency and situate the role of educational research in the context of differential power and resources.

Dr. Lisa (Leigh) Patel is Associate Professor of Education at Boston College.

Tuesday, March 10 @ 6:00-7:00pm | UMass Amherst Lincoln Campus Center 165

Video of the Patel lecture available.

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.

Refusal, Resistance and Desire in Youth Participatory Action Research

This lecture will focus on some of the persistent conundrums of research on youth resistance. At times, new understandings of youth resistance can help us to think in new ways. Theorizing desire instead of damage can also bring important insights. Yet, refusal as an ethical research practice may be among the most significant strides we can make in academic-community partnerships to confront settler colonialism in social science research.

Dr. Eve Tuck is Associate Professor of Educational Foundations and Coordinator of Native American Studies at SUNY, New Paltz.

Tuesday, February 3 @ 6:00-7:00pm | UMass Amherst Lincoln Campus Center 165

Video of the Tuck lecture available.

SPRING 2015

February 3 with Eve Tuck
State University of New York, New Paltz
“Refusal, Resistance and Desire in Youth Participatory Action Research”

February 24 with Ed Brockenbrough
University of Rochester
“Queering Black Education and Implications for Youth Work”

March 10 with Lisa (Leigh) Patel
Boston College
“Relational Research with/for Undocumented Youth”

March 31 with David O. Stovall
University of Illinois, Chicago
“Accountable Community Engagement Towards Solidarity and Justice”

 

Tuesdays @ 6:00-7:00pm | UMass Amherst Lincoln Campus Center 165
This seminar series features critical methodologies in youth-centered and community-based research. Each lecture followed by Q&A. Free and open to all.

The Social Justice Education Doctoral Proseminar invites you to a screening of one-minute public service announcements (PSAs) and the launch of SJE Voices.  

The PSAs are based on literature reviews on select topics translated into popular media.

Join us for this inaugural event!

Impactful Partnerships: Implications for Policy, Practice and Community Transformation

Dr. Valenzuela will focus on some of the ways that universities can work in and with communities as part of a social justice agenda for school and community transformation. She will touch on historic and systemic barriers that tend to render positionalities as university-based actors problematic. Examples such as a grow-your-own-Latina/o educational pipeline, Mexican-American Studies history curriculum, cultural arts and literacy programs, with state- and national-level implications, will be discussed.

Dr. Angela Valenzuela is Professor of Educational Policy and Planning (Department of Educational Administration) and Cultural Studies in Education (Department of Curriculum and Instruction) at the University of Texas at Austin.

Thursday, November 13, 2014 | 5:30-7:00pm | Campus Center Auditorium

Language and Social Justice on the Border

Dr. Richard Ruiz is Head of the Department of Mexican American Studies in the College of Social and Behavioral Science and Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Culture in the College of Education at the University of Arizona. In addition, he has faculty affiliations in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching and in the Program on Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies. He is recognized internationally for his research and scholarship in language planning and policy development. He has been a consultant to the governments of Mexico, Australia, Guatemala, Bolivia, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Netherlands Antilles (Aruba and Curaçao), Israel, South Africa, and native communities in the United States and Canada.

Thursday, November 6, 2014 | 5:30-6:30pm | 101 Herter