"Everything Is About Balance": Graduate Education Faculty and the Navigation of Difficult Discourses on Race. Issue 2 (May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Murray-Johnson, Kayon; Ross-Gordon, Jovita M.
• Is Part Of: Adult education quarterly. Volume 68:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 137
• Page End: 156
• Publication Date: 2018-05
• Subjects: race pedagogy -- difficult race talk -- social justice education; Adult education -- Periodicals; Continuing education -- Periodicals; Teaching -- Periodicals; 374.005
• DOI: 10.1177/0741713618756188
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0741-7136

Abstract

The purpose of this multiple case study was to describe the experiences of graduate education faculty of varying racial/ethnic backgrounds, learning to navigate difficult discourses on race effectively over time. The study employed positionality as a theoretical framework. Findings indicate that faculty balance what we refer to as strategies of self in a bid to work through difficult race talk. In turn, their practice may hold strong potential for influencing a fresh and more holistic approach to engaging in classroom race talk.