Dr. Joel Beeson presents research conducted by he and Dr. Dana Coester on Civil War poems written by black soldiers using a Critical Race Theory framework. Dr. Beeson provides the definition of CRT used during their work and how they used CRT in their field of literature. He also mentions his transdisciplinary work on the project and connecting with fields of study outside his own that would normally not use a CRT framework.
Think about how CRT was used during Dr. Beeson and Dr. Coester’s project and specifically in their field of literature. How does it compare to how CRT is used in education as we’ve seen in this course thus far? Does it seem like a valid use of CRT? In which ways can you see yourself potentially collaborating and creating transdisciplinary work?