Unapologetic Educational Research Series

Unapologetic Educational Research: Addressing Anti-Blackness, Racism and White Supremacy
A QualLab methodology center & Educational Studies Research Series
The purpose of the series was to engage our alums and general audiences in thinking about and reflecting on what it means to conduct educational research from a standpoint that honors Black lives in the research process, while also disrupting racism and white supremacy. Given the unprecedented moment we have all been experiencing in our lifetime, the organizers are committed to shifting the landscape of qualitative research and using this research to shift our sociopolitical context toward racial equity and justice. Each OSU Alum engaged in a discussion with Dr. Lori Patton Davis, Professor and Department Chair of Educational Studies (now at UCLA), and Dr. Penny A. Pasque, Professor and Director of QualLab.

Read our Cultural Studies <-> Critical Methodologies Manuscript here.

All virtual events are on the QualLab’s UTube Channel for teaching & learning purposes and was closed captioned.

1. 2022 AERA Panel | Friday, April 22nd | 4:15-5:45p.m. PDT (7:15-8:45p.m. EDT)

Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education Virtual Paper Session | Watch Panel Intro Video here.

Download AERA Virtual Panel_Flyer in PNG.

2. Unapologetic Educational Research: Addressing Anti-Blackness, Racism and White Supremacy
A QualLab methodology center & Educational Studies Research Series

Guest OSU Alum: Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles NC State University February 4th, 2021 3-4 pm est. Click here for the YouTube Video. Knowing Better to Do Better! Unapologetically Using Critical Perspectives to Inform Research and Practice It’s no secret that racism and systemic bias are interwoven into the fabric of American society. If not careful, we as researchers and policymakers can become passive participants in producing research findings, policies, and practices that sustain these inequitable systems and oppressive structures over time. Critical theories and perspectives give researchers tools to “see” what is often unseen, dismissed, and harmful to all of us. This talk will highlight some of the dangers in educational research that perpetuate inequities in education and society and work against anti-racism ideology and initiatives. The talk will conclude by challenging us to take risks (unapologetically) to disrupt the status quo to inform better research, policies, and practices that are more equitable and just.	Guest OSU Alum: Guest Alum: Dr. Mark Gooden Teachers College Columbia University March 11th, 2021 3-4 pm est. Click here for the YouTube video.   Examining the Racialization of Positionality in Research Endeavors The process of conducting research often privileges thinking that stems from post-positivist and quantitative approaches which influence our beliefs, assumptions, and “successes”, even if we engage in constructionist and qualitative research. Researchers frequently sidestep or minimize the meaning of doing research in a white-dominated world that still constrains deeper explorations of race. Thus, the impact of race and racialization is further “neutralized”. Expanding on (Powell, 2012), I define racialization as a set of beliefs, mental constructions, practices, cultural norms that support institutional arrangements that both reflect and help to create knowledge by maintaining race-based conclusions in research.	Guest OSU Alum Dr. Malik Henfield Loyola University Chicago  April 1st, 2021 3-4 pm est. Click here to watch the YouTube video.   An unapologetically engaged approach to racial justice research in schools and communities Dr. Henfield will discuss his unapologetic approach to school- and community-based research and the direct/indirect implications of this work for those of us in higher education settings. His community engagement research with schools (e.g., Atlanta Public School District, Baltimore City Public School District, Chicago Public Schools, Oakland Unified School District, San Francisco Unified School District, and more) is a hallmark of his scholarship. He will address the ways his scholarly approach is vital to an unapologetic and racially just approach to research and supporting the next generation of racial justice scholars.

QualLab Lunches – (virtual)
QualLab Lunches are a series of lunches that offer information about an important qualitative topic such as anti-racist research designs, ethics in ethnographic research, how to obtain grants with a qualitative design, and more.

• Wednesday, January 27, noon; Dr. Carmen McCallum  (Eastern Michigan University, College of Education) – Self-Care for Qualitative Scholars working with Traumatized Populations; Click here watch.
• Thursday, February 18, noon; Dr. Leslie Moore (TL Faculty & ORIC Fellow ) & Dr. Jackie Goodway (HS Faculty & Kinesiology Program Chair)– Qualitative Ethics & Working with OSUs IRB; Click here to watch.
• Wednesday, March 24, noon; Dr. Rhodesia McMillian  (EHE Diversity Postdoc) –  Introduction to NVivo; Click here to watch.
• Thursday, April 15, noon; Dr. Kim Lightle (ORIC Director) & Dr. Penny Pasque (ORIC, QualLab, HESA) –Grant Funded Research: Strategies to Address the Myth of “They Don’t Fund Qualitative Research”; Click here to watch Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation.

