Studies of Equity-Minded Organizational Learning in Educational Contexts

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

As education scholars committed to “dismantling racial injustice and embracing educational possibilities,” we know that equity-minded change is not just an individual mandate. Creating pathways to more just futures in educational spaces demands an imperative to drive shifts in individuals’ consciousness and sensemaking about our social world, as well as organizational policies, routines, and practices. Thus, this symposium brings together scholars working at the intersection of organizational learning and change, racial equity, and identity to feature work that brings into focus how and to what extent practitioners’ socio-political identities contribute to equity-minded organizational learning and change.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Educational Change

Chair

• Aireale J. Rodgers, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Papers

• Studying Organizational Change in Sites of Power: Shifting From White-Centered to Equity-Centered Decision-Making Processes in Postsecondary Philanthropy - Heather N. McCambly, University of Pittsburgh; Krystal R. Villanosa, The Spencer Foundation

• Navigating the (Im)Possibilities of Antiracist Organizational Learning: Insights From Graduate Students’ Experiences With ARIS - Aireale J. Rodgers, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Brittney Pemberton, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• How Organizational Investments in Campus Cultural Centers Can Demobilize Equity - Jacqueline Pedota, University of Texas at Austin

• Teacher Education’s Racial Discourses and Novice Teacher Reflections: Questions Raised for Programs’ Racial Equity Initiatives - Joy Esboldt, University of Delaware

• A Racialized Organization Approach to Faculty Agency for Racial Equity Change Work - Román Liera, Montclair State University

Discussant

• Eric R. Felix, San Diego State University