The Intersection of Whiteness and Queerness in a Critical Antiracist Educator Identity – An Autoethnographic Perspective (65576)
Session Chair: Nicole McGowan Madu
Sunday, January 8, 2023 (16:55)
Session: Session 3
Room: Live-Stream A
Presentation Type:Live-Stream Presentation
In this paper, I explore self-study as part of a larger data set of white queer educators seeking to expose my own experiences as a participant and researcher within the broader dissertation study that I completed, which utilized community autoethnography and critical interview methodologies. The self-study will highlight my own pedagogical experiences in understanding how my identities as white and queer impact me as a critical antiracist educator. Using the theoretical frameworks of critical whiteness studies, queer theory, and critical pedagogies and synthesis of relevant autoethnographic literature related to the intersection of white and queer identity, I contextualize the research data. Data from a one-on-one interview and my participation in three "collaborative inquiry sessions" (as I've termed them) are analyzed to identify the key implications of this identity intersection on praxis. Results of the study indicate that there are significantly more access points to shifting away from status-quo ideology and shifting toward forming critical thought processes when the intersectionality of an educator identity is examined in critical ways. Through unpacking my own experience as a white, queer, nonbinary, participant-researcher, I contribute to a gap in the literature that lacks the criticality and intersectionality of whiteness with queerness in educator identities as related to pedagogy.
Authors:
Britt SchlaeGuada, The Athenian School, United States
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Britt SchlaeGuada is a School Teacher/Instructor at The Athenian School , United States
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