For centuries, language has been used by the dominant culture both as a means of constructing power and as a way of maintaining it. Race, language, gender, and sexuality can all contribute to reinforcing one's identity as an "other." In doing so the dominant culture can create and reinforce blame and the perpetuation of minority groups…

Homeland is generally the land where one person was born and grew up and also it is a broad concept that includes language, history, culture and family ties as well as being the land that a nation freely lives on. Homeland is not only a physical space, but a strong association of cultures, arts assets, and language, religion and common past…

Although there are differences in identity construction depending on countries and periods, some courses have come to the fore in the education system in each period. In Turkey, the education system in general, and history, geography, citizenship and social studies courses, in particular, have instrumental importance in the construction of…

This paper presents the narratives of four teacher candidates, all first-generation college students of color, sharing their personal identities, as well as their hopes, struggles, and strategies for engaging in the work of Ethnic Studies teaching. Ethnic Studies is a movement for curricular and pedagogical projects that reclaim marginalized…

The primary objective of this inquiry is threefold: to a) forward a theoretical examination of the influence of a particular era of regional history in a way that b) simultaneously brings the past forward and the present backwards in order to c) exhume the nature of the interconnectedness of past and present in the shaping of identity, politics,…

Guided by the theory of Language Socialization (LS), this study investigates the mediating effects of teacher-student power relations in an academic English course. To do so, several sets of data were collected: responses to a questionnaire survey, a series of semi-structured interviews, and the online interactions which took place on two teaching…

In a multilingual society like Indonesia, people often utilize multiple languages, each for different purposes. Their language choice might indicate their attitudes towards each language (Romaine, 2017). This study investigates language choice and language attitudes among the Gorontalese, who reside in the Gorontalo province of Indonesia. Urban…

Theoretically framed in Foucault's theorization of governmentality, this paper uses autoethnographic and visual methods to represent the authors' evolving understanding of identity and positionality as White teacher educators working in predominantly White, rural institutions. Pinar's method of currere further informs the research, which engages…

I analyze interview data collected from 16 students who were involved in a student-led group for low-income, first-generation, and/or working-class (LIFGWC) students at an elite liberal arts college. I find that students' assumed class identities on campus are tied to their racial identities. Specifically, students of color are overwhelmingly…

Most educators are unfamiliar with ways to use comics and cartooning, thus classroom opportunities for students to engage in a medium they love are uncommon. In this study, I investigate integrating the language of comics into classroom learning strategies and research some of the ways writing//cartooning can help students negotiate conceptions of…

A goal of the citizenship component of our national curriculum in Australia posits that we ought to nurture our "common bonds" in order to further "social cohesion"; even as we recognize and celebrate our differences. However, we attempting this within complex and challenging regional and international contexts. With racial…

This paper explores the narratives educators in a graduate level critical multicultural education course reveal related to their own positionality. The term "positionality" acknowledges a person's intersectionality and how we are all raced, classed, gendered and that these identities are contextual, relational, and fluid. Critical…

In an ongoing era of decreasing state and federal funding for higher education, this paper uses resource dependency and organizational identity theory to argue that alumni represent a critical resource for higher education institutions, but that the development of their organizational identity as alumni, and therefore their identity as prospective…

This study investigated how integrating social justice issues, STEM practices, and mathematics may support equity in mathematics education. We analyzed video of four lessons focused on inverse trigonometry and disability rights from a STEM project-based geometry class. Using an established observation protocol, we identified themes related to…

This exploratory narrative inquiry examines the experiences of Asian/American female school and district leaders as they mediate racism and sexism. Grounded in Asia Critical Race Theory (AsianCrit) and feminism, this study theorizes how Asian/American women are ascribed as hard-working and subservient "lapdogs," while simultaneously…