If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact QualLab@osu.edu. Requests made 10 days prior to the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the college will make every effort to meet requests made after this date. A captioned recording of this program will be available within 7-10 business days following the event and posted to the Videos and Trainings page on the QualLab website. Have an idea? Let us know at QualLab@osu.edu.

3. Unapologetic Educational Research: Addressing Anti-Blackness, Racism and White Supremacy
A QualLab methodology center & Educational Studies Research Series

October 1, 2020, 3-4pm est, Guest Alum: Dr. D-L Stewart, Colorado State University PAST EVENT: Click here for the YouTube Video.  Dr. D.L. Stewart Reference List mentioned in video Engaging “Diversity” in Qualitative Research  In this talk I will discuss the ways that engineering diverse participant samples in normative qualitative research contains, protects, and prioritizes white supremacy. White supremacy in normative qualitative research treats “diverse” participants as fungible, has material effects, and enacts power over minoritized communities.  I will also share 10 approaches that focus on anti-racism and anti-Blackness in participant recruitment and selection.	October 22, 2020, 3-4pm est Guest Alum: Dr. Rich Milner, Vanderbilt University PAST EVENT: Click here for the YouTube Video.  Interrogating the Etic Perspective in the “New” Focus on Race: What’s a Researcher to Do? As we more understand an amplification of research on race in education, White researchers are designing research studies centering race. I will address what this moment and movement could mean in building knowledge to inform practice in education and how researchers can deepen their capacity to study Black and other communities of color.	November 12, 2020, 3pm-4pm est, Guest Alum: Dr. April L. Peters-Hawkins, University of Houston PAST EVENT: Click here for the YouTube Video. Unapologetic Research with Black Women Educational Leaders Dr. Peters Hawkins will talk about what it means to conduct educational research with Black women leaders in the field of education and the ways to shift the current sociopolitical context toward racial equity and justice.

QualLab Lunches
This event is back by popular demand! QualLab Lunches are a series of lunches that offer information about an important qualitative topic such as anti-racist research designs, ethics in ethnographic research, how to obtain grants with a qualitative design, and more. The video recordings of past events may be found in our QualLab Videos & Trainings Section here.

FALL 2020 QualLab Lunches (virtual)
Registration information for each event will be provided here very soon. 

• Wednesday, September 9, noon; Kwame Agyemang, (HS) – Researching the Importance of Black Male Athletes and Activism; Click here to view Dr. Agyemang’s talk. 
• This event is in honor of the national #ScholarStrike and 2-day Teach In. For more information on this national movement see Inside Higher Education.
• Thursday, September 24, noon; Sara M. Childers, (Office of Diversity and Inclusion) – Interrogating Whiteness as a Researcher; Click here to view Dr. Childer’s talk. 
• Wednesday, October 7, noon; Panel with Leslie Moore (TL), Ann Allen (ES) and Weidong Li (HS), Ethics and Qualitative Research; Click here to view Dr. Moore et al., talk
• Thursday, October 22, noon; Timothy San Pedro, (TL) –  Researching with Indigenous Methodologies; Click here to view Dr. San Pedro’s talk.
• Wednesday, November 4, noon; Dave Kolodny (NVivo) – Introduction to NVivo. Click here to view Mr. Kolodny’s talk. 

If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact QualLab@osu.edu. Requests made 10 days prior to the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the college will make every effort to meet requests made after this date. A captioned recording of this program will be available within 7-10 business days following the event and posted to the Videos and Trainings page on the QualLab website.

Have an idea? Let us know at QualLab@osu.edu.

Unapologetic Educational Research: Addressing Anti-Blackness, Racism and White Supremacy– A QualLab & Educational Studies Research Series
The purpose of the series is to engage our alums and general audiences in thinking about and reflecting on what it means to conduct educational research from a standpoint that honors Black lives in the research process, while also disrupting racism and white supremacy. Each OSU Alum engages in a discussion with Dr. Lori Patton Davis, Professor, and Department Chair of Educational Studies and Dr. Penny A. Pasque,

• Engaging “Diversity” in Qualitative Research YouTube Video by Dr. D-L Stewart, Colorado State University
  • Dr. D.L. Stewart Reference List
• Interrogating the Etic Perspective in the “New” Focus on Race: What’s a Researcher to Do? by Dr. Rich Milner Vanderbilt University
• Unapologetic Research with Black Women Educational Leaders by Dr. April Peters- Hawkins University of Houston
• Knowing Better to Do Better! Unapologetically Using Critical Perspectives to Inform Research and Practice YouTube Video by Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles NC State University
• Examining the Racialization of Positionality in Research Endeavors by Dr. Mark Gooden Teachers College Columbia University
• An unapologetically engaged approach to racial justice research in schools and communities by Dr. Malik Henfield Loyola University Chicago