Working Toward Racial Justice and Educational Equity

Time: March 6, 2025, 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Location: Peter Graham Room, 114 Bird Library

Keisha L. Green (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)

Exploring pathways and possibilities for literacy-rich and multi-modal liberal arts-based education, Dr. Green revisits bell hooks' groundbreaking text, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom, as a way to (re)connect and (re)commit to a justice-oriented, community-based, and youth-engaged liberatory project of teaching and learning in the context of today’s political climate and culture wars.

Bio: Keisha Green is an Associate Professor of Teacher Education & School Improvement. She is a community-engaged scholar and critical teacher educator with research interests in English Education, youth literacy practices, critical literacy, and critical pedagogy. Dr. Green is published in journals including International Journal for Qualitative Studies; Equity & Excellence in Education; Race, Ethnicity, and Education; and Educational Forum. She has authored chapters in edited volumes including Humanizing Research: Decolonizing Qualitative Inquiry with Youth and Communities and Youth Voices, Public Spaces, and Civic Engagement. Dr. Green currently serves as an Associate Professor of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies at UMass